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State of Maine - Treasury Dept. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Legal, Legal Documents	Organizations, School Institution	State of Maine	1838-03-15	Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island	No Copyright - United States	State of Maine - Treasury Dept. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2021.457.2861 Type: Document, Legal, Legal Documents Subject: Organizations, School Institution Creator: State of Maine Date: 1838-03-15 Place: Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island Description: State of Maine treasury office certifying an amount of money given to Cranberry Isles to build primary schools.
Jesup Memorial Library - letter of acceptance to the National Register of Historic Places Jesup Memorial Library	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Organizations, Civic, Public Library		1991-04-01		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Jesup Memorial Library - letter of acceptance to the National Register of Historic Places Jesup Memorial Library Identifier: jml-8374 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Organizations, Civic, Public Library Date: 1991-04-01 Description: Letter certifying the Jesup Memorial Library's entry into the National Register of Historic Places in the State of Maine. Signed by State Historic Preservation Officer Earle G. Shettleworth.
Oliver Wagstaff to Northeast Harbor Fire Department Chief Letter and Envelope, October 29, 1947 Great Harbor Maritime Museum	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Organizations	Wagstaff, Oliver	1947-10-29	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor	Copyright Not Evaluated	Oliver Wagstaff to Northeast Harbor Fire Department Chief Letter and Envelope, October 29, 1947 Great Harbor Maritime Museum Identifier: ghmm-1003 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Organizations Creator: Wagstaff, Oliver Date: 1947-10-29 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: Oliver Wagstaff thanks the Northeast Harbor Fire Department for transporting him from his home to the hospital at no charge. To express his appreciation, he encloses a check for $25 to be used for equipment maintenance. Letter is written on stationery labeled Overfloat, Northeast Harbor, Maine. Overfloat was located on Harborside Road, Northeast Harbor.
Music Program at church Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Program	Events Organizations, Religious Other		1987		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Music Program at church Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.1.417 Type: Document, Program Subject: Events Organizations, Religious Other Date: 1987 Description: Program, Music from Cranberry Isles, special guest Ashley Bryan, 8 Aug 1987 at the church
Notes re: music at church services Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Religious Other				In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Notes re: music at church services Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.1.421 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Religious Other Description: Notes regarding music played at various regular GCI church services, presumably by Sara Lambert "Sally" Bloom, 1984-1995
Exhibit texts and miscellaneous for 2014 displays Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Events Organizations, Civic	Anne Grulich			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Exhibit texts and miscellaneous for 2014 displays Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.295.2048 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Events Organizations, Civic Creator: Anne Grulich Description: Documents. Exhibit text, labels, photo identifications, and miscellaneous from 2014 GCIHS museum photography exhibit (A). And parsonage house shoes/cape houses exhibit (B) (see also 2015.304.2062).
Description of photos (Items 1658-1674) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, List, Inventory	Organizations, Civic				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Description of photos (Items 1658-1674) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2012.203.1675 Type: Document, List, Inventory Subject: Organizations, Civic Description: Copy of the description of submitted photos (Items #1658-1674) by Louise Millar
Civil War draft exemption certificate Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Military Record	Organizations, Civic		1863		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Civil War draft exemption certificate Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.7.155 Type: Document, Government, Military Record Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1863 Description: "Certificate of exemption for a drafted person on account of disability" for Asa D. Stanley due to disease of the right lung 28 Aug 1863
Invitation to enter military service (Civil War) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Military Record	Organizations, Civic		1864		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Invitation to enter military service (Civil War) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.27.717 Type: Document, Government, Military Record Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1864 Description: A Proclamation issued by Samuel Cony, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the State of Maine, 13 Jul 1864, inviting men to enter military service and promising extra pay for those who leave the state in order to drive back the rebel hordes from Washington. Item given to Komusin by Dot & Andy McSorley, when he bought his land from them.
Civil War recruitment announcement Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Military Record	Organizations, Civic		1864		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Civil War recruitment announcement Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.465 Type: Document, Government, Military Record Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1864 Description: Document, 1 page, Civil War announcement aimed to encourage recruitment into Maine Sharpshooter's Battalion, 26 Sep 1864
Annual Return of the Enrolled Militia Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Military Record	Organizations, Civic		1854		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Annual Return of the Enrolled Militia Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.278 Type: Document, Government, Military Record Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1854 Description: List, handwritten, "Annual Return of the Enrolled Militia", 62 people listed, 14 Jun 1854, signed by A.C. Fernald, assessor, and William E. Hadlock, assessor
Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, Esq. appointed Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic People		1862		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, Esq. appointed Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.165 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic People Date: 1862 Description: Certificate, Post Office Appointment as postmaster of Joseph S. Spurling, Esq., 29 Apr 1862
Pension for Cynthia Bracy Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic People		1891		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Pension for Cynthia Bracy Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.87.623 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic People Date: 1891 Description: Certificate from the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, to Cynthia W. Bracy, 11 Sep 1891, telling her that she will be getting a pension
Receipt for Preble's taxes paid in full Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Receipt	Organizations, Civic People		1873		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Receipt for Preble's taxes paid in full Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2001.111.822 Type: Document, Financial, Receipt Subject: Organizations, Civic People Date: 1873 Description: Receipt: William P. Preble paid in full $31.22 for state, county, town, and highway taxes for 1873; William H. Preble paid $3.76 for same. Dated 5 Jan 1874; signed William P. Bunker, Collector. Transcribed.
Receipts for taxes and an organ Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Receipt	Organizations, Civic		1900		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Receipts for taxes and an organ Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.421.2293 Type: Document, Financial, Receipt Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1900 Description: Receipts for Taxes 1888-1901 and two other receipts including one for a Bridgeport organ 1904.
Payments made for service to Town of Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Civic Organizations, School Institution People		1876		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Payments made for service to Town of Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2776 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1876 Description: Nine documents. Eight Town of Cranberry Isles payment receipts (1876-1877), one 1885 Town of CI Schools ledger page, and one 1887 Town of Tremont receipt. Payments involve individuals including: Hadlock, Gilley, Preble, Stanley, Wayland, Hamor, Fernald, schools. See description of each document.
William P. Preble appointed Justices of the Peace and of the Quorum Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic People				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	William P. Preble appointed Justices of the Peace and of the Quorum Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2786 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic People Description: William P. Preble appointed Justices of the Peace and of the Quorum of Hancock County, Maine, August 12, 1873, by Governor Sidney Perham.
William P. Preble appointed Notary Public Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic People		1885		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	William P. Preble appointed Notary Public Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2787 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic People Date: 1885 Description: William P. Preble appointed Notary Public for Hancock County February 5, 1885, by Governor Frederick Robie
William P. Preble Notary Public Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic People		1892		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	William P. Preble Notary Public Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2784 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic People Date: 1892 Description: William P. Preble appointed Notary Public for County of Hanock, Maine, 13 April 1892, by Governor Edwin Burleigh.
Post Office receipts 1888 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Receipt	Organizations, Civic		1888		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Post Office receipts 1888 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.160.1385 Type: Document, Financial, Receipt Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1888 Description: Receipt (copy), U.S.P.S. receipt for two first class registered letters sent by Postmaster William P. Preble of Cranberry Isles, on 21 Feb 1888 to Ellsworth. The letters could have been written by him, or any other person on Cranberry. The letters were to 1) Ellsworth American or editors of the American, and 2) First National Bank, Ellsworth chain. The Ellsworth Postmaster, A.V. Greely, received them, stamped his name on the return receipt, and returned it to Preble. [show more]
Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1834 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Government Records	Organizations, Civic				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1834 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.334.2192 Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Organizations, Civic
School and property tax information Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Government Records	Organizations, School Institution People				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	School and property tax information Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.77.557 Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Description: Ledger page, loose, both sides used, school and property tax info, no date, appears to be a working sheet, in pencil, 9 names: Arno P. Stanley, Lewis Ladd, George Bulger, Edwin Spurling, William Bulger, Thomas Bunker, Leonard Holmes, Sam Bunker, William Bunker. Poor condition.
Journals, ledgers, wallet, books, scanned photos pertaining to Stanley family from 1870s-1890s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Businesses, Fishery Business Organizations, Civic People				Copyright Not Evaluated	Journals, ledgers, wallet, books, scanned photos pertaining to Stanley family from 1870s-1890s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2017.388.2163 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Organizations, Civic People Description: Collection of journals, ledgers, wallet, books, scanned photos pertaining to Stanley family: Items A-H. (A) Enoch B. Stanley's tan leather fold-over "The Revised and Improved Collector's Tax Book....Adapted to the Revised Statutes of 1883", by W. W. Bolster, Published Portland: W. H. Stevens & Company, No. 193 Middle Street. Entries from 1890-1892 with categories for real estate, personal property, poll tax, highway tax, a section on school district tax. With three loose handwritten pages inserted. One is list of children for Hannah Lopaus(?) who moved to Mount Desert July 12th 1799 and had 10 children and includes list of 9 children born to Hannah's daughter Nancy Lopauss Richardson Clark, one of whom was Meltiah P. Richardson (spouse of Carrie Stanley Richardson). The second loose page is a petition for a fish weir at Thrumcap for Enoch B. Stanley and W.D.(?) Stanley in January 1891. The third loose page is Permission for a fish weir with full description dated Feb. 7, 1891. (B) Maroon fold-over wallet (empty). (C) Scans from loaned Schmidt family photo albums including family and one of old hearse. (D) Maroon wallet with 14 items folded inside it: receipts: Meltiah Richardson 1871 taxes; E.B. Stanley 1862 & 1864; note to Capt Stanley 1864; 1864 receipt; 1864 receipt Hadlock; 1871 tax receipt; M. P. Richardson to E.B. Stanley 1874; one faded small photo of a person on a sailboat; registered letter receipt 1878 addressed to Thomas Leighton of Millbridge Me received of E. J? Stanley; Receipt 1882 for 7.33 payment; 1876 receipt E. B. Stanley and Perley Russell goods of Haskell 14.50. Envelope addressed to Mrs. Caroline H. Stanley Cranberry Isles ME with Boston Jan 30 1898 postmark 2 cents. Two comic poem pages (not scanned). (E) Small tan leather journal full of information listing fish catches and payments to individuals 1868-1870 in Boston, Cranberry Isles, Gloucester, Schooner Rozella mentioned on one page. Names include Gilley, Bunker, Spurling, Stanley, Ladd, Wayland, Bulger, Young; only three representational pages scanned from this journal. (F) Small narrow brown marbled ledger (undated) tallying fish and bills; two pages mention schooner Harrie [or Fannie?] Forrest; 1 page scanned. (G) Book: The Matron's Manual of Midwifery and the diseases of women during pregnancy and in child bed by Frederick Hollick, MD 1843. (H) Book: How to Hunt and Trap containing full instructions for hunting Buffalo, Elk, Moose, deer, Antelope - by J. H. Batty, 1878; inscribed "Boynton Stanley" at top of page, lower down "William G. Thumbeam[?] from Papa, Christmas 1878." (See also 2015.316.2077 and 2017.389.2164) [show more]
Ten Town of Cranberry Isles documents 1876-1877 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Civic People Places, Town		1876		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Ten Town of Cranberry Isles documents 1876-1877 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2775 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic People Places, Town Date: 1876 Description: Ten Town of Cranberry Isles documents 1876-1877, with summary of each item. Includes receipts for tax assessors; Perley and Russell v. Bunker; Gilley; Schooner Wayland; Leonard Holmes; and mention of a ship attacking a vessel, among other things.
Journal with transcriptions of protestations of ships Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Businesses, Store Business Events Organizations, Civic Organizations, School Institution People		1867		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Journal with transcriptions of protestations of ships Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.116.1080 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Businesses, Store Business Events Organizations, Civic Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1867 Description: Journal with transcription. 38-page typed transcription of protestations of ships wrecked on the Cranberry Isles from an original 19th-century ledger/journal kept by William P. Preble 1867-1879. Journal transcribed by Michael Macfarlan c. 2002. One loose page partial protestation for 1893. The back of the journal also contains pages for the accounts pertaining to School district No. 2, the Post Office, and for various islanders (not transcribed). (See also 1000.0.934: selections from 1080 - sea captain's transcribed broadcasts for possible video production. (See also June 2018 Cranberry Chronicle, pages 20-13 - link below) [show more]

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