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4299Letter to President Franklin Pierce
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Government - Municipal
  • Other, History - Ellsworth
  • People
  • 1853
Letter to President Franklin Pierce
Item:
  • 4299   
Object ID:
  • 002-16-20-2410
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Other, Government - Municipal
  • Other, History - Ellsworth
  • People
Date:
  • 1853
Description:
Duplicate record of 011.FIC. 29.76 Hand-written letter to President Franklin Pierce from Daniel Somes Jr. (1803-1883) submitting Thomas Jones's name to be considered for office of Collector of the Customs for the District of Frenchmen’s Bay from Mount Desert, March 1853.
12973Letter to President Franklin Pierce
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Correspondence
  • Other, Customs
  • Daniel Somes
  • 1853
Letter to President Franklin Pierce
Item:
  • 12973   
Object ID:
  • 011.FIC.29.76
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Other, Correspondence
  • Other, Customs
Creator:
  • Daniel Somes
Collection:
  • Somes Genealogy
Date:
  • 1853
Description:
Duplicate record of 002-16-20-2410. Letter from Daniel Somes Jr. (1803-1883) to President Franklin Pierce recommending Thomas Jones for office of Collector of the Customs for the District of Frenchman Bay.
4506To Mary Newman from Aramenta March, Oct 1859
  • Document, Correspondence
  • 1859
To Mary Newman from Aramenta March, Oct 1859
Item:
  • 4506   
Object ID:
  • 008.075.26
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Collection:
  • Mary Newman
Date:
  • 1859
Description:
To Mary Newman from Aramenta March, Oct 1859 Discusses m? is not well. Charlotte is unkind for not seeing her.Also wants Mary to come visit
4519Letter to Mary Newman, 1858 from Gouldsboro from daughter Nell?
  • Document, Correspondence
  • 1858
Letter to Mary Newman, 1858 from Gouldsboro from daughter Nell?
Item:
  • 4519   
Object ID:
  • 008.075.13
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Collection:
  • Mary Newman
Date:
  • 1858
Description:
Letter o Mary Newman, 1858 from Gouldsboro from daughter Nell?
16988Personal Corrispondence Aug 9th, 1855
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Aug 9th, 1855
Personal Corrispondence Aug 9th, 1855
Item:
  • 16988   
Object ID:
  • 009.003.002
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Date:
  • Aug 9th, 1855
Description:
Letter between brother and sister, Beatrice (?) and A. M. Capen (?). This letter is from A. Capen to his sister, informing her on his recent relocation to Mount Desert Island. He speaks of swimming in the ocean and how pleasent the air is.
16796From A.C. Milliken
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Sailing ships
  • 1854
From A.C. Milliken
Item:
  • 16796   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.065j
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Sailing ships
Date:
  • 1854
Description:
Written from Campeachy re sickness (fever) among men, perhaps from drinking too many "spirits", and delay caused by a "norther."
16797From A.E. Milliken
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Sailing ships
  • 1853
From A.E. Milliken
Item:
  • 16797   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.065i
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Sailing ships
Date:
  • 1853
Description:
Re passage from Boston to Jacksonville, need for new sails, running rigging, painting, rats damaging sails
16802From Means & Clark
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Insurance
  • Other, Sailing ships
  • 1851
From Means & Clark
Item:
  • 16802   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.065g
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Insurance
  • Other, Sailing ships
Date:
  • 1851
Description:
Re insurance on "Emma Francis". Later note at bottom by Virginia Somes Sanderson.
16798From Means & Clark
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Sailing ships
  • Other, Schooners
  • 1852
From Means & Clark
Item:
  • 16798   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.065h
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Sailing ships
  • Other, Schooners
Date:
  • 1852
Description:
Concerning amounts received / owed for various ships.
16803From David Bartlett (copy)
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Sailing ships
  • 1850
From David Bartlett (copy)
Item:
  • 16803   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.065f
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Sailing ships
Date:
  • 1850
Description:
Re at anchor in Mayaguez; to sail to Philadelphia; has sensitive plant seeds for Somes' daughters.
16805From David Bartlett
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Sailing ships
  • 1850
From David Bartlett
Item:
  • 16805   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.065d
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Sailing ships
Date:
  • 1850
Description:
Re Brig. Emma Frances loaded with long lumber bound from Calais for New Haven
16804From David Bartlett
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Sailing ships
  • 1850
From David Bartlett
Item:
  • 16804   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.065e
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Sailing ships
Date:
  • 1850
Description:
Re arrival in Mayaguez; laying by; crew sick.
12551Letter from ESJ Nealle (?) to AJ Heath
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • 1851
Letter from ESJ Nealle (?) to AJ Heath
Item:
  • 12551   
Object ID:
  • 015.FIC.07.09
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Collection:
  • Higgins Papers
Date:
  • 1851
Description:
Letter written from the Custom House in Bath [Maine]; writer's name hard to read. Letter dated Nov. 6, 1851 responds to letter from Mr. Heath; indicates that a Capt. McMullin cleared [customs] the previous day and had asked the writer to give him the name of a person to whom he should send money. Writer apparently gave the wrong name (A.J. Clark of Southwest Harbor);it should have been Mr. Heath.
12121Cloth Book for October 1th 1850.
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book
  • Other, Bookkeeping
  • Other, Somes Woolen Mill
  • 1850
Cloth Book for October 1th 1850.
Item:
  • 12121   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.087
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book
Subject:
  • Other, Bookkeeping
  • Other, Somes Woolen Mill
Collection:
  • Somes Woolen Mill
Date:
  • 1850
Description:
Cloth Book for October 1th 1850. Appears to be from Somes woolen mill. Payments
3625Ledger
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • 1854
Ledger
Item:
  • 3625   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.086
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
Date:
  • 1854
16759Isaac Somes' ledger of items purchased in Boston
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Begins in 1850
Isaac Somes' ledger of items purchased in Boston
Item:
  • 16759   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.109
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
Collection:
  • 1857.
Date:
  • Begins in 1850
Description:
Isaac Somes' ledger of items he bought in Boston and probably brought back to sell on Mount Desert Island. Reference on back pages to Somes' leasing of woolen mill to Richard Nanson (?) in 1879 -1883. Nanson was to agree to prohibit smoking on premises. May be a draft of a leasing agreement between Somes and Nanson (?) for operation of the woolen mill. Ledger begins in 1850 and continues to 1857. The draft fo the agreement with Nanson was written in 1878. [show more]
12114Somes Woolen Mill Records
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Other, Bookkeeping
  • Other, Somes Woolen Mill
  • 1859
Somes Woolen Mill Records
Item:
  • 12114   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.002.1
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
Subject:
  • Other, Bookkeeping
  • Other, Somes Woolen Mill
Collection:
  • Somes Woolen Mill
Date:
  • 1859
Description:
1859 Record of Measurement and Cost of Cloth. Accounts receivable
16778Captain William Wells wage ledger, October 1852 and other years
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • 1852
Captain William Wells wage ledger, October 1852 and other years
Item:
  • 16778   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.094
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
Collection:
  • Captain William Wells
Date:
  • 1852
Description:
Captain William Wells wage ledger, October 1852 and other years, for Schooners H.W. Wellington and Ambassador and Brig J. Means
17013Black, John to Thompson, William
  • Document, Financial, Financial Statement, Bank Statement
  • Other, Bridges
  • 1/3/1851
Black, John to Thompson, William
Item:
  • 17013   
Object ID:
  • **1109
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Financial Statement, Bank Statement
Subject:
  • Other, Bridges
Date:
  • 1/3/1851
Description:
Statement and order of dividends tp William Thompson.
3993Insurance certificate
  • Document, Financial, Insurance Record, Insurance Policy
  • Other, Indian Point School
  • Other, Insurance
  • Higgins, Benjamin H.
  • 1854
Insurance certificate
Item:
  • 3993   
Object ID:
  • 008.003.001
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Insurance Record, Insurance Policy
Subject:
  • Other, Indian Point School
  • Other, Insurance
Creator:
  • Higgins, Benjamin H.
Collection:
  • Benjamin H. Higgins
Date:
  • 1854
Description:
Insurance certificate - Indian Point School district, Eden, Bar Harbor, Benjamin H. Higgins (insurance agent)
11931A reciept of salary paid for B. H. Higgins from the U. S. Light-house Establishment
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • December 31, 1858
A reciept of salary paid for B. H. Higgins from the U. S. Light-house Establishment
Item:
  • 11931   
Object ID:
  • 009.003.012
Catalog:
  • Objects
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Date:
  • December 31, 1858
Description:
This appears to be a receipt showing that B. H. Higgins was paid the amount of $137.50, a quarterly salary, for the his services as the keeper of the Saddleback Ledge Lighthouse. The dates paid through are from Sept 1st, 1858 to December 31st, 1858.
12560Receipt for 11.5 cords of wook
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • 1850
Receipt for 11.5 cords of wook
Item:
  • 12560   
Object ID:
  • 015.FIC.07.04
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Collection:
  • Higgins Papers
Date:
  • 1850
Description:
Receipt surveyed from Capt. Parker Bridges (?) to Thomas Lothock (?) for 11.5 cords of wood, attested by Litchfield Kimball. NB: Difficult to read names and to tell just what this was for.
12558Bill or Receipt
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • 1854
Bill or Receipt
Item:
  • 12558   
Object ID:
  • 015.FIC.07.06
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Collection:
  • Higgins Papers
Date:
  • 1854
Description:
Letterhead indicates this is a bill or receipt from Blanchard, Blanchard and Gilmore, Dealers in W.I. Goods, Ship Stores & Chandlery for clasps, locks, rings, and other things, sent by the Schr (Schooner) Olive Branch.
12557Receipt for goods bought from Phineas E. Gay & Co.
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • 1854
Receipt for goods bought from Phineas E. Gay & Co.
Item:
  • 12557   
Object ID:
  • 015.FIC.07.07
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Collection:
  • Higgins Papers
Date:
  • 1854
Description:
Casks and spikes purchased by Mr. B. Higgins from Phineas E. Gay, Iron Dealers.
16968Black, John to Thompson, William
  • Document, Financial, Sales Record, Invoice
  • Other, Bridges
  • 7/6/1850
Black, John to Thompson, William
Item:
  • 16968   
Object ID:
  • **1105
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Sales Record, Invoice
Subject:
  • Other, Bridges
Date:
  • 7/6/1850
Description:
Bill for repairs from William Thompson to Mount Desert Bridge Corporation