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| 2665 | A Little Book Worth Reading |
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Description: Newspaper clipping from 1985 on Charles Eliot's book "John Gilley of Baker's Island" by Hale J. Joy. Paper likely Ellsworth American. | |||
| 12776 | A Little Leaven in a Little Lump |
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Description: Fictional stories for Sunday School. Inscribed "No. 37, Sound Sabbath School." | ||
| 18603 | A lobster is a lobster on when native to the northeast----especially Maine, LaRue Spiker |
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Description: Article wirtten by LaRue Spiker about lobsters and the lobster fishing industry for the Bar Harbor Times. Previously archived as 012.FIC.022.1 | |
| 17309 | A Maine Town in the Civil War. |
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| 17257 | A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary 1785-1812. |
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| 12565 | A Museum of Early American Tools |
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| 11457 | A Narrative of the Captivity, Suffering,and Removes of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. |
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Description: Story of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, taken prisoner by the Indians. |
| 12782 | A New Graded Spelling-Book |
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Description: Emphasizes words in common use that are difficult to spell. Label pasted in front shows that the book is the "property of the Town of Mt. Desert" No. 97 and gives the rules, such as inspection by the teacher very two weeks, students must pay for "material injury" to the book. | |
| 13777 | A New System of Domestic Cookery. |
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| 13818 | A New System of Mercantile Arithmetic |
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Description: Sections on Numeration: tables of money, weights, measures; practical questions, bills of parcels, vulgar fractions, simple interest, insurance, and more. Inscribed in front "Haskell Norwood" and Wm. Burnett (?) Ellsworth, 1838 and in back "Haskell lNorwook Mt Desert", also Nathan Salsbury (?) Esq. (?) |
| 17115 | A One-Room School |
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| 17116 | A One-Room School |
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| 17031 | A Pictorial Guide to American Spinning Wheels |
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Description: Photos and descriptions of spinning wheels. |
| 12898 | A Pictorial History of the State of Maine on the occasion of its 150th Birthday 1970 |
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Description: Black and white photographs illustrating history, industry, animals, etc. of the state. |
| 2502 | A Pioneer Family: The Richardsons of Mount Desert |
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Description: Portion of Maine Historical Society Prize Essay, 1976, pertaining to 1770 incident between crew member of a Royal Navy ship and a local Bunker young woman. | |
| 12908 | A Practical English Grammar... |
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Description: Grammar rules with exercises. written on back page: We went down by about half past three, there was a gray headed man with him. I did not know who it was untill he spoke. I was out side of the road picking flowers, as I did not have anything else to do. I got all ready to go to S. School. Why didn't you go. Because is would not change my dress again. Mother said it was going to rain and I could not ware (sic) my gray dress. |
| 18674 | A Sea Yarn: A Gale on the Cape Shore of Nova Scotia |
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Description: Article by Dr. R. L. Grindle about describing a storm off the shore of Nova Scotia while he was on a fishing schooner Nimrod. | |||
| 14124 | A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy and Continuation. Vol. II of The Works of Laurence Sterne, complete in eight volumes |
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Description: Loaned by Mrs. A.S. Joy, Nov., 62 inscribed inside front cover. |
| 14695 | A Short Story of Bygone Days for my Grandchildren |
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Description: Recollections of Mount Desert Island "before cars, TV, and electric refrigerators." | |
| 1546 | A Souvenir of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island |
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Description: Many photographs of 19th century Bar Harbor "cottages" and views. Also includes advertisements and two pages of narrative. No publisher indicated. A reproduction of this book may be found at 008.029. | |||
| 13718 | A Souvenir of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island |
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Description: Souvenir Booklet of Bar Harbor - Reproduction of 1893 booklet. Benefit of the Bar Harbor Historical Society | |
| 12646 | A Study of Summer Visitors' Facilities in the Town of Mount Desert, Maine |
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Description: Prepared for the Summer-Year Round Resident Planning Committee of the Mount Desert Chamber of Commerce. Includes land use maps of Otter Creek, Seal Harbor, Bracy Cove, Northeast Harbor, Somesville, Pretty Marsh. The overall objective was to find ways and means to guide the coourse of change while maintaining the basic character of the community; find ways to achieve growth of the permament summer community. Includes study of hotel/inn and restaurant facilities to see if they are adequate. Among the findings: lengthening season, more older permanent summer residents; need for basic recreational facilities, expansion and modernization of Bar Harbor airport; light housekeeping rental cottages;better shopping and marine services on Sea St. in Northeast Harbor [show more] | ||
| 12693 | A Study of the Life of Jesus the Christ in Fifty-Two Lessons |
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Description: "Three Grades for Sunday-Schools, Bible cclasses, Normal Classes, Sunday-School Assemblies, and Institutions of Learning Where the Bible is Taught". Textbook, includes Bible Dictionary and historical map of Palestine. Marked on front pages: "Mary B. Somes, Jan., 1897". |
| 14684 | A Summer Full of Flowers |
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Description: Article from July 1983 Down East magazine about garden of Mary Louise Jenkins on Mount Desert Island. | ||
| 13874 | A System of Modern Geography designed for the use of schools and academies... |
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Description: Old geography textbook |
