Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. An affidavit filed with the State of Maine Hancock from Margurerite Bryant, clerk of the the Seal Harbor Neighborhood Hall Association, submitting the notice sent to all stock holders of the Association at their last known addresses. Two typed pages one marked in pen Exhibit A. [show more]
Description: 1 typed page Contact between Houghton Mifflin Co and S.A. Eliot covering copyrights and royalties for the next printing of Mount Desert: A History.
Description: Sale by Ambrose A. Stanley to Mary H. Whitmore of lot in SW Harbor (1887); Sale by Mary Whitmore to Warren Whitmore, Joseph Whitmore, John Whitmore, and Emma Whitmore land in Town of Mt. Desert (1914); Sale by Ansel Manchester to Warren Whitmore in Northeast Harbor (Town of Mount Desert), 1887 Letter from A.H. Lyman to Sans S. Whitmore enclosing receipt for $5.00, which Sans's son paid to him; letter also states that the mortgage is enclosed. 1899 Includes 1915 receipt for $570.66 (based upon CPI equals 13636.68 in 2016) from Smalley, Hobbs & Hunter Marble and Granite Cemetery Works for curbing (?) and posts, marker and inscription; note from A.H. Lynam indicating enclosure of two deeds from the late Sans S. Whitmore, and brief undated newspaper clipping noting the death of Mary H. Whitmore in Seal Harbor. [show more]
Description: Certificate of incorporation of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society, showing filing date of December 18, 1931, in Hancock County Registry of Deeds.
Description: Quitclaim Deed from Emily F. Grindle to MDI Historical Society (July 17, 1975). Pertains to the property on which the Somesville Museum is located. Transfer of approximately .18 acre.
Description: 17-page typewritten manuscript on letterhead of Elizabeth Freeman Reed of Boothbay Harbor concerning named loyalists' losses and services, for which they claim compensation.
Description: Sale of lot and buildings in Tremont (South West Harbor) by Arthur L. Somes to Lewis Somes for sum of $1286.00 (to be paid over five years). Boundaries of same described; same lot previously sold to him by James A. and James B. Freeman
Description: Sale by James A. Freeman and James R. Freeman of Tremont for one dollar and "other valuable consideration" paid by Arthur L. Somes of described lot to him.
Description: Arthur L. Somes paid $35.00 for Lot #28, Section I in Mount Height Cemetery, Southwest Harbor. Signed by Lawrence D. Phillips, Treasurer of Cemetery Association.
Description: Term of lease was for one year at a total cost of $60.00, payable to W.H. Sherman.. Building at corner of Cottage and Main Streets. Also includes receipts.
Description: Unsigned deed indicating sale of land from Anita Kunhardt, Estelle Johnston, Frederic Muller, Robert Lawson to John B. Thomas; undated, but indicates that it was written in 1956. "Meaning and intending to include and convey all and the same land and right of way...from Eben Hamor to Dallas Sanders, 1907 (see 015.008.02).
Description: Deed from Eben M. Hamor et als* to Dallas Sanders of Philadelphia, dated Jan. 12, 1907, for lot or parcel of land in Town of Mount Desert; boundaries described in great detail. *Nathan W. Higgins, John W. Somes, Robert L. Grindle, Edith E. Hysom.
Description: Document is copy of original; date is not readable. Deed of land in Town Hill from heirs (F. Adelle Hamblen, Mary Hersey, Lewis Carter) of Andrew J. Carter to Eugene B. Haynes.