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7094Willis Humphries Ballard
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Robert Michael, Jr.
  • September 1855
Description:
Willis Humphries Ballard at Popham Beach.
5518Record of Triangulation Station in Mount Desert,1856
  • Document, Pamphlet
  • Other, Writers
  • 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
Description:
Sale by B. Atherton of land in Tremont to Benjamin Sawyer.
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
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.
16798From Means & Clark
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Sailing ships
  • Other, Schooners
  • 1852
Description:
Concerning amounts received / owed for various ships.
3944Names of Scholars, Somesville, 1857
  • Document, List
  • Other, Schools
  • Other, Somesville
  • 1857
Description:
Original and copy; gives names, ages, and dates of birth
16796From A.C. Milliken
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Sailing ships
  • 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
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
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
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
Description:
Re arrival in Mayaguez; laying by; crew sick.
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
14168The Intermediate Standard Speaker containing pieces for declamation...
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Public Speaking
  • Sargent, Epes
  • Charles Desilver
  • 1857.
4000Deed to land from Freeman to Dodge
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Other, Pretty Marsh
  • 08/28/1850
Description:
Typewritten copy of 1850 Deed.
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.
14097Abraham Somes III
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Portrait
  • c 1850s
Description:
Copy of tintype of ambro type of Abraham Somes III. Dark hair parted on one side and brushed down. Beard from ears below chin, not on chin (plain folks style). Heavy black coat over double breasted vest, white shirt with black silk tie. Image appears to be scratched at bottom.
14159The Young Reporter or How to Write Shorthand
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Phonography
  • Other, Shorthand
  • Webster, E.
  • Dick and Fitzgerald Publishers
  • 1855
Description:
Shorthand exercises
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."
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.
12679Margaret and Henrietta
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Moral & ethical aspects
  • Sigourney, Mrs. L.H.
  • American Tract Society
  • 1852.
Description:
Decorative, embossed cloth cover.
16802From Means & Clark
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Insurance
  • Other, Sailing ships
  • 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
Description:
Insurance certificate - Indian Point School district, Eden, Bar Harbor, Benjamin H. Higgins (insurance agent)
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.