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You searched for: Object ID: is not emptyDate: 1860sSubject: Other
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
19483Letter from ACS to His Wife
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Mount Desert High School
  • Sept 29, 1864
Description:
Two page computer typed copy of a letter written by ACS to his wife dated September 29, 1864. He writes to his wife to let her know he is well and of the battles fought near by. He also pledges to send her more money after he has a chance to buy some replacement clothes. Talks of Captain H.H. Savage who thinks they maybe related. Hopes his wife is well and sends his love.
18374Sale of estate for benefit of Nancy J. Gott, minor child
  • Document, Financial, Sales Record, Bill of Sale
  • Other, Estates
  • Sep 1869
Description:
Sale to Edward P. Somes for $55. real estate of Ezra D. Gott for Nancy J. Gott, minor, for whom John W. Somes was guardian
18344Old Farmer’s Almanac
  • Document, Pamphlet
  • Other, Agriculture
  • Other, History - Bar Harbor
  • 1865
Description:
Old Farmer’s Almanac 1865 tied together with string, yellow cover
17500The Holy Bible.
  • Publication, Book
  • Object, Religious Text, Bible
  • Other, Religion
  • The American Bible Society
  • 1863.
17461Teaching Contract
  • Document, Legal, Agreement, Contract
  • Other, Education
  • 2/20/1869
Description:
Copy of contract hiring Lyman Smith to teach for 2 and a half months in district 4. Pay was $30 a month
16633Letter from Wilson Mayo to 1st Artillery Commanding Officer, photocopy and transcription
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Civil wars
  • Mayo, Wilson M
  • 8/4/1865
Description:
Photocopy and transcription of letter from Wilson Mayo to 1st Artillery Commanding Officer attempting to locate his brother, Isaac Mayo, during Civil War.
16405Civil War Letter
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Civil wars
  • DeLorraine Higgins
  • 1862
Description:
Letter written by DeLorraine Higgins to his uncle, reportedly Benjamin Higgins. Letter written from Baton Rouge, LA, refers to picket duty and food rations.
16404Civil War Letter
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Civil wars
  • Delorraine Higgins
  • 1862
Description:
Letter from DeLorraine Higgins from Newport News, VA, to his uncle, reportedly Benjamin Higgins. Letter refers to other local men who were serving in the Civil War. He also refers to the ship, Alabama, being in Frenchmans Bay.
16403Civil War Letter
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Civil wars
  • Other, Health
  • DeLorraine Higgins
  • 1863
Description:
Letter from DeLorraine Higgins, Civil War soldier, to his uncle, reportedly Benjamin Higgins, describes weather, his illness and the status of other local soldiers.
16402Civil War Letter
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Civil wars
  • Other, Health
  • DeLorraine Higgins
  • 1863
Description:
Letter from DeLorraine Higgins to his uncle, reportedly Benjamin Higgins. This letter, written from Baton Rouge, LA, discussed health issues and new marching orders.
16401Civil War Letter
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Assistance
  • Other, Civil wars
  • Joseph Currier
  • 1863
Description:
This letter from Joseph Currier, written from Fort Alexander, MD, to a Mr. Higgins is asking for state aid for his impoverished family in Maine. Currier mention that the soldiers have not been paid in six months.
14676Emilie Clarissa Meynell Somes, 1867
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • Other, Portrait
  • 1867
Description:
Emilie Clarissa Meynell Somes, wife of Thaddeus Shepley Somes. Seated turned to left. Dark hair pulled back into large bun at back of head. Wears band in hair and long beaded earrings. Black fitted dress with simple white collar. Holds book, perhaps photo album.
14670Thaddeus Shepley Somes, tintype
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • Other, Portrait
  • 1868
Description:
Thaddeus Shepley Somes age 40-50. Hairline receding, hair brushed back. Neatly trimmed beard and mustache. Wears heavy dark coat unbuttoned with dark vest underneath buttoned to top and white collar. One hand on knee the other on table. Color added to cheeks. Emulsion pealing from edges.
13942Seaside Studies in Natural History: Marine animals of Massachusetts Bay: Radiates
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Marine Animals
  • Agassiz, Elizabeth and Alexander
  • Houghton Mifflin
  • 1865
Description:
Description of Radiates, the Marine animals of Massachusetts Bay, Book marked as belonging to the library of the Harbor Cottages. Inscription on front inside page : Purchased from the proceeds of a concert given by Mr. Hamilton J. Orr of Philadelphia and Mrs. Chas. W. Eliot, July 26, 1890."
13850The Public Life of John Brown; with an auto-biography of his childhood and youth.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Brown, John
  • Other, History
  • Redpath, James
  • Thayer and Eldridge
  • 1860.
13816Colton and Fitch's Introductory School Geography
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Geography
  • Fitch, George W.
  • Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & Co.
  • 1866
Description:
Contains definitions, sections on races and occupations, North America, British Provinces, northern states, southern states, West Indies,Territories, South America, Africa, Asia, Oceanica, Western Europe. Inscribed in front: Charles E Somes, Nov. 14th 1867; other doodles and drawings; married Minnie A (?) Grindle, both of Mt Desert Maine..."both pretty good looking chaps" Name Hamor written on pages in back; also Dellmy. Smith, Dency (?) somes. On exhibit in Somesville, summer 2012. [show more]
13631Auto-Biography of Lemuel Norton: Including an account of his early life...
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Baptist churches
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, Printers
  • Other, Religion
  • Other, Seal Cove
  • Other, Shipwrecks
  • Norton, Lemuel
  • Advertiser Steam Job Printing Office
  • 1861
Description:
An account of his early life--two years in a printing office--eleven years at sea, in which he was twice shipwrecked, and experienced several narrow escapes from death. Also his Christian experience and labors in the Gospel ministry. Page 137 begins his account of time on Mt. Desert. Published in Portland [Maine] by advertising steam job printing office, Horace C. Little, printer.
12753Bradbury’s Fresh Laurels for the Sabbath School
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Education
  • Other, Hymn Books
  • Other, Religion
  • Bradbury, William B.
  • Henry Young and Company
  • 1867
Description:
"A New and Extensive Collection of Music and Hymns. Prepared Expressly for Sabbath Schools, Etc." Inscribed inside front cover: Geo A Somes, C A P somes, 1871. Includes title and first line index.
12697Memories of Lottie, by a Pastor
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Religion
  • American Tract Society
  • 1863.
Description:
Handwritten opposite title page: "Found in old Lewis Somes house." Bookplate of Sabbath School Library, First Presbyterian Church, Paterson, N.J. inside front cover.
12640The Book of Common Prayer
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Prayer
  • Other, Religion
  • T. Nelson and Sons
  • 1864
Description:
"And Administration fo the Sacraments; and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America . . ." Inscribed by Adelma Joy, 1960.
12437Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Bibles
  • American Bible Society
  • 1861
Description:
Inscribed in the front: "Tyler Richardson, March 11, 1862. Remember now thy creator on the days of they youth."
122761868 Woman's diary and account book
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
  • Other, Diary
  • 1868
Description:
1868 diary and account book in green leather case with foldover tab. Diarist not identified. Typed note inside: "This diary is the property of Joan Jones of Pretty Marsh. She found it, a few years ago, in the house in Northeast Harbor where she and her family then lived. The house is now owned by Lydia Lyman. Sept. 30, 1983. The diary is on loan by Joan to the MDI Historical Society. " Mentions Harding, Nash, Wallace, Somes families; refers to frequent Lodge activities, sleighing, euchre. Typed transcription of diary available. [show more]
12113Somes Woolen Mill Records
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Other, Bookkeeping
  • Other, Somes Woolen Mill
  • 1861
Description:
1861 Record of Measurement and Cost of Cloth.
12111Somes Woolen Mill Records
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Other, Bookkeeping
  • Other, Somes Woolen Mill
  • 1864
Description:
1864 Record of Measurement and Cost of Cloth.
12109Somes Woolen Mill Records
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Other, Bookkeeping
  • Other, Somes Woolen Mill
  • 1869
Description:
1869 Record of Measurement and Cost of Cloth.