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14072 | Mt. Desert Bridge Co. |
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| Description: Handwritten documents: 1. Contract to build bridge across Mt. Desert Narrows, 1836 2. Survey of Mt. Desert Narrows, 1836 3. Letter complaining about bridge corporation 4. Proposal to build toll house. 5. Bond--contractor to build bridge 6. Other letters related to declaring dividend, concern about tolls by mail carriers, ministers 7. 1850 bill for repair. 8. Dividend Payment for John Somes | ||
17519 | Bill-Of-Sale |
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| Description: Bill from Military Store in Boston in wooden frame with dark finish. Bill attached to matte. Reads, “Military Store Boston Aug 22, 1831, J. Somes - Bought of John J. Low and Co. at their military rooms, no 19 Washington St. 1 sword [$6] 1 belt 1.02, 1 epaulet $3, sash $7. 1 cockade and eagle 2/3 - totaled 17.99. Rec Payment J.L. and Co. 1 1/4 yd Blue Broad Cloth @ 3.88 - 4.85, 1 fur hat @ 3.50 1 gal gin 1.56 totaled 27.90. | |||
16891 | Seal Cove--Schools |
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16732 | Request for road through Pretty Marsh |
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| Description: 1. 1839 petition, commission survey related to request for road from Seal Cove through Pretty Marsh to Narrows; second request of 1843. 2. Personal letter from "Betty" about arriving in Pretty Marsh, fishing; reference to Mrs. Rumill's home and Edna (no date). 3. Compositions by Linnie (?) Smith: "Work", "House Cleaning", "The object of attending school", "Ice". Also "Verses for Otto". 4. Pencilled notes by Linda Florence (Smith) Foote on brown paper about store, post office on Pretty Marsh; Bar, Tinker, Hardwood, Bartletts Islands. 4. Note about Israel Atherton and family. 5. Letter from Elizabeth C. Wescott of Blue Hill to Mrs. Hysom, 1980, concerning area families' histories. 6. Photo. of stone from Pretty Marsh cemetery inscribed "Hear [sic] lies the body of James Pray was drowned 1784 (?) 7. 1968 newspaper ad. for bids to "purchase and remove woodshed at Pretty Marsh schoolhouse." 8. Newspaper clippings about charges against Judge Darius L. V. Moffett (no date). 9. Copies of photographs of Mary Anna Smith, Capt. Sewell Smith, Reuben Smith, Lois Bartlett Smith. [show more] | ||
16620 | Freeman Warrantee Deed |
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| Description: Property deed -lands being transferred for the quantity of 2 thousand dollars from Lewis and Sophronia Freeman to George FreemanJudge - Benjamin Atherton | ||
13420 | Request & receipt for payment to Ebenezer Shipey (?) for teaching and repairing chimney |
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12559 | Confession of Faith and Covenant adopted by the 1st Congregational Church, Mount Desert, Maine |
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| Description: Small pamphlet with Confession of Faith: Christ is God, The Holy Spirit is God, Sacred Trinity, and other Articles including Baptism and the Lord's Supper. | |||
9292 | Notice soliciting for building of Toll House with specifications |
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| Description: Notice soliciting for building of Toll House with specifications. Signed by John Black. | ||
9291 | Letter to Capt. W. Thompson from John Black regarding exemption of tolls on sabbath |
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| Description: Letter to Capt. W. Thompson from John Black regarding exemption of tolls on sabbath. Copy. | ||
9290 | Letter to William Thompson of Mount Desert Bridge Corporation from John Black |
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| Description: Letter to William Thompson of Mount Desert Bridge Corporation from John Black, President of the Corporation regarding dividends and notice of such to be posted in Post Office. | ||
9289 | Letter to John Black from Joel Emery and John Somes, Jr. of Mount Desert |
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| Description: Letter to John Black from Joel Emery and John Somes, Jr. of Mount Desert requesting declaration of dividends. | ||
4681 | Letter from Josiah Phillips to Luther A. Phillips |
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| Description: Photocopy of an 1830 handwritten letter from Josiah Phillips to Luther A. Phillips of Orland, Maine. The letter tells of the death of Josiah's father and Luther's father. The letter fills one-page; a photocopy of the page showing the address has also been copied. The orginal sheet of paper was approx. 15 inches wide and 12' high. It had been folded in half and the address written on the outside. The letter itself was about 7.5" in width and 12" high. [show more] | ||
4025 | Sale of land by Salem Towne to Jacob Somes |
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| Description: Sale of several hundred acres in three separate parcels; however, Salem Towne reserved one half of all rock and minerals or mines on two of the lots. | ||
4022 | Sale of Sheep island to John Soames [sic] |
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| Description: Deed for sale of Sheep Island to John Soames [sic] by Alexander Baring, Henry Baring (of London), John Richards of Boston, Joseph Ingersoll and William Miller of Philadelphia, "devisees" in trust for Estate of William Bingham of Philadelphia. | ||
3997 | Deed to pew in early Pretty Marsh church |
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| Description: Pew for John Smith | ||
3915 | Sale of Thompson Island |
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| Description: Document showing sale of Thompson Island, 1835, to William Thompson for $100.00 by Isaac and Emma (9?) Mayo. | ||
3912 | Deed, C. Thompson to W. Thompson, of 100-acre farm |
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| Description: Deed for sale from Cornelius Thompson to William Thompson, 1833, of 100-acre farm; | ||
3800 | Deed to John Jacob and Abraham Somes |
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| Description: Ephraim Higgins conveyance to John Jacob and Abraham Somes | ||
3783 | Deed to Jeremiah Moore |
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| Description: Deed conveyed from John Quincy Adama, Nathaniel Curtis, Alicia Boylston (signed by their lawyer) to Jeremiah Moore of land in Mt. Desert | ||
3626 | Ledger |
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3468 | Tax Records |
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| Description: Tax Records 1830 Mount Desert Listed as North Parrish by poll tax, estate tax and total | ||
2995 | The Mount Desert Bridge Corporation |
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| Description: The Mount Desert Bridge Corporation. Chartered in January, 1836. Booklet with the bylaws adopted July 13, 1836. Printed by W.H. Sherman, Printer, Bar Harbor, ME. 1900. Previously archived as 016.FIC.00.23 |