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13589Reminiscence of Somesville
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  • Other, Churches
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Reminiscence of Somesville
Item:
  • 13589   
Object ID:
  • 009.019.14
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • Other, Indians of North America
  • Other, Mills
  • Other, Roads
  • Other, Schools
  • Other, Shoemaking
  • Other, Singing
  • Other, Tanning
Description:
Adelma Somes Joy recalls Somesville’s Red school house in 1847. Includes description of the interior and student pranks. Also the tale of Sam Slick. Also Singing School; Indians Camping at Somesville, two poems (one alludes to a suicide), Churches on Mt. Desert (1840), That Old Tannery (recalls Daniel and Lewis Somes, Israel Haven, John Keniston and Somesvilles' cobbler shop), That Old Factory (woolen mill), That Old Road [over Beech Hill], (1837), That Upper Gate (kept water back when not needed to turn mill wheels)--all by Adelma Somes Joy. "The Indian Violin Player" by Eunice Deering. [show more]