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| Receipts for fishing and vessel expenses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipts for fishing and vessel expenses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Three recipts: 1. 1866 (Dec. to July) ledger page with header “W.P. and W. H. Preble” to Lyman Son & Tobey, itemized expenses for oil, paints, rope, lead, etc. “Please remit and much oblige LS&T” 2. 1867 (Sept 13) statement. Schooner Intreped (sic Intrepid?) & Owners bought of Richards, Adams & Co. Boston, pounds of manila [rope], wormline, rattine, springyarn, marlin spike, etc. With a 2-cent stamp date/stamped affixed. 3. 1867 (Dec. 6): Receipt for Schooner Transfer and owners to A T Hayden for half pilotage out. [show more] | ||
| Receipt from Hadlock to Stanley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt from Hadlock to Stanley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business receipt, Enoch Stanley received $34.86 from G. Hadlock, 12 Jul 1864 | ||
| Promisory note to Alfred Gilley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Promisory note to Alfred Gilley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Document, promisary note with stamps, William P. Preble, William H. Preble, Charles Guptill, and Enoch B. Stanley promise to pay Alfred H. Gilley $150 on 1 Jan 1870, signed 1869 | ||
| Letter from Jacob William Carroll to Mr. Clark Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Letter from Jacob William Carroll to Mr. Clark Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: This letter was written to Mr. Clark in 1865, while Jacob was at sea, five years before his marriage. The letter says: Philadelphia, Dec 23/65 Mr. Clark Sir What money you have for me from the Schr [Schooner?] please pay it over toward my Taxes. I am loading general cargo for Savannah. I got a fair Freight, but business is very dull & I shall be a long time loading. Coal to Boston is $3.00 & very scarce. There is a great deal of ice in the river. I am afraid it will close before I get out. Res. yours J.W. Carroll [show more] |
| Kimball Notebook Northeast Harbor Library |
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| William P. Preble Ledgers (1860-1870s) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  William P. Preble Ledgers (1860-1870s) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Eleven ledgers (A-K) with two inserts, 1860-1870s of a collection of 18 small, 19th-century ledgers or account journals belonging to William P. Preble; very difficult to decipher, many entries not in chronological order, often several years of entries not made in sequential order. (Only exterior and one page of each ledger scanned. ) A= Black leather journal with leather clasp. Property of William P. Preble, Cranberry Isles. 1862 Boston entries payments to individuals, mentions Schooner Commerce, etc. Letter tucked into this notebook in the pocket in the rear of the notebook. Bangor Dec. 20, 1860 to Wm. P. Preble Esq. from Abner Knowles about a balance of $40 he owes the Town of Cranberry Isles. B= Black leather journal with leather clasp. Property of William P. Preble, Cranberry Isles. No dates. Payments for work in Boston [undated]. Mentions Schooners Express and Sea Flower. Expenses and provisions, individual accounts. Tucked into the rear pocket of this notebook are two receipts make out to William Preble for $18.00 each for 1862 and 1863 pertaining to his handling of the estate of Sans Stanley. C= 1864-1867-1877 (various years) small ledger begins with Schooner Sea Flower expenses. Schooner Quickstep expenses. Includes payments to sailors/fishermen.1872 Preble as highway Surveyor. 1872 and 1873 School Committee expenses. D= 1865 small ledger Wm. P. Preble begins with Accounts of Sales Daily starting November 1 running for several months….“Amount of sales for the year 1866 $5,542.58, tax collected 798.97” Note: One large loose ledger sheet folded and stored inside this small ledger D with header WP Preble to Clark & Parker November 18th 1879 lists supplies and hardware of various kinds. E= 1867-1871 small ledger begins with “Wrecked Schooner”, then Schooner von Buren & Owners, information pertaining to the Owners of Quickstep (fractions of ownership by each man?), herring for E. B. Stanley and others, fishing tallies, Schooner Sea Queen, 1871 H. Gilley, 1871 and 1873 Town of CI expenses for Preble services, 1873-1874 miscellaneous and expenses Perley and Russell, 1874 Preble’s expenses for Town of CI business, Accounts of sales to various individuals, with various notations on the front and rear flaps of the ledger. F= 1867 long narrow store ledger with list of cash and credit, tallies of purchases by individuals. G= 1869-1872 long narrow store ledger with list of cash and credit for various dates, and purchases by individuals. H= 1867 & 1878 small narrow tan leather journal. 1867 Schooner C.D. Horton, expenses, sailors/fishermen. Schooner Alice P [or T?]. expenses, sailors. Cranberry Isles Wrecking Company meeting notes January and February 1867. Ledgers of accounts for various individuals. Also a couple of notations re: 1878 & 1879 matters, and 1873 on the last page. Inserted in this ledger H is a Lime Rock Insurance Company policy for $3,000 on the schooner Sea Queen for one year from March 1, 1866 at noon. I= 1877 Collector’s Tax List book – William P. Preble, Esq. Treasurer and Collector of Taxes of the Town of Cranberry Isles, County of Hancock aforesaid. Assessors: A. C. Fernald, J. S. Spurling, and N. S. Spurling. With notes after tax lists: June 5th 1879 sold house of Moses D. Haynes to Leonard Holmes at auction for the full xxx of eight dollars at 2 oclock pm [etc] J= Small tan narrow leather journal Date? Undated first half - list of various cargoes, expenses to Belfast, Schooner Alice T [or J?]. Several entries for 1879. 1867 two Schooner Sea Queen entries. Last two pages: List of articles saved from wreck of the Schooner Zulma [no date]. K= Small tan narrow leather journal “W.P. and W. H. Preble book” 1865 lists of expenses. 1874 Entry Boards for meeting house [church] 1249 feet. 1875 list of fish shipped. 1879 entries. 1866 entries cash sent to Portland. Lobsters tallies. 1866 entries for lawyers and Gilley. 1865 entry for Schooner C. Hood[?] [show more] | ||
| Letter from Adney Boothby in the battlefield Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Letter from Adney Boothby in the battlefield Northeast Harbor Library Description: Civil War letter of Adney Boothby to his folks at home. Written on July 4, 1863. | ||
| Letters to Ada Emerson Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Letters to Ada Emerson Northeast Harbor Library Description: Letters from Henry Kelley (Emerson?) to his mother, Ada Emerson, in Indian River, ME describing his Civil War encampment with the Maine 10th Regiment at Camp Washburn, MD & Harper's Ferry, VA. Given to library by Carl Kelley. | ||
| Civil War Tax document Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Civil War Tax document Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Document, 2 sheets, 1 side, glued together end-to-end, handwritten, "List of Persons Between the ages of 20 and 45 years liable to pay the Tax of $50.00 voted in Town Meeting Jan 23d 1865" and signed and paid that same day, apparently a special Civil War tax. Signed by William P Preble, William H Preble, Samuel S Bunker, Assessors of Cranberry Isles. Transcribed. | ||
| Water Pitcher from the Island House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Water Pitcher from the Island House Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Gift to Deacon Henry Higgins Clark from Guests - August 3, 1861. This silver plated water pitcher is typical of its era. It probably had an inner air jacket to keep the iced water cold. The inscription reads: "Henry H. Clark from the Guests of the Island House August 3rd, 1861" | |
| The Holy Bible. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  The Holy Bible. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: "Containing the Old and New Testaments: translated out of the original tongues; and with the former translations diligently compared and revised." Printed in front: "Fannie Pray".Written opposite title page: "Della Pray". | |||
| The Holy Bible. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  The Holy Bible. Mount Desert Island Historical Society | |||
| Letter from Department of the Interior Pension Office to Harrison G. Smith Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Letter from Department of the Interior Pension Office to Harrison G. Smith Northeast Harbor Library | |||
| Town of Cranberry Isles records -Voting lists and miscellaneous (1860-1954) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Town of Cranberry Isles records -Voting lists and miscellaneous (1860-1954) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: These documents were originally found in a folder labelled "1867-1871 Gov of Maine" but these documents are from 1860-1954. Random papers and mostly voting lists. (Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles, part of 2016.334.2100) | ||
| Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1860 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1860 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1860 (part of 2016.334.2100) | ||
| Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1861 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1861 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1861 (part of 2016.334.2100) | ||
| Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1862 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1862 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1862 (part of 2016.334.2100) | ||
| Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1863 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1863 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1863 (part of 2016.334.2100) | ||
| Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1864 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1864 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1864 (part of 2016.334.2100) | ||
| Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1865 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1865 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1865 (part of 2016.334.2100) | ||
| Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1866 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1866 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1866 (part of 2016.334.2100) | ||
| Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1867 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1867 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1867 (part of 2016.334.2100) | ||
| Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1868 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1868 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1868 (part of 2016.334.2100) | ||
| Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1869-1903 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1869-1903 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. No scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records for 1869-1903 have been made as of 2018 (part of 2016.334.2100). Paper documents are in files. | ||
| Brochures Civil War Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Brochures Civil War Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Three booklets: (A) Typhoid Fever Its Prevention and Restriction, Issued by the State of Maine (Form 25) undated, 4 pages. (B) Circular No. 54 State of Health of Maine, On the Prevention of Consumption undated, 4 pages. (C) What they have to do who State at Home issued by Fred. Law Olmstead, General Secretary, Washington DC 1862 (Civil War), 4 pages. |