Description: Listed expenses and individual documents inserted between pages and in archival envelopes for such items as plowing, subscriptions to Ellsworth American, Maine Farmer; carding wool; request to buy fruit trees from Chase Bros. in Rochester, NY; tax bills; payments to Lewis Somes; flyer for an "eclectic remedy for internal and external use"; hand-written prescription; 1891 bill for doctor's vist = $1.00; 1877 letter from female children relinquishing any claims on property and designating same to whichever brother assumed responsibility for aging for Dr. and Mrs. Kittredge; l868 letter from William to his brother Ernest; record of births and deaths of Kittredges [show more]
Description: Black ledger with red binding includes Minutes of meetings from the Somesville Union Meeting House U.C.C. (Congregational Church) from 9/18/1914 - 1930
Description: This is a typical ledger, measuring 8 x 10 and 1/4 inches. It has a black cover with a faded red binding and matching red corners. The title of the ledger is written on a white label with red borders in cursive writing. It reads, "Union Meeting House Society Records". The first entry is the text of the application made to the state of Maine to become an incorporated parish and religious society under the provisions of chapter 16 of the Revised Statutes of Maine. There are the transcribed notes of the first meeting and the signers of the bylaws. The records appear to span 1914-1931. There are additional minutes of meetings and what appear records of contributions. [show more]
The Mutual Improvement and Benovolent Society of Southwest Harbor, Maine
Description: Ledger with hand - written notes from 1853 - 1883 includes accounts and minutes and mention of the sewing circle. Includes many names from Southwest including Doliver, Stanley, Hadlock, Moore, Teague, Haynes, McGoffey, King, Newman, Anderson, Cleveland, Dyer
Description: This is the second ledger brought into the School House Museum on July 10, 2007 by Ken Smith. Cora Walls' name appears penciled in on the cover which has the title "Order Book" in block cursive letters. It is faded gray with doodles in pencil. The title appears in black. There is a hole on the top of the binding and the lower right hand corner of the cover. This book measures 16 inches by 6 and a half inches. It has loose pages and ripped pages. There are food entries, as well as, flowers. [show more]
Description: Marbled Book with paper mend on binding Minutes of meetings from the Somesville Christian Endeavor Society Journal, Somesville Union Meeting House U.C.C. (Congregational Church) from 8/27/1895 -11/13/1912