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| Receipt for Groceries, Provisions Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for Groceries, Provisions Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Part of a page from a ledger showing receipt for keg powder, shells, tea, shoes, pork (?). | |||
| Receipt for Goods from WH Ward Store, Southwest Harbor, Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for Goods from WH Ward Store, Southwest Harbor, Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: W.H. Ward was dealer in Fishing Outfits, Groceries, Tobaccos, Boots and Shoes, Confectionery, etc. Also Water and Ice. Most of the items listed are illegible except for butter, lard, and laces. | |||
| Receipt, Grindle, R. L. to Brown, Wm. S. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt, Grindle, R. L. to Brown, Wm. S. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Doctor Robert L. Grindles receipt to Wm. S. Brown for services including attending birth of daughter. | ||||
| King's Daughters Circle of Mount Desert Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| King's Daughters Circle of Mount Desert Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Receipt from American MIssionary Society for $2.00 contribution from the King's Daughters Circle of Mount Desert, Mary Somes, President. Also includes envelope addressed to Miss Mary A. Somes. Enrollment form of Emma Richardson, Mt Desert, Maine in the International Order of The King's Daughters and Sons, NYC Mae Hill, Mt Desert, ME is the Leader of the Circle known as Somesville Silver Cross (n.d.) Note indicates that Mae Hill was married to Paul Ather? [show more] | |||
| B.R. Smith paid $90.00 to Mt. Desert for Old School House. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  B.R. Smith paid $90.00 to Mt. Desert for Old School House. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Handwritten note indicating that B.R. Smith had paid $90.00 to Town of Mt. Desert for the Old School House in Somesville. | ||||
| Stanley - Nathan S Stanley Account for the Schooner Lizzie Maud. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Stanley - Nathan S Stanley Account for the Schooner Lizzie Maud. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: An account receipt for Nathan Stanley on the schooner Lizzie Maud. This slip shows a payment of $3000 for 1/16th of the schooner, insurance, assessments, and a check of balance! | |
| Allen - Lincoln Allen account on the schooner Lizzie Maud Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Allen - Lincoln Allen account on the schooner Lizzie Maud Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Lincoln Allen's account on the schooner Lizzie Maud. This slip shows a payment for insurance, cash paid by check, and other boat related payments. The Lizzie Maud was a schooner that travelled around the Cranberry Isles, the Lizzie Maud wrecked in 1904 and the shipwreck is frequently visited. | |
| Bangor Weekly Commercial, Receipt. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Bangor Weekly Commercial, Receipt. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: A receipt for the Bangor Weekly Commercial. This receipt was for $1.00 , and 12 months worth of papers. | |
| Gravestone lettering for Harvey Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Gravestone lettering for Harvey Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business Receipt September 24, 1890, Bangor ME, made out to Benj. N. Spurling for $12.00. Company name appears as A. C. Shepley and Son. For work on marble labels for Harvey Spurling. | ||
| Bill for liquor Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Bill for liquor Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Letter, from W.H. Jones & Co., Boston, 12 Apr 1895, to S.G. Stanley, dunning letter for $5.05 of liquor bought in 1894 | ||
| Miscellaneous documents re: William P. Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Miscellaneous documents re: William P. Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Four documents 1891-1900. First: 1891 check from William P. Preble to Almira Beverly for $400.00 2. 1893 Note from the U.S. Pension Agency requesting someone (“madam”) surrender their Pension Certificate and submit a copy of their marriage record, appoint a guardian for child and apply for new certificate from date of their marriage until child is age 16. 3A. [No year] Statement from First national Bank of Ellsworth, ME, for William P. Preble 3B. 1893. Envelope postmarked Portland, ME 1893 from Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary in Portland to Wm. Preble, Cranberry Isles. [May or may not be related to 3A but they were together when accessioned.] 4. 1900 Handwritten note listing charges for hauling wood and coal, etc., for W.P. Preble, signed by E. C. Rosebrook. [show more] | ||
| 1891 towing receipt for vessel Mary Farrow Tremont Historical Society |
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|  1891 towing receipt for vessel Mary Farrow Tremont Historical Society | ||||
| W.H. Davis Bill of Sale to Augustus Clark for a Buckboard Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  W.H. Davis Bill of Sale to Augustus Clark for a Buckboard Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Promissory note Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Promissory note Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business receipt. Two sides. Dated April 29, 1899, Boothbay Harbor. Signed by W. H. Preble, a promise to pay $159 to B. H. Spurling for "value received". | ||
| Receipt for items purchased by Schooner Lizzie Maud Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for items purchased by Schooner Lizzie Maud Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business invoice (photocopy). "Portland, Me 189_, Sch {Schooner] Lizzie Maud & Owners, Bought of H.H. Hay & Son, Druggists, Junction Free & Middle Streets." Stamped May 19, 1892 in bottom right corner. Sixteen items were bought; many are hard to read, but some include "2 oz. spt. [spirits of] Camphor 8 cents, 2 oz. tinct [tincture of] Rhei [powdered rhubarb] 10 cents, 1 oz. sulph. [sulphuric] ether 8 cents, etc." The most expensive item bought is "1 Ritter's Manual 50 cents." This is a merchant marine oriented first aid manual issued in 1877. A photo of H.H. Hay's Portland store is available at http://www.vintagemaineimages.com/bin/Detail?ln=23426 [show more] | ||
| Receipt for repairs for Schooner S. L. Foster Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for repairs for Schooner S. L. Foster Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Bill from I.L. Snow & Co. Rockland ME, 17 May 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for ship repair, $80.23, with nice photo of Rockland Harbor printed on the bill. Also, slip acknowledging payment for same on 1 Sep 1898. Both were attached together with steel straight pin, which had rusted. | ||
| Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster expense Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster expense Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Bill from Wilbur H. Smith Dr. (dealer) Manset ME, 26 Oct 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for misc. merchandise, $2.90 Paid in full the next day. | ||
| Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster expenses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster expenses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Bill from Wilbur H. Smith Dr. (Dealer) Manset ME, 26 Aug 1898, to Schooner S. L. Foster, for misc. merchandise, $0.60 Paid in full the next day. | ||
| Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster misc expenses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster misc expenses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Bill from Wilbur H. Smith Dr. (dealer) Manset ME, 27 Jun 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for misc. merchandise, $1.60 Paid the next day. | ||
| Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster misc expenses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster misc expenses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Bill from Wilbur H. Smith Dr. (dealer) Manset ME, 2 Apr 1898, to Schooner S. L. Foster, for misc. merchandise, $10.15 Paid 13 Apr 1898. | ||
| Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster misc expenses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster misc expenses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Bill from G.H. Gilley Dr. (dealer) Southwest Harbor ME, 4 Aug 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for pipes, $3.29 | ||
| Receipt for repairs to Schooner S. L. Foster Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for repairs to Schooner S. L. Foster Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Bill from S.S. King Manset ME, 29 Aug 1898, to James Parker for the Schooner S.L. Foster, for tar and painting, $30.25 | ||
| Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster repairs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster repairs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Bill from Richard J. Pike (handwritten), 29 Sep 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for six hours repairing foresail at 20 cents per hour, $1.20 | ||
| Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster labor expense Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster labor expense Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Bill, handwritten, from John S. Moore, Southwest Harbor ME, 17 Oct 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for labor, $1.00 | ||
| Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster repairs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster repairs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Bill, handwritten, from Clark Hopkins Dr (dealer), Southwest Harbor ME, 27 Jun 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for canvas, rope, repairing jib, $7.23 |