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  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
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Somes Carding Mill Records
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • 1863
Somes Carding Mill Records
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
1861 Record of Weight and Cost of Carded Wool
Somes Carding Mill Record
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • 1862
Somes Carding Mill Record
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
1862 Record of Weight and Cost of Carded Wool
Somes Carding Mill Records
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • 1863
Somes Carding Mill Records
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
1863 Record of Weight and Cost of Carded Wool
Somes Carding Mill Records
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • 1865
Somes Carding Mill Records
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
1865 Record of Weight and Cost of Carded Wool
Somes Carding Mill Records
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • 1869
Somes Carding Mill Records
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
1869 Record of Weight and Cost of Carded Wool
Somes Carding Mill Records
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • 1868
Somes Carding Mill Records
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
1868 Record of Weight and Cost of Carded Wool
Somes Woolen Mill Records
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • 1865
Somes Woolen Mill Records
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
1865 Record of Measurement and Cost of Cloth.
Treatise on Milch [sic] Cows
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Guenon, M Francis
  • 1862
Treatise on Milch [sic] Cows
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
...whereby the quality and quanity of milk which any cow will give may be accurately determined by observing natural marks or external indications alone; the length of time she will continue to milk, etc. Translated by N. P. Trist With introductory remarks and observations on the cow and the dairy. by John S. Skinner Cover missing.
Emilie Clarissa Meynell Somes, 1867
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • Other, Portrait
  • 1867
Emilie Clarissa Meynell Somes, 1867
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Emilie Clarissa Meynell Somes, wife of Thaddeus Shepley Somes. Seated turned to left. Dark hair pulled back into large bun at back of head. Wears band in hair and long beaded earrings. Black fitted dress with simple white collar. Holds book, perhaps photo album.
Thaddeus Shepley Somes, tintype
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • Other, Portrait
  • 1868
Thaddeus Shepley Somes, tintype
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Thaddeus Shepley Somes age 40-50. Hairline receding, hair brushed back. Neatly trimmed beard and mustache. Wears heavy dark coat unbuttoned with dark vest underneath buttoned to top and white collar. One hand on knee the other on table. Color added to cheeks. Emulsion pealing from edges.
Post Route Map of Maine, 1869
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Map
  • 1869
Post Route Map of Maine, 1869
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Post Route Map of Maine, 1869. Show adjacent U.S. states and Canadian provinces. This map is used for classes in Sound School House. *
Seaside Studies in Natural History: Marine animals of Massachusetts Bay: Radiates
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Marine Animals
  • Agassiz, Elizabeth and Alexander
  • 1865
Description:
Description of Radiates, the Marine animals of Massachusetts Bay, Book marked as belonging to the library of the Harbor Cottages. Inscription on front inside page : Purchased from the proceeds of a concert given by Mr. Hamilton J. Orr of Philadelphia and Mrs. Chas. W. Eliot, July 26, 1890."
The Public Life of John Brown; with an auto-biography of his childhood and youth.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Brown, John
  • Other, History
  • Redpath, James
  • 1860.
Colton and Fitch's Introductory School Geography
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Geography
  • Fitch, George W.
  • 1866
Colton and Fitch's Introductory School Geography
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Contains definitions, sections on races and occupations, North America, British Provinces, northern states, southern states, West Indies,Territories, South America, Africa, Asia, Oceanica, Western Europe. Inscribed in front: Charles E Somes, Nov. 14th 1867; other doodles and drawings; married Minnie A (?) Grindle, both of Mt Desert Maine..."both pretty good looking chaps" Name Hamor written on pages in back; also Dellmy. Smith, Dency (?) somes. On exhibit in Somesville, summer 2012. [show more]
Masons Certificate
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Certificate, Membership Certificate
  • 1868
Masons Certificate
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Certificate of membership in Masons for Emmons Pray; signed by Eben Higgins, Lyman Somes, O. Allen.
Auto-Biography of Lemuel Norton: Including an account of his early life...
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Baptist churches
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, Printers
  • Other, Religion
  • Other, Seal Cove
  • Other, Shipwrecks
  • Norton, Lemuel
  • 1861
Description:
An account of his early life--two years in a printing office--eleven years at sea, in which he was twice shipwrecked, and experienced several narrow escapes from death. Also his Christian experience and labors in the Gospel ministry. Page 137 begins his account of time on Mt. Desert. Published in Portland [Maine] by advertising steam job printing office, Horace C. Little, printer.
Sword
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Sword
  • 1860c.
Sword
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Sword in scabbard. Handle wrapped in snake skin. Brass hardware. Two rings on scabbard for belt. Lender info - parade sword of Benjamin Thomas Atherton first Maine Heavy Artillery Company C - Civil War.
Shoe
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Shoe
  • 1866 ca.
Shoe
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
One black leather shoe. Worn on top. No laces. Some wear throughout shoe. Square toe. Stamped on sole. A.S. and Co Warranted. A.D. 1866. Wooden pegs in sole - some nails. Nails in heal. Six holes for laces. Donor info - came from store of Tobias Roberts in Bar Harbor. Made by Abraham Somes. Found in counter sold to C.C. Ladd.
A Little Leaven in a Little Lump
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • 1865
A Little Leaven in a Little Lump
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Fictional stories for Sunday School. Inscribed "No. 37, Sound Sabbath School."
Olive's World
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • 1868
Olive's World
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Fictional story for Sunday School use. Inscribed "No. 92, Sound Sabbath School."
Bradbury’s Fresh Laurels for the Sabbath School
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Education
  • Other, Hymn Books
  • Other, Religion
  • Bradbury, William B.
  • 1867
Bradbury’s Fresh Laurels for the Sabbath School
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
"A New and Extensive Collection of Music and Hymns. Prepared Expressly for Sabbath Schools, Etc." Inscribed inside front cover: Geo A Somes, C A P somes, 1871. Includes title and first line index.
Memories of Lottie, by a Pastor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Religion
  • 1863.
Memories of Lottie, by a Pastor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Handwritten opposite title page: "Found in old Lewis Somes house." Bookplate of Sabbath School Library, First Presbyterian Church, Paterson, N.J. inside front cover.
Rose in the Desert
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • 1862
Rose in the Desert
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Six religious stories. Pasted inside front cover: Regulations of Sound Public Library, Mount Desert Island, Maine.
Mitchell's New General Atlas
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • 1867
Mitchell's New General Atlas
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
"Containing maps of the various countries of the world, plans of cities, etc. Forty-eight quarto maps. Valuable statistical tables, including population figures, posts offices in the U.S.
The Book of Common Prayer
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Prayer
  • Other, Religion
  • 1864
The Book of Common Prayer
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
"And Administration fo the Sacraments; and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America . . ." Inscribed by Adelma Joy, 1960.