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You searched for: Object ID: is not emptyDate: 1850sSubject: Other
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
1542Book of Psalms
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Bibles
  • Other, Religion
  • American Bible Society
  • 1859
Description:
"Translated out of The Original Hebrew: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised." Written in the front: "Myra Lurvey, Bar Harbor Me. Tel. 288-3613"
1543New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Bibles
  • Other, Religion
  • American Bible Society
  • 1856
Description:
"Translated out of the original greek, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised." Inscriptions in front: "This book belongs to Mrs. Lloyd Lurvey, Bar Harbor, Me. Bought at 2nd hand bookstore." Older inscription also in front: "For "Dannie", Mrs. Loretta Covert from her great-grandson George T Coles, Christmas 1865."
12695O Novo Testamento
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Bibles
  • Other, Religion
  • American Bible Society
  • 1857
Description:
"de Nosso Senhor E Salvador Jesus Christo" New Testament translated into Portuguese. Handwritten inside front cover: "Loaned by Kate Richardson."
17073The Holy Bible
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Bibles
  • American Bible Society
  • 1857
Description:
1857 Holy Bible with a sticker inside cover which reads" Issued by the Maryland State Bible Society from their depository.....". Faded writing on inside cover: 'Lettie A. Smith, Pretty Marsh, Maine"
12679Margaret and Henrietta
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Moral & ethical aspects
  • Sigourney, Mrs. L.H.
  • American Tract Society
  • 1852.
Description:
Decorative, embossed cloth cover.
14622Progressive Parsing Book
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Grammar
  • Weld, Allen H.
  • Bailey and Noyes.
  • 1859
Description:
Parsing and Syntax Prose and Poetry
12664The Village Blacksmith
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Fiction?
  • Everett, James
  • Carlton and Phillips
  • 1853.
Description:
From title page: piety and usefulness exemplified in a memoir of the life of Samuel Hick, late of Micklefield, Yorkshire From the Seventh london Edition.
14168The Intermediate Standard Speaker containing pieces for declamation...
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Public Speaking
  • Sargent, Epes
  • Charles Desilver
  • 1857.
13879True Stories from Modern History.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • C.S. Francis and Co.
  • 1859.
Description:
Short historical stories. gift of Abbie Thomas Richardson
14159The Young Reporter or How to Write Shorthand
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Phonography
  • Other, Shorthand
  • Webster, E.
  • Dick and Fitzgerald Publishers
  • 1855
Description:
Shorthand exercises
12615Christmas Blossoms and New Year's Wreath for MDCCCL
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Christmas
  • Other, New Year's
  • Other, Readers
  • Uncle Thomas
  • E. H. Butler & Co.
  • 1850
Description:
Fourth in a series of short stories for Christmas: Christmas Blossoms Inscribed Edith E. Salisbury from Aunt Hittie, Dec. 25, 1878--Christmas present; also Edit Salisbury
12692Thoughts upon Thought for Young Men
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Moral & ethical aspects
  • Other, Philosophy
  • Other, Religion
  • Free Will Baptist Printing Establishment
  • 1855.
Description:
"In Three Parts. From the Second London Edition."
12633The Ladies Cabinet of Fashion, Music & Romance, Vol 14
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Fashion industry
  • Other, Women
  • G. Henderson
  • 1850.
Description:
Reader for women. Contains colored Godey plates. Inscribed in front: From the late Ellen Gerry's Collection.
1568Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Bibles
  • Other, Religion
  • Jesper Harding
  • 1856
Description:
"Translated out of the original tongues, together with the Apocrypha, Concordance and Psalms, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised." Inscribed in front: "Sylvina J. Gilmore, Belfast, Me. Presented by Mrs. Martha J. Gilmore, July 21, 1856."
12643Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Hymn Books
  • Lane and Scott
  • 1852
Description:
Revised Edition. Inscribed in front: Melissa D. Higgins. Includes first line and verse indices.
13826The Life and Times of Aaron Burr.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Burr, Aaron
  • Parton, J.
  • Mason Brothers
  • 1859.
12631The Progressive First Reader for Primary Classes...
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Readers
  • Town, Salem and Nelson M. Holbrook
  • Oliver Ellsworth
  • 1856
Description:
Written for students in public and private schools; primary goal is to gain and fix attention of pupil on lesson to be read. Inscribed C.G. Bordeaux, Sound
13852A Key to the National Arithmetic Exhibiting the Operation of the More Difficult Questions in that Work: For the Use of Teachers Only
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Arithmetic
  • Other, Mathematics
  • Other, Textbook
  • Greenleaf, Benjamin
  • Robert S. Davis & Co.
  • 1854
Description:
Guide for teachers; appears to cover almost all grades, but method also seems obscure. Inscribed on front cover, Lyman Smith.
14621Weld's English Grammar
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Grammar
  • Other, Textbook
  • Weld, Allen H.
  • Sanborn & Carter
  • 1854
Description:
Composition, Analyzing, and Parsing
13857The Practical Arithmetic, Designed for the Use of Schools and Academies...
  • Document, Instructional, Instruction Book
  • Other, Education
  • Other, Elementary school teaching
  • Other, Mathematics
  • Stoddard, John F.
  • Sheldon & Company
  • 1852
3584Mount Desert Bridge Corporation - Minutes
  • Document, Minutes
  • Other, Bridges
  • 4/21/1851
Description:
Minutes of meeting of Directors of the Mount Desert Bridge Corporation ordering repairs to be done by William Thompson due to damage by wind and sea in storm.
4026License, Coasting Trade, One Year
  • Document, Permission, License, Occupational License
  • Other, Schooners
  • 1859
Description:
License issued to Amos (?) Cooper and George B. Somes of Mt. Desert to operate Schooner Richmond.
2494Cosmopolitan Art Journal June 1857 No IV
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Object, Art
  • Other, Crafts
  • Other, Periodicals
  • 1857
Description:
Cosmopolitan Art Journal June 1857 No IV.
3204School Master’s Desk
  • Object, Furnishings, Floor Stand, Lectern
  • Other, Desks
  • Other, Furniture
  • Other, Schools
  • Other, Teachers
  • 1850s
Description:
Top lifts to reveal space for books and pencils. One drawer at top with white knob. Two doors with shelves behind. One drawer at bottom missing pull. Decorative cut base. Lender info - used by Lynam Smith during the 1850s when he was the teacher in the first school in Pretty Marsh, called "The Little Red Schoolhouse." Lyman Smith also taught in other area schools. Donor is a descendant of Smith.
8905Maria Merritt Beckwith, Age 6
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • Other, Portrait
  • c 1850
Description:
Maria Merritt Beckwith Age 6 in 1850. Seated in Rocking Chair. Grandmother of donor, Robert Harris of Oak Hill Road, Mt. Desert. Hair parted in middle, pulled back behind ears. Wearing necklaces and possibly pocket watch around neck. Plaid dress with flounces in skirt. Narrow white lace collar.