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| Mackerel in Maine Waters - article 1909 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Mackerel in Maine Waters - article 1909 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper article, probably September 1909. Title: "Mackerel in Maine Waters". Article reports that 20 barrels of mackerel were caught by Eben T. Lewis, Benjamin A. Spurling, and John S. Seavey, near Monhegan. Article lists other ships and captains active in the Monhegan area due to reports of large schools of mackerel. | |||
| Article: Benjamin Spurling commissioning the Annie Q. Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Article: Benjamin Spurling commissioning the Annie Q. Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper article (photocopy), undated. Title " 'Georgie' was Leading Vessel into New York". Author listed as Fred Humston. Article on right column mentions Benjamin Spurling commissioning the building of the 'Fannie Q. Spurling', a mackeral fishing boat. | |||
| Herring boat 1958 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Herring boat 1958 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photo, Herring boat from McIntosh Factory. Picture was taken from boat near Cranberry Isles, Maine in 1958. | |||
| Lou [Lewis] Stanley's boat 1935 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Lou [Lewis] Stanley's boat 1935 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photo, Lou [Lewis] Stanley's boat 1935 (item #1747a is the reverse side of picture) -from the Hazel Stanley Collection | |||
| The "Cheri & Norm" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  The "Cheri & Norm" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photo, the "Cheri & Norm"- Norman Sanborn's boat. The outboard on right is Barbara Donald's and behind -Herman's is on the left and Karl Wedge on right. | |||
| Boat "Polly" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Boat "Polly" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photo, Victor White's or Charles & Ada's boat "Polly" | |||
| Uncle Edgar's Lobster Boat" By Deig Marie Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Uncle Edgar's Lobster Boat" By Deig Marie Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Copy of "Uncle Edgar's Lobster Boat" By Deig Marie. Presented to the Islesford Library in the Summer of 2001 | |||
| Nautical Almanac 1876 for schooner Carrie M. Richardson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Nautical Almanac 1876 for schooner Carrie M. Richardson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Journal. Nautical Almanac 1876 containing tables of sun's declination and equation of time and tide by D. Eggert's sons, 23 pages, annotated by Carrie M. Richardson aboard the schooner Carrie M. Richardson. Recording the sun sightings for navigating voyages using dead reckoning; transatlantic journeys are plotted on nautical chart 1 and possibly others of 2015.315.2076. .) From the Lewis Stanley descendants collection. (See also 2015.316.2077 and 2017.388.2163 Initial review of the annotated Nautical Almanac of 1876 indicates that it records the Carrie M. Richardson's journey east from New York starting June 23, 1876; arriving Seville July 22, and departing Seville August 3. She arrived at Cadiz August 5 and left for Boston August 12. A wonderful addition as Nautical Chart 1 (2017.315.2076) only plots the west to east legs of two 1877 and 1878 Spain-to-Cranberry Isles voyages. Decipher the chronometer dead reckoning entries in this Almanac should enableus to plot the route she sailed to reach Spain. (Scanned July 2017) [show more] | ||
| Ledger of A. C. Fernald for provisions of schooners 1844-1850 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Ledger of A. C. Fernald for provisions of schooners 1844-1850 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Ledger. Small tan leather. Ledger of A. C. Fernald for provisions of schooners 1844-1850 including schooner Seasonpoint(?) or Leaderpant (?), Osprey, Water Witch, Northaven (?), xx and, and entries with individual names: David Pung or King, Peter Standley, Horace Durgen, Edwin Hadlock, Elisha Gilley, Shelddon Brown, Joseph Lancaster, Daniel Kimbal, William M. Richardson, Thomas Savage, Beniah Bunker,and others. One loose scrap of paper with note: "Received eighteen dollars from Capt William Moore it Being in full of all accounts to this date. Cranberry Isl. June 20, 1849, John A. Hitchfield (or Hitchhilll?) [show more] | ||
| William P. Preble Ledgers (1860-1870s) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  William P. Preble Ledgers (1860-1870s) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Eleven ledgers (A-K) with two inserts, 1860-1870s of a collection of 18 small, 19th-century ledgers or account journals belonging to William P. Preble; very difficult to decipher, many entries not in chronological order, often several years of entries not made in sequential order. (Only exterior and one page of each ledger scanned. ) A= Black leather journal with leather clasp. Property of William P. Preble, Cranberry Isles. 1862 Boston entries payments to individuals, mentions Schooner Commerce, etc. Letter tucked into this notebook in the pocket in the rear of the notebook. Bangor Dec. 20, 1860 to Wm. P. Preble Esq. from Abner Knowles about a balance of $40 he owes the Town of Cranberry Isles. B= Black leather journal with leather clasp. Property of William P. Preble, Cranberry Isles. No dates. Payments for work in Boston [undated]. Mentions Schooners Express and Sea Flower. Expenses and provisions, individual accounts. Tucked into the rear pocket of this notebook are two receipts make out to William Preble for $18.00 each for 1862 and 1863 pertaining to his handling of the estate of Sans Stanley. C= 1864-1867-1877 (various years) small ledger begins with Schooner Sea Flower expenses. Schooner Quickstep expenses. Includes payments to sailors/fishermen.1872 Preble as highway Surveyor. 1872 and 1873 School Committee expenses. D= 1865 small ledger Wm. P. Preble begins with Accounts of Sales Daily starting November 1 running for several months….“Amount of sales for the year 1866 $5,542.58, tax collected 798.97” Note: One large loose ledger sheet folded and stored inside this small ledger D with header WP Preble to Clark & Parker November 18th 1879 lists supplies and hardware of various kinds. E= 1867-1871 small ledger begins with “Wrecked Schooner”, then Schooner von Buren & Owners, information pertaining to the Owners of Quickstep (fractions of ownership by each man?), herring for E. B. Stanley and others, fishing tallies, Schooner Sea Queen, 1871 H. Gilley, 1871 and 1873 Town of CI expenses for Preble services, 1873-1874 miscellaneous and expenses Perley and Russell, 1874 Preble’s expenses for Town of CI business, Accounts of sales to various individuals, with various notations on the front and rear flaps of the ledger. F= 1867 long narrow store ledger with list of cash and credit, tallies of purchases by individuals. G= 1869-1872 long narrow store ledger with list of cash and credit for various dates, and purchases by individuals. H= 1867 & 1878 small narrow tan leather journal. 1867 Schooner C.D. Horton, expenses, sailors/fishermen. Schooner Alice P [or T?]. expenses, sailors. Cranberry Isles Wrecking Company meeting notes January and February 1867. Ledgers of accounts for various individuals. Also a couple of notations re: 1878 & 1879 matters, and 1873 on the last page. Inserted in this ledger H is a Lime Rock Insurance Company policy for $3,000 on the schooner Sea Queen for one year from March 1, 1866 at noon. I= 1877 Collector’s Tax List book – William P. Preble, Esq. Treasurer and Collector of Taxes of the Town of Cranberry Isles, County of Hancock aforesaid. Assessors: A. C. Fernald, J. S. Spurling, and N. S. Spurling. With notes after tax lists: June 5th 1879 sold house of Moses D. Haynes to Leonard Holmes at auction for the full xxx of eight dollars at 2 oclock pm [etc] J= Small tan narrow leather journal Date? Undated first half - list of various cargoes, expenses to Belfast, Schooner Alice T [or J?]. Several entries for 1879. 1867 two Schooner Sea Queen entries. Last two pages: List of articles saved from wreck of the Schooner Zulma [no date]. K= Small tan narrow leather journal “W.P. and W. H. Preble book” 1865 lists of expenses. 1874 Entry Boards for meeting house [church] 1249 feet. 1875 list of fish shipped. 1879 entries. 1866 entries cash sent to Portland. Lobsters tallies. 1866 entries for lawyers and Gilley. 1865 entry for Schooner C. Hood[?] [show more] | ||
| Schooner Lizzie Maud payment Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Schooner Lizzie Maud payment Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business receipt. "525.00 Boothbay, Me. Feb 24th 1885. Received of Benj. N. Spurling Five hundred and twenty five Dollars, On Account payment on Sch[ooner] Lizzie Maud." Appears to be signed by J.P. Nordstrom. Handwriten on back in pencil: "Receipt Copy P. Hady" | ||
| Early Hadlock Papers Reference Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Early Hadlock Papers Reference Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Collection of documents pertaining to Samuel and George Hadlock, their stores, schooners Hadlock and Minerva, and other topics. In 2018, Rosie Silvers discoverd this collection of early Hadlock papers at Wikhegan Books in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Several generous islanders from Great Cranberry and Little Cranberry (Islesford) purchased this collection which now resides at GCIHS, catalogued as 2018.419.2285 through 2289. All documents except the advertisements and bill heads referred to in 2018.419.2288 have been scanned. (Descriptions for this collection were provided by Joanne Fuerst, Wikhegan Books. GCIHS welcomes your transcriptions or comments on individual documents: info@gcihs.org.) [show more] | |||
| Old Time New England booklet with story "The Steamer J.T. Morse and others Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Old Time New England booklet with story "The Steamer J.T. Morse and others Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Booklet, "Old Time New England" Apr 1937, with long story "The Steamer J.T. Morse, Her History and Adventures", with ten illustrations. Other stories too. | ||
| Documents pertaining to the Schooner Wild Rose Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Documents pertaining to the Schooner Wild Rose Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Five small, folded packets of receipts and ledger sheets, each tied with twine. Most pertain to the Schooner Wild Rose provisioning and selling fish in the 1890s at local stores. Initials of Wild Rose fishermen and amounts (or weights) of fish for each fisherman often appear on reverse of these ledger sheets. The Wild Rose was 47.5 ft. built in Boothbay. Owned in 1885 by Willis Bunker. Mentioned in the records of a 1938 hurricane (per gcihs.org/1/photos/ci_notes.html). (See also 2016.332.2095 for Willis Bunker photos; his wife's name was Rosalee.) (A) Packet one: various dates, various years 1893, 1890, 1895 receipts for Wild Rose. Receipts and purchases for provisions of ships from local stores including specific parts of cod fish like 'sounds' i.e., the air bladder of a cod. (B) Packet two: 1895 receipts and purchases. (C) Packet three: 1896 receipts for Wild Rose sales of fish to Southwest Harbor, ME, store. (D) Packet four: 1888 receipts for Wild Rose. (E) Packet five: Receipts for Wild Rose. An 1899 receipt for items purchased at Nettie Spurling Stanley's store on GCI. Her store was attached to the south side of the old Stanley house (a.k.a. 2016 as Rome house). See LB2007.1.100445 Penobscot Marine Museum collection photo, saved at GCIHS in public\2001\Penobscot. [show more] | ||
| The Wind & the Wood, Ralph W. Stanley Inc., Boat Building Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  The Wind & the Wood, Ralph W. Stanley Inc., Boat Building Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Brochure, "The Wind & the Wood," promoting Ralph W. Stanley Inc., Boat Building business in Southwest Harbor. With his thoughts about wooden boat building, and photos of him, his shop, and his boats. Brochure probably from the mid 1980s. | ||
| Receipt for Schooner Lizzie Maud payment Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for Schooner Lizzie Maud payment Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business receipt. "Portland, Me Feb 10th, 1885. Received of Benj. N. Spurling Two hundred Dollars on acct of payment of Sch[ooner] Lizzie Maud. $200.00." Appears to be signed by J.P. Nordstrom. Handwriten on back in ink: "Receipt on acct vessel. I. and Y. P. Hodgdon Jr" | ||
| Model three-mast schooner by Herbert and Harold Whitney Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Model three-mast schooner by Herbert and Harold Whitney Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Model, three mast schooner model, wood. This model was constructed by Merchant Mariner and Bar Harbor storekeeper, Herbert Allen Whitney (1881-1950), and his brother Captain Harold Whitney in 1935-1937. It sailed in Hull's Cove in 1938, survived an apartment fire with only its sails singed, and then was relegated to basement storage for 60 years. In 2011, Phil and Karin Whitney, Mickey Macfarlan, and John French restored the model and christened her, The Islander. Model is loaned to GCIHS by Phil Whitney. [show more] | |
| Boats Philmore Peterson sailed Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Boats Philmore Peterson sailed Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Two Boats at Rock End Dock in Northeast Harbor that Philmore Peterson used to sail -1937 from the Hazel Stanley Collection | ||
| The Mary A - Harold Alley's boat Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  The Mary A - Harold Alley's boat Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photo, Harold Alley's 1st boat (Mary A) | |||
| Norman and Herman Savage and Karl Wedge boats Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Norman and Herman Savage and Karl Wedge boats Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photo, 3 boats - Norman's boat is on the right, center boat is Herman Savage and Karl Wedge's boat is on the left. | |||
| Vessels Related to Great Cranberry Island by Ralph Stanley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Vessels Related to Great Cranberry Island by Ralph Stanley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Ships. Copies of three manuscripts by Ralph W. Stanley. (A & B:) Two xerox copies of "Vessels Related to Great Cranberry Island: Notes Collected by Ralph Stanley Boatbuilder, S.W. Harbor, Me" as handed to Bruce Komusin by Ralph Stanley at GCIHS Annual Meeting, Weds. 28 August 1996. Lists Date; Name of vessel, Master and Owner; Length; and Tonnage for the years 1856-1860. (C) is an alphabetical listing of the same information. (D) "List of Vessels Built on Mount Desert Island, Cranberry Island, Tinker's Island, Thompson's Island and Long Island (Frenchboro), According to Year Built, compiled by Ralph W. Stanley." Sources for (D) are listed on page 40. [show more] | |
| List of Boats to be Taxed Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  List of Boats to be Taxed Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Three documents and one envelope (1888-1900). Two lists of boats to be taxed, one bill for taxes 1900, and one envelope 1888. See description of each document. Names mentioned include: Bunker, Bracy, Birlem, Campbell, Fernald, Gilley, Hadlock, Howard, Harding, Hamor, Joy, Jordan, Ladd, Lopaus, Main, Preble, Phippin, Pung, Rosebrook, Richardson, Rice, Spurling, Stanley, Sanford, Young, Mayo, Fernald, and Hadlock. One handwritten list of boats to be taxed 1885. [show more] | ||
| Insurance policies for schooners and home Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Insurance policies for schooners and home Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Four insurance policies 1850-1860s.[See web link below for info on Schooners mentioned in policies.] Policy 1 = 1850 Lexington Fire, Life and Marine Insurance for William P. Preble $1500 on Schooner Zulma for six months from October 26, 1850 at noon, vessel valued at $3,000. [Zulma was the name of one of Preble's adopted daughters.] Policy 2 = 1854 Hancock Mutual Insurance Company William P. Preble $400 on Schooner Sea Flower and $700 on outfits for a fishing voyage from Tremont to the Magdalen Islands [Quebec] and back to port of discharge commencing the week May 2, 1854. Policy 3 = 1864 Penobscot Mutual Fire Insurance Company Joseph Bunker dwelling house for $250. Policy 4 = 1867 Ocean Insurance Company Perley S. Russell $1200 on charter of Schooner Transfer at and from Boston to one or more ports in the Bahama Isles and from thence to Port of discharge in the United States. [show more] | ||
| Scans of slides from Charles 'Chip' Sheppard 1940s-1950s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Scans of slides from Charles 'Chip' Sheppard 1940s-1950s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photographs. Digital copies of 41 color slides made in April 2015. They were loaned to Phil Whitney by Charles 'Chip' Sheppard following Phil Whitney's interview of him in Pennsylvania December 2014. Some slides are undated and some noted in ballpoint pen as years: 1947, 1948, 1950 and 1952. An e-mail from Melen Boothby identified Slide 296, taken in August of 1950, as "shot from my grandparents' house near Thrumcap and shows the wreck of a Canadian lumber schooner that ran aground during a storm in the '30s. Apparently people on the island were told to help themselves to the lumber as the ship wasn't going anywhere!" (Not sure if this means 1830s or 1930s?) Slides were scanned and returned to donor. Scenery, family and friends: Carl and Winston Sheppard's boat Kiri III, a B class Boat (slide 379); Emerson Ham (slide 38); fishing weir (slide 386); fishing, picnic, old cars, docks, and a blue lobster. [show more] | |||
| Reeds and Romes back from deep sea fishing 1958 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Reeds and Romes back from deep sea fishing 1958 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photo, Judson Reed, David Rome, Ruth Reed, Nathan Rome and Daniel Rome back from deep sea fishing -Cranberry Isles, Maine- Summer 1958 |