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| Store Ledger 1838-1845 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Store Ledger 1838-1845 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Ledger, handwritten, inscribed "William P. Preble, Property, Cranberry Isles 1839" inside front cover, records 1838-1845 are mostly running expenses and payments, apparently at a store, for various accounts: Esaias Preble, Horace Duryan, Thomas Bunker, Harriet Rosebrook, John Pung, Michael Green, Winchester Whitney, Abigail Spurling, South (school) District Cranberry Isles, Thomas Manchester, Nathaniel Gott, Edwin Hadlock, Enoch Lurvy (or Lurvey), John Dow, Capt. L.W. Gilley, B. Bunker, Edward Burroughs, Rev. Micah Strickland, Miss Mary Preble, Justis W. Gilley, John Brown, Messrs. Symms Eaton & Co., David Thompson, Haskell Lancaster, Benjamin Moor, Thomas Newman, Josiah Young, Henry Fernald, Town of Cranberry Isles To William Preble, William Pung, expenses of Estate of Benjamin Spurling, Richard Higgins, George N. Spurling, Eunice Keef, Ivory Joy, Esther Eaton, North (school) District, Thomas Marks, Schooner Brainerd (or Brainard), Elisha Young, Bills against the Brigantine Factor for repairs, Michael Bulger, Samuel Farnham, Sans Stanley, Briant Hodgkins, James Mayo, Schooner Harriet, Estate of Robert Spurling, David Winsey, William Richardson, Charles Bunker, Andrew Frisbee, William Rice, Estate of Samuel Spurling, Schooner Eastern Star. Several scraps of note paper with writing and figures also in ledger. [show more] | |
| Receipt for inheritance Benjamin Spurling Estate Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for inheritance Benjamin Spurling Estate Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Abigail Cobb Spurling acknowledges receipt of inheritance for her children. Received May 19th 1838 of Enoch Spurling administrator of the Estate of Benjamin Spurling late of Cranberry Isles in the County of Hancock. Received three hundred and thirty 43/100 Dollars, it being in part for Saml & Zulma & Andrew B, Sarah, & Abigail Spurling portion of said Deceased Estate they being [xxxx?] children and heirs to said Estate. Signed: Abigail C. Spurling 313.43 [show more] | ||
| Wallet inscribed: William P Prebles Property, Cranberry Isles 1836 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Wallet inscribed: William P Prebles Property, Cranberry Isles 1836 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Wallet, brown leather tri-fold with tongue & strap closure, repaired and well worn, inked inside:" William P Prebles Property, Cranberry Isles 1836." From Louise Marr collection of items recovered from the Preble House. | ||
| Wabanaki Basket Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  Wabanaki Basket Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: Woven bark basket with braided sweet grass detail. Dyed green an brown pattern. | |||
| Kimball Store Business Ledger Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Kimball Store Business Ledger Northeast Harbor Library Description: Handwritten ledger in buff suede (13" x 8.5" x 1.75") belonging to the Great Harbor Maritime Museum and given to the Northeast Harbor Library for safekeeping. | |
| Seal Cove School Meeting Minutes March 12, 1832 Tremont Historical Society |
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|  Seal Cove School Meeting Minutes March 12, 1832 Tremont Historical Society Description: The History IT collection is a collection of approximately 73 items which were selected by History IT workers in June 2017 as part of an assessment of the THS collection's scope. They are digitalized in the History Trust Digital Archive, (HistoryTrust.org) but are mostly not inventoried in the Past Perfect Database. We are currently inventorying them under this Collection Name HISTORY IT RECORDS Seal Cove School Meeting Minutes,March12, 1832 Notes from a Seal Cove school district meeting at the residence of Captain William Heath. Notes from a Seal Cove school district meeting at the residence of Captain William Heath. People Mentioned: Benjamin Atherton George Butler Jr. George Butler Jacob Butler William Butler Ezra Dodge Jr. John S. Dodge R. F. Dodge R. F. Dodge Nathaniel Gott O. Haley William Heath Jr. Hosea Heath Thomas Heath William Heath Samuel Hennison George Murphy Jr. George Murphy Israel Murphy Lemuel Norton James Reed Jr. Ezra D. Reed James Reed Benjamin Robins Jonathan Robins Joshua Sawyer Samuel Sawyer [show less] [show more] | ||
| Mt. Desert Bridge Co. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Mt. Desert Bridge Co. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Handwritten documents: 1. Contract to build bridge across Mt. Desert Narrows, 1836 2. Survey of Mt. Desert Narrows, 1836 3. Letter complaining about bridge corporation 4. Proposal to build toll house. 5. Bond--contractor to build bridge 6. Other letters related to declaring dividend, concern about tolls by mail carriers, ministers 7. 1850 bill for repair. 8. Dividend Payment for John Somes | |||
| Account of Boat Accident resulting in death of Richard Solmes (sic) Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Account of Boat Accident resulting in death of Richard Solmes (sic) Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Copy of an account from Hallowell Free Press of Oct. 21, 1833, recounting a boat accident in which Richard Solmes (Somes) died. The accident occurred when a cargo boat capsized in the Bay of Quinte, Upper Gap, Lake Ontario, Canada. | ||
| Amos Clement Logbook from the Schooner Golden Rule Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Amos Clement Logbook from the Schooner Golden Rule Northeast Harbor Library Description: Logbook of accounts of Amos Clement on his schooner Golden Rule, Mount Desert, Maine. | ||
| First Report of the Geology of the Public Lands in the State of Maine Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  First Report of the Geology of the Public Lands in the State of Maine Northeast Harbor Library Description: Resolve of the Legislature of Massachusetts, passed March 21, 1836. Senate, No. 89 | ||
| Ship's Log, Schooner Marion Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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| Ship's Log, Schooner Marion Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Ship's log for the Schooner Marion, 1836-1837 This log records voyages of the Schooner Marion, commanded by Eaton Clark from February 1836 to June 1836 (potentially a bit longer). From June 1836 (and definitely by November ben 1836) until July 1836 the schooner was commanded by Jacob Sawyer. Destinations mentioned include: Puerto Rico, Mount Desert, Lubec, Williamstown, New York, Port au Plat, St. Domingo, and others | |
| Wedding belt Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Wedding belt Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Silk wedding belt Belonged to Bethany Oaks who married Nathan Salisbury in 1835 | ||||
| Bill for L. Higgins from Samuel Reed Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Bill for L. Higgins from Samuel Reed Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: This appears to be an account bill for L. Higgins from Samuel Reed. Each item is dated and they appear to be mostly grocery store items. | ||||
| Desert Rock Light House Print Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Desert Rock Light House Print Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Desert Rock Light House engraving of rough seas, three men in forground hoisting a log with lighthouse back right, boats back left. Black wooden frame illustration by W. Radclyffe/ Engraving by R. Doughty | ||||
| Mount Desert tax records - 1831 - 1838 - 1839 Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Mount Desert tax records - 1831 - 1838 - 1839 Northeast Harbor Library Description: Town of Mt. Desert valuation ledgers of above years in Comb bound booklet. Eden tax records 1890 1841, stapled computer print-out. | ||
| Bill-Of-Sale Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Bill-Of-Sale Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Bill from Military Store in Boston in wooden frame with dark finish. Bill attached to matte. Reads, “Military Store Boston Aug 22, 1831, J. Somes - Bought of John J. Low and Co. at their military rooms, no 19 Washington St. 1 sword [$6] 1 belt 1.02, 1 epaulet $3, sash $7. 1 cockade and eagle 2/3 - totaled 17.99. Rec Payment J.L. and Co. 1 1/4 yd Blue Broad Cloth @ 3.88 - 4.85, 1 fur hat @ 3.50 1 gal gin 1.56 totaled 27.90. | ||||
| Seal Cove--Schools Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Seal Cove--Schools Mount Desert Island Historical Society | |||
| Request for road through Pretty Marsh Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Request for road through Pretty Marsh Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 1. 1839 petition, commission survey related to request for road from Seal Cove through Pretty Marsh to Narrows; second request of 1843. 2. Personal letter from "Betty" about arriving in Pretty Marsh, fishing; reference to Mrs. Rumill's home and Edna (no date). 3. Compositions by Linnie (?) Smith: "Work", "House Cleaning", "The object of attending school", "Ice". Also "Verses for Otto". 4. Pencilled notes by Linda Florence (Smith) Foote on brown paper about store, post office on Pretty Marsh; Bar, Tinker, Hardwood, Bartletts Islands. 4. Note about Israel Atherton and family. 5. Letter from Elizabeth C. Wescott of Blue Hill to Mrs. Hysom, 1980, concerning area families' histories. 6. Photo. of stone from Pretty Marsh cemetery inscribed "Hear [sic] lies the body of James Pray was drowned 1784 (?) 7. 1968 newspaper ad. for bids to "purchase and remove woodshed at Pretty Marsh schoolhouse." 8. Newspaper clippings about charges against Judge Darius L. V. Moffett (no date). 9. Copies of photographs of Mary Anna Smith, Capt. Sewell Smith, Reuben Smith, Lois Bartlett Smith. [show more] | |||
| Freeman Warrantee Deed Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Freeman Warrantee Deed Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Property deed -lands being transferred for the quantity of 2 thousand dollars from Lewis and Sophronia Freeman to George Freeman Judge - Benjamin Atherton | |||
| The Malte-Brun School Geography.
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| The Malte-Brun School Geography.
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| Extract from the Journal of John Nelson: Being an Account of God’s Dealing with him. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Extract from the Journal of John Nelson: Being an Account of God’s Dealing with him. Mount Desert Island Historical Society | ||
| The American Frugal Housewife. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| The American Frugal Housewife. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Mrs. Caroline Brewster Williston written on first page. | ||
| Improvement of the Mind. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Improvement of the Mind. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Isaac Watts invented the steam engine; this may have some value. A treatise for students on how to improve and enrich the mind | ||
| Clock Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Clock Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Clock made by “Boardman and Wells - Forestville, Conn.”. Label inside glass shows eagle with “E Plurubus Unum”. Also marked, “Improved clocks manufactured and sold by Boardman and Wells, Bristol, Conn. Case Tiffany and Co, Printers - Hartford”. Label gives directions to set clock. Glass not original. Probably had reverse painting on glass. Clock face is painted on wood. White in center with strawberries. Gold in corners. “Pillars” carved on each side of clock. Dark wood. Missing weight. The works are still intact. Donor info- came from Gilley house on Baker’s Island. This house was built by William Gilley in 1812. Clock was given to donor by his grandmother, Phoebe Gilley Stanley. [show more] | ||||
| Request & receipt for payment to Ebenezer Shipey (?) for teaching and repairing chimney Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Request & receipt for payment to Ebenezer Shipey (?) for teaching and repairing chimney Mount Desert Island Historical Society |