Higgins, Benjamin H., Samuel H. Richards and Amos Clements
Date:
1846
Description: Indenture of Hariet (sic) Smith to Amos Clements of Penobscott (sic) county of Eden. Benjamin Higgins and Samuel H. Richards signed the indenture as overseers of the poor of the Town of Eden.
Description: Copy of 1787 document stating that De Lamotte Cardillac [sic] , grandfather of Maria Theresa De Gregoire, wife of Bartholemy De Gregoire, in 1688 received from King of France, Island of Mount Desert (and other lands), and upon his death in 1730 the land descended to his son and then to Marie. Further legal discussion of ownership, and that of Bernard land. Copy of 1816 letter from Abraham Somes to Eben Parsons requesting him to examine record of Gov. Bernard's Grant. [show more]
Description: 1841 contract for post offices at Seal Cove and Mt. Desert, Oath of post office employee (Dencie L. Somes), Records of letter postage (1848?)
Description: Official document indicating the mariners' monthly wages for working on Brig. "Adelma" from Bangor to Washington and back; no date. Mariners were from Trenton, St. Stephens, and Mt. Desert; three on foremast, one mate, and one steward. Verso is copy of "An Act for the Government and Regulation of Seamen in the Merchant's Service..."
Description: Deed from the Bingham heirs of Baker's Island, Dec 28, 1827, from State of Maine records in the National Arcives, File No. 3, handwritten, 3p
Description: District Court Application for Default and Default Judgement to ensure full rights to the land by Charles S Richardson and Julia B. Smith Includes Attachment to motion for Summary Judgment including copies of handwritten records of genealogy of Abraham Somes and Daniel Somes by Georgia Somes Stanley written in 1961 Includes deed from Caroline F. Moore to Geo. L. Somes District Court Civil Action Docket No. 72-73-C-93, Final Judgment and Decree is associated with 011-FIC.10.11 [show more]
Description: John J. Somes agrees to allow his mother to stay in the house she occupied with her late husband, Jacob Somes and to give her $1000. Jacob Somes will keep a cow and hens for her use, furnish her with vegetables and meat Ink is fading
Description: Sale for $1.00 1/2 of the interest in unidentified real estate in Hancock County by Harriet S. Sanderson Notes on original from 1982. Original and photocopy