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17519Bill-Of-Sale
  • Document, Financial, Sales Record, Bill of Sale
  • 1831
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.
16620Freeman Warrantee Deed
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Other, Deed
  • 4/11/1839
Description:
Property deed -lands being transferred for the quantity of 2 thousand dollars from Lewis and Sophronia Freeman to George Freeman Judge - Benjamin Atherton
11798Wedding belt
  • Object, Clothing, Belt
  • ca. 1835
Description:
Silk wedding belt Belonged to Bethany Oaks who married Nathan Salisbury in 1835
3783Deed to Jeremiah Moore
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Other, Deed
  • Sep 9, 1830
Description:
Deed conveyed from John Quincy Adama, Nathaniel Curtis, Alicia Boylston (signed by their lawyer) to Jeremiah Moore of land in Mt. Desert
3912Deed, C. Thompson to W. Thompson, of 100-acre farm
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Other, Farms
  • 1833
Description:
Deed for sale from Cornelius Thompson to William Thompson, 1833, of 100-acre farm;
3915Sale of Thompson Island
  • Document, Financial, Sales Record, Bill of Sale
  • Other, Bridges
  • Other, Thompson Island
  • 1835
Description:
Document showing sale of Thompson Island, 1835, to William Thompson for $100.00 by Isaac and Emma (9?) Mayo.
13420Request & receipt for payment to Ebenezer Shipey (?) for teaching and repairing chimney
  • Document, Manuscript
  • 1838
4681Letter from Josiah Phillips to Luther A. Phillips
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Josiah Phillips
  • 1830
Description:
Photocopy of an 1830 handwritten letter from Josiah Phillips to Luther A. Phillips of Orland, Maine. The letter tells of the death of Josiah's father and Luther's father. The letter fills one-page; a photocopy of the page showing the address has also been copied. The orginal sheet of paper was approx. 15 inches wide and 12' high. It had been folded in half and the address written on the outside. The letter itself was about 7.5" in width and 12" high. [show more]
16891Seal Cove--Schools
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Schools
  • Other, Seal Cove
  • 1832
3165Stove Lid Lifter
  • Object, Furnishings, Stove Tool, Stove Lifter
  • Other, Kitchens
  • c.1830
Description:
10 “ iron rod with loop handle and hooked end found at kitchen midden of Benjamin and Sophronia Carter home“C” relates to a map that was created by Alice Smith 002.47
3800Deed to John Jacob and Abraham Somes
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Other, Deed
  • Apr 23, 1831
Description:
Ephraim Higgins conveyance to John Jacob and Abraham Somes
2905Account of Boat Accident resulting in death of Richard Solmes (sic)
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Death
  • Hallowell Free Press
  • 10/21/1833
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.
14072Mt. Desert Bridge Co.
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Bridge construction
  • Other, Mount Desert
  • 1836
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
2995The Mount Desert Bridge Corporation
  • Document, Bylaws
  • Organizations
  • Other, Bridges
  • Other, Clubs
  • January 1836
Description:
The Mount Desert Bridge Corporation. Chartered in January, 1836. Booklet with the bylaws adopted July 13, 1836. Printed by W.H. Sherman, Printer, Bar Harbor, ME. 1900. Previously archived as 016.FIC.00.23
12559Confession of Faith and Covenant adopted by the 1st Congregational Church, Mount Desert, Maine
  • Document, Pamphlet
  • 1834
Description:
Small pamphlet with Confession of Faith: Christ is God, The Holy Spirit is God, Sacred Trinity, and other Articles including Baptism and the Lord's Supper.
3468Tax Records
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record
  • Other, Taxes
  • 1830
Description:
Tax Records 1830 Mount Desert Listed as North Parrish by poll tax, estate tax and total
16732Request for road through Pretty Marsh
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Cemeteries
  • Other, Pretty Marsh
  • Other, Roads
  • Other, Schools
  • 1839
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]
3997Deed to pew in early Pretty Marsh church
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, Pretty Marsh
  • 1835
Description:
Pew for John Smith
3376Desert Rock Light House Print
  • Image, Print
  • 1839
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
1618Pillowcase
  • Object, Furnishings, Pillowcase
  • c 1835
Description:
Hand stitched with ruffle on edge. Marked in brown ink “Mary A. Tapley”. Number after name not legible. Donor info - pillow case from Somes family of Gloucester, Massachusetts. From 1835 trousseau of Mary A. Tapley. It appears that there are two identical pillowcases with this ID #.