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You searched for: Date: 1850s✖Type: Document✖
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
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
11993Sale of land from Atherton to Sawyer.
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Other, Tremont
  • 1859
Sale of land from Atherton to Sawyer.
Item:
  • 11993   
Object ID:
  • 012.002.5
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Deed
Subject:
  • Other, Tremont
Collection:
  • B. Atherton to Benjamin Sawyer
Date:
  • 1859
Description:
Sale by B. Atherton of land in Tremont to Benjamin Sawyer.
4026License, Coasting Trade, One Year
  • Document, Permission, License, Occupational License
  • Other, Schooners
  • 1859
License, Coasting Trade, One Year
Item:
  • 4026   
Object ID:
  • 001.162.3
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Permission, License, Occupational License
Subject:
  • Other, Schooners
Date:
  • 1859
Description:
License issued to Amos (?) Cooper and George B. Somes of Mt. Desert to operate Schooner Richmond.
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.
3944Names of Scholars, Somesville, 1857
  • Document, List
  • Other, Schools
  • Other, Somesville
  • 1857
Names of Scholars, Somesville, 1857
Item:
  • 3944   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.015
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, List
Subject:
  • Other, Schools
  • Other, Somesville
Date:
  • 1857
Description:
Original and copy; gives names, ages, and dates of birth
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
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
3528Court document of debt of deceased John Somes
  • Document, Government, Probate
  • Other, Estates
  • Oct 27, 1852
Court document of debt of deceased John Somes
Item:
  • 3528   
Object ID:
  • 011.FIC.14.7
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Government, Probate
Subject:
  • Other, Estates
Date:
  • Oct 27, 1852
Description:
Jacob Somes the administrator of the deceased's estate, John Somes, received court approval to sell real estate of John Somes to pay debts of $1107.66 through an advertised sale
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
3798Deed to Jacob Somes
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Other, Deed
  • Oct 24, 1854
Deed to Jacob Somes
Item:
  • 3798   
Object ID:
  • 011.FIC.30.12
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Deed
Subject:
  • Other, Deed
Date:
  • Oct 24, 1854
Description:
Deed John Somes to Jacob Somes for land in Mt Desert Abraham Somes lot
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]
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.
3584Mount Desert Bridge Corporation - Minutes
  • Document, Minutes
  • Other, Bridges
  • 4/21/1851
Mount Desert Bridge Corporation - Minutes
Item:
  • 3584   
Object ID:
  • **1110
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Minutes
Subject:
  • Other, Bridges
Date:
  • 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.
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
16972Thompson, William to Mount Desert Bridge Corporation
  • Document, Financial, Sales Record, Invoice
  • Other, Bridges
  • 7/6/1850
Thompson, William to Mount Desert Bridge Corporation
Item:
  • 16972   
Object ID:
  • **1106
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
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.
17014Thompson, William to Black, John
  • Document, Financial, Sales Record, Invoice
  • Other, Bridges
  • 6/15/1850
Thompson, William to Black, John
Item:
  • 17014   
Object ID:
  • **1108
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Sales Record, Invoice
Subject:
  • Other, Bridges
Date:
  • 6/15/1850
Description:
Statement of tolls and expenses to Col. John Black from William Thompson.
17015Thompson, William to Mount Desert Bridge Corporation
  • Document, Financial, Sales Record, Invoice
  • Other, Bridges
  • 8/1/1850
Thompson, William to Mount Desert Bridge Corporation
Item:
  • 17015   
Object ID:
  • **1107
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Sales Record, Invoice
Subject:
  • Other, Bridges
Date:
  • 8/1/1850
Description:
Bill for repairs from William Thompson to Mount Desert Bridge Corporation