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You searched for: Date: 1850s✖Type: Document✖
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
4000Deed to land from Freeman to Dodge
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Other, Pretty Marsh
  • 08/28/1850
Deed to land from Freeman to Dodge
Item:
  • 4000   
Object ID:
  • 006.57.31
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Deed
Subject:
  • Other, Pretty Marsh
Collection:
  • Pretty Marsh
Date:
  • 08/28/1850
Description:
Typewritten copy of 1850 Deed.
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.
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.
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.
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
2344Hair Wreath
  • Document, Memorabilia, Hairwork Wreath
  • Other, Death
  • Other, Funerary Object
  • 1850c.
Hair Wreath
Item:
  • 2344   
Object ID:
  • 996-199-415
Catalog:
  • Objects
Type:
  • Document, Memorabilia, Hairwork Wreath
Subject:
  • Other, Death
  • Other, Funerary Object
Date:
  • 1850c.
Description:
Horseshoe shaped hair wreath a memorial to Bethany Oakes Salisbury (according to Thomas Vining's work "Cemeteries of Cranberry Isles and Mount Desert Island Bethany E. Salisbury died 18 July 1886 aged 71 years, 8 months and 13 days and was the wife of Nathan Salisbury. The Oakes name may have been her maiden name and the "E." her maiden middle name initial), wife of Nathan Salisbury. Oval frame. Hair woven, tatted and braided in different colors. Small beads woven into design. [show more]
3338Hair Wreath
  • Document, Memorabilia, Hairwork Wreath
  • 1850c.
Hair Wreath
Item:
  • 3338   
Object ID:
  • 996-1-217
Catalog:
  • Objects
Type:
  • Document, Memorabilia, Hairwork Wreath
Date:
  • 1850c.
Description:
Locks of people's hair arranged in a semi-circle on paper and sealed in oval frame. Names on paper attached to pieces of hair; Isaac Somes, C.F. Somes, George A. Somes, [C.F.] Thompson, Isaac Thompson, Lyman Somes and Frederick Thompson. From the Isaac Somes house in Somesville.
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.
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.
11991Sale of land in Trenton by William Thompson to Benjamin Sawyer
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • 1851
Sale of land in Trenton by William Thompson to Benjamin Sawyer
Item:
  • 11991   
Object ID:
  • 012.002.6
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Deed
Collection:
  • William Thompson to Benjamin Sawyer
Date:
  • 1851
Description:
Date may be 1852. Sale of land in Trenton by William Thompson to Benjamin Sawyer
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
The Practical Arithmetic, Designed for the Use of Schools and Academies...
Item:
  • 13857   
Object ID:
  • 006.1.7
Catalog:
  • Library
Type:
  • Document, Instructional, Instruction Book
Subject:
  • Other, Education
  • Other, Elementary school teaching
  • Other, Mathematics
Creator:
  • Stoddard, John F.
Publisher:
  • Sheldon & Company
Collection:
  • Books in Archival Storage
Date:
  • 1852
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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."
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)
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.
5518Record of Triangulation Station in Mount Desert,1856
  • Document, Pamphlet
  • Other, Writers
  • 1856
Record of Triangulation Station in Mount Desert,1856
Item:
  • 5518   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.3440
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Pamphlet
Subject:
  • Other, Writers
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • 1856
Description:
Card detailing geographic position of a triangulation station in Mount Desert, 1856. Research for an article by LaRue Spiker. Previously accessioned as **2004, object Id 2001.2004
12463Warrantee Deed, William T. Mason to William P. Smith
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • 1856
Warrantee Deed, William T. Mason to William P. Smith
Item:
  • 12463   
Object ID:
  • 015.FIC.033.18
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Deed
Collection:
  • William T. Mason to William P. Smith
Date:
  • 1856
Description:
William T. Mason of Mt. Desert, ship carpenter, sells to William P. Smith, land described in deed.