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2895Account of Captain Spurling
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Cranberry Islands
  • Other, Pirates
  • Other, Schooners
  • 1919
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Typed copy of article from Bangor Daily News "A Little Bit of Hell--Maine Style. In 1893 he drove a pirate ship away from Trinidad Harbor in his schooner, Cashier. Account by E. Preble, daughter. Brace of revolvers and sword given to Capt. Spurling.
2751Prussian Lady Launches Seals from Cranberry Island Wharf
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Cranberry Islands
  • Other, Seals (Animals)
  • LaRue Spiker writing for the Bar Harbor Times
  • April, 196?
Description:
One page article, damaged and incomplete, with photographs details the story of Cranberry Island seaman Samuel Hadlock III and his wife Hannah Caroline Hadlock (AKA Dorothea Albertina Wihelmina Celeste Russ Hadlock). Samuel perished in the Arctic in 1829 while hunting seals. previously archived as 012.Fic.047.23
2747Spurlings Among First Settlers to Help Shape the History of the Cranberry Isles
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Cranberry Islands
  • Bar Harbor Times
  • 6/18/1964
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One page article with photographs describing the history of the Spurling family in the Cranberry Islands. Benjamin is believed to be the first permanent settler on Great Cranberry Island in 1787. His descendants, including senior citizen Capt. Bert Spurling, are still residents of the Cranberry Islands. Previously archived as 012.Fic.047.27