Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date
2863	Purchase of two islands off Mt. Desert Island by Sutton and Somes	Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping	Other, Bar Island Other, Boat building Other, Flax Other, Golnar Other, Loyalists Other, Polly, a sloop Other, Robinson Island Other, Seaville Other, Squatters Other, Sutton Island Other, Tinker Island Other, Tinker Island Fishing Company			nd	Purchase of two islands off Mt. Desert Island by Sutton and Somes Item: 2863    Object ID: 011.FIC.71.3 Catalog: Archives Type: Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping Subject: Other, Bar Island Other, Boat building Other, Flax Other, Golnar Other, Loyalists Other, Polly, a sloop Other, Robinson Island Other, Seaville Other, Squatters Other, Sutton Island Other, Tinker Island Other, Tinker Island Fishing Company Date: nd Description: Recounting of possible reasons that Somes and Sutton bought small islands rather than Mount Desert Island. Sutton Island also known as Lancaster Island; early residents of Mt. Desert; Indians who met early settlers. 100 pounds for scalps of male Indians over 12 quoting or paraphrasing sources: George Street's History of MDI, Otis Sawtelle, Rev. George Paine. Discusses island Houses between 1807-and 1924; 1972 picture of Tinker and Bar Islands. Tinker Island also known as Robinson or Robison's Island; Source of history from Bangor Historical Magazine. History of John Robinson. History of Tinker family and island, also Daws family Small clip regarding growing flax. [show more]

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