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1842 Census, Hancock Co.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Government, Census Record
  • Other, Blue Hill
  • Other, Castine
  • Other, Census
  • Other, Cranberry Islands
  • Other, Deer Isle
  • Other, Eden
  • Other, Hancock County
  • Other, Mount Desert
  • Other, Swans Island
  • Other, Trenton
  • 1842
1842 Census, Hancock Co.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Population figures for Mt. Desert, Eden, Cranberry Isles, Seaville, Ellsworth, Trenton, Bucksport, Orland,l Dedham, Mariaville, Plantations, Blluehill, Surry, Swan's Island, Long Island, Sedgewick, Brooksville, Hog Island, Castine, Penobscot, Gouldsborough, Sullivan, Hancock, Franklin, Eastbrook, Deer Isle.
Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services...
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Government, Military Record
  • Other, Census
  • Other, Hancock County
  • Other, Maine
  • 1841
Description:
Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or military services, for state of Maine, by county, names, ages, places of residence Photocopy
A statement of the Seaville and Gilpatrick Cases
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Financial Statement
  • Other, Law & legal affairs
  • Other, Mount Desert
  • Heath, William
  • 1840
A statement of the Seaville and Gilpatrick Cases
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Legal fees owed by the Town of Mount Desert Debited and Credited. A statement of the Seaville and Gilpatrick Cases - Mount Desert Statement written by Town Agent, M Heath L initials in names may be S. Unclear what Heath's first name is
Appointment of unknown person to office of justice of peace
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Permission, Commission
  • 1849
Description:
This document is from the State of Maine, but the name of person appointed to the office of justice of the peace for Hancock County is blank. It is signed by Ezra B. French, Secretary of State and indicates that upon payment of $5.00 the "commission will forthwith be made..."
Overseers of the Poor contract to take care of a poor girl, Harriet Smith
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Permission, Commission
  • Other, Overseer of the Poor
  • Other, Poverty
  • 1846
Description:
Feb 4, 1846 Jeremiah Higgins and Samuel Richards, overseers of the poor in Eden do bind Harriet Smith , a minor, to Amos Clements as a servant until she is 18 Clements agrees to keep and support Harriet, teach her to read and write, furnish her with suitable food and clothing in sickness and in health and furnish a physician if necessary Harriet is the daughter of Esther Smith
The Old Somesville Woolen Mill - built in 1847
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • 1847
The Old Somesville Woolen Mill - built in 1847
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Isaac Somes' woolen mill in Somesville. Three-story building, clapboards on front, shingles on side. Side facing brook shows 15 windows, five on each story. The front shows five windows and door on left. One chimney at front end of roof. Building sits on stone foundation. Bare trees surround mill. Printed at the bottom of the card "The OLD SOMESVILLE WOOLEN MILL-Built in 1847 CHRISTMAS GREETINGS". "Bob & Norma" written with pen on reverse. Image layer is torn/missing at top of postcard in a section approx 2" x 1/2" [show more]
The Old Somesville Woolen Mill-Built in 1847
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • 1847
The Old Somesville Woolen Mill-Built in 1847
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Isaac Somes' woolen mill in Somesville. Three-story building, clapboards on front, shingles on side. Side facing brook shows 15 windows, five on each story. The front shows five windows and door on left. One chimney at front end of roof. Building sits on stone foundation. Bare trees surround mill. sepia toned photograph Written on the back "Isaac Somes Woolen Mill on the Mill Stream" There is damage to the photo surface.
Indian Cemetery.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • 1843
Indian Cemetery.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Photograph of Indian Cemetery. Taken at Somesville in 1843 by Benj. Joy, Ellsworth. Note: Most likely taken by Benj. Joy, Jr. and is a photograph of a photograph; place probably somewhere in the Andes. The Abbe Museum also has a copy as does the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Smithsonian says date is c.1923. Original record said this was taken at Somesville in 1843 by Benj. Joy, Ellsworth. New information received on Dec. 29, 2014 implies this photo was originally taken by a woman explorer, Harriet Chalmers Adams in the early twentieth century. See Granger Historical Stock photograph # 0253041. [show more]
The China Astor Vol III
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Poetry
  • 1846.
The China Astor Vol III
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Tower’s English Grammar
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Education
  • Other, Grammar
  • McLean, A.C.
  • 1846
Tower’s English Grammar
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Black, John to Thompson, William
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Financial Statement, Bank Statement
  • Other, Bridges
  • 1/11/1847
Black, John to Thompson, William
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Statement and order of dividend to Capt. William Thompson from John Black.
Black, John to Thompson, William
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Financial Statement, Bank Statement
  • Other, Bridges
  • 1/12/1848
Black, John to Thompson, William
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Statement and order of dividend to Capt. William Thompson from John Black.
Thompson, William to Black, John
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Financial Statement, Bank Statement
  • Other, Bridges
  • 1/5/1849
Thompson, William to Black, John
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Statement to John Black from William Thompson.
Black, John to Thompson, William
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Financial Statement, Bank Statement
  • Other, Bridges
  • 1/12/1849
Black, John to Thompson, William
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Statement and order of dividend to William Thompson from John Black.
From Capt. Billings
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Sailing ships
  • 1840
From Capt. Billings
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Re voyage and freight.
From Means & Clark
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Sailing ships
  • 1844
From Means & Clark
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Re Schooner Thames (?): cargo, freight; Capt. Bartlett cleared for Trieste; payments received from Gott and Richardson
From Means & Clark
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Customhouses
  • Other, Sailing ships
  • 1849
From Means & Clark
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
RE account of Andelene Ring (?) and apparent discrepancies. (Letter is a copy.)
Genealogical Register of the Name and Family of Herrick
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Herrick family
  • Herrick, Jedediah
  • 1846.
Genealogical Register of the Name and Family of Herrick
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
An American Dictionary of the English Language.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Dictionary
  • Webster, Noah
  • 1845.
An American Dictionary of the English Language.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
; Exhibiting the origin, orthography, pronunciation, and definition of words.
Tremont Valuation of 1849
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Report
  • Other, History - Tremont
  • Other, Real Estate
  • 1849
Tremont Valuation of 1849
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Large cream-colored paper-bound record of holdings within the village of Tremont 1849; written on blue paper with ink.
The Maine Justice; or Powers and Duties of Justices of the Peace...
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Government employees
  • Other, Justice
  • Other, Maine
  • Baker, H.K.
  • 1842
Description:
Outlines the powers and duties of justices of the peace relating to Criminal Process, Civil Process, town meetings, abandonment of children, hay, and other matters.
The Maine Townsmen
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Handbook
  • Other, Maine
  • Lord, John P.
  • 1847.
The Maine Townsmen
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Laws for the regulation of towns: with forms and judicial decisions. Adapted to the revisied statutes of Maine.
The Mariner's Wife
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Poem
  • 1847
The Mariner's Wife
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Poem by Sophronia Knapp, "Thoughts of the Mariner's Wife," copied by Clara S. Foster (?) and addressed to Mrs. Higgins with note: "Please accept the following lines which I take the liberty to copy for you [&} oblige, your sincere friend, Clara S. Foster. First lines of poem: "The night is dark, the tempest raves, Sleep from my pillow flies..."
Rifle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Rifle
  • c 1840
Rifle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Marked William Read Boston. Ramrod intact. Lock by Read & Son probably a replacement, it does not match drum. Full stock. Brass buttplate, iron furniture. Ignition: caplock Wood: walnut fullstock Caliber: 12 gage Donor info - property of John Somes son of Abraham Somes.
Musket
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Musket
  • c 1844
Musket
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
U.S. Model 1842 Musket. .69 Caliber. Charge: 70gr ffg, paper cartridge. Marked, “Harper’s Ferry 1844 (may be 1849)”. Percussion. Smooth bore. Metal ramrod under barrel. Stud for affixing bayonet under muzzle. Visitor info - Springfield Service Rifle, made in Harper’s Ferry. Standard infantry arm. Designed as smoothbores, many were later rifled. Many saw use in early months of Civil War. This piece may be a Mexican War piece, or may be a relic from Bloodless Aroostook War. [show more]