1 - 12 of 12 results
You searched for: Date: 1880sType: DocumentType: Letter
Refine Your Search
Refine Your Search
Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
Letter 1 of 3 from Wm H to Wm P Preble
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
  • 1886
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Letter 1 of 3 from Wm H to Wm P Preble
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter 1 of 3 from William H. Preble to his father William P. Preble on Chicago Rawhide MFG Co. (Chicago) letterhead, discussing GCI Church matters. Two pages with transcription.
Letter to Eugene Stanley re account of his father
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Bain Russell & Co.
  • 1887
Letter to Eugene Stanley re account of his father
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter to Mr. Stanley indicating "unsettled accounts for a number of years" for a total of $59.35. Bain Russell & Co. are Ship Stores and Ship Chandlery in Portland, Maine; Mr. Stanley's father had recently died, apparently at sea, for mention is made in the letter of recovering the body.
Quarry Letter from A. A. Murphy of Sound Me to A. H. Ash of Bar Harbor regarding the sale of a quarry, 1889
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, History - Bar Harbor
  • Other, History - Hall Quarry
  • Other, History - Sound
  • 11/29/1889
Description:
1889 letter from A. A. Murphy of Sound Me to A. H. Ash of Bar Harbor regarding the sale of a quarry . Hand written Envelope includes two 1 cent stamps and is stamped by both Sound and Bar Harbor post offices
Unique folded letter with 2 cent stamp D. Rodick in Bar Harbor complaining about proposed rail service to the island.
Tremont Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Ferries
  • Other, Hancock, Hancock County, Maine
  • Other, Mail Delivery
  • Other, Mail steamers
  • Other, Maine Central Railroad
  • Other, Mount Desert Ferry, Hancock, Maine
  • Other, Post Offices
  • Other, Railroad ferries
  • Other, Railroad stations
  • Other, stamps
  • 12/5/1883
Description:
Unique folded letter with 2 cent stamp D. Rodick in Bar Harbor complaining about proposed rail service to the island.
Copy of a letter from Post Office topographer's office to Mount Desert Post Office 9/21/1885
Tremont Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Mount Desert, Hancock County, Maine
  • Other, Post Offices
  • Other, Postage
  • Other, Postmasters
  • Other, Stamps
  • 9/21/1885
Description:
Copy of a letter from Post Office topographer's office to Mount Desert Post Office 9/21/1885
Letter to Stanley re: vessels for sale
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • 1882
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Letter to Stanley re: vessels for sale
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter and envelope, handwritten, from John D. Snow, Wellfleet MA, 4 Nov 1882, to Enoch.B. Stanley, offering vessels for sale per Stanley's request (no stamps -- letter not mailed, but rather handed on)
Letter from Office of the Light-house to Keeper of Bear Island Lighthouse
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • 1882
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Description:
October 14, 1882 Stephen Smallidge was keeper of Bear Island light. He was also a Civil War Veteran. This document was found in the wall of his Northeast Harbor house and given to the library by the owners of the home at the time. The house has been torn down.
Transcription of Letters from Stephen Manchester to Comfort Manchester Stanley
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
  • October 1995 (1884)
Description:
Letters written 1878-1884 to author's sister in Northeast Harbor. Transcribed by Robert E. Suminsby.
Letter from P. S. Moore to Mr. Preble
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
  • 1889
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Letter from P. S. Moore to Mr. Preble
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter from P.S. Moore to "Friend Preble" from Seawall, Sept 28. 1889, sending statement of Preble's account and thanking him for his recent sympathy. Wool, herring, salt 1876-1889, principal $257.80, balance due $167.9, with blue envelope addressed to William P. Preble postmarked at Seawall, Sept 30, [1889]
Letter from Small to Preble re: weir
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • 1882
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Letter from Small to Preble re: weir
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Document, 2 sheets, 4 sides, handwritten letter from E.E. Small, fish dealer, to William B. Preble, 9 Feb 1882, about not going into partnership with Preble but instead taking on by himself the plan to build a weir and fish business in the Cranberry Isles. Transcribed.
Letter to Enoch Stanley re: fish sales
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • 1881
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Letter to Enoch Stanley re: fish sales
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter from Potter and Wrightington, Boston, to Enoch Stanley, 2 Aug 1881, complaining that Enoch sent fish to them without notice and thus they had to sell at poor market.
Letter from Carlton McGown to Charles Eliot
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1888
Description:
Letter from contractor Carlton McGown of Ellsworth to Charles Eliot regarding moving house and adding/repairing other features, e.g. chimney.