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18784Letter from Houghton Mifflin Co. to S.A. Eliot
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Houghton Mifflin Co.
  • 12-9-1924
Description:
1 typed page Letter from Houghton Mifflin Co to Eliot about a letter to Mrs. Hinckley about the need to correct errors in the origional History of Mount Desert before a new edition is published. Letter was sent from William O. Sawtelle to Mrs. Hinckley.
18783Contact between Houghton Mifflin Co and S.A. Eliot
  • Document, Legal, Agreement
  • Houghton Mifflin Co.
  • 1/26/1925
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.
18782Letter from S.A. Eliot to Professor Sawtelle
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • S.A. Eliot
  • 12/16/1924
Description:
2 typed pages. This is a copy of a letter from S. A. Eliot to Sawtelle about Houghton Mifflin Company wanting to publish another edition of History of Mount Desert. The author of the letter is writing to see if Sawtelle feels there are any corrections or additions he fells should be added to another edition.
18781Letter from Helen Street Ranney to Eliot
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • S.A. Eliot
  • 1924
Description:
2 handwritten pages. Response to his letter to her about the possibility of printing another edition of The History Of Mount Desert and her transferral the copyright to Eliot. Discussion of her urging her brother to also forfeit the copyright of the book.
18780Letter between S.A. Eliot and Ferris Greenslot
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • S.A. Eliot
  • 8/24/1925
Description:
2 typed pages Copy of a letter from S.A. Eliot, to Ferris Greenslot discussing the errors he feel are in the contract between Houghton Mifflin & Co and himself. He acknowledges he has the chapter and bibliography finished and has consulted with Sawtelle on needed changes. Eliot is waiting a response from Greenslot about the contract and copyright before he sends the new material.
18779Letter between Ferris Greenslot and S.A. Eliot
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Houghton Mifflin & Co.
  • 3/31/1925
Description:
1 typed page Letter from Ferris Greenslot outlining their aceptance of Eliot's changes to the book and suggesting some changes to make the new text fit the size of the origional pages. There maybe a page missing from this letter.
18778Letter between Ferris Greenslot and S.A. Eliot
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Houghton Mifflin & Co.
  • 8/26/1925
Description:
1 typed page Letter Ferris Greenslot stating that he feels S.A. Eliot could sign the orgional contract and that he would be happy to send a new contract to Eliot once he is back in Boston.
18777Bibliography
  • Document, List, Bibliography
  • S.A. Eliot
  • Unknown
Description:
18 typed and handwritten pages S.A. Eliot's bibliography for the new edition of Mount Desert: A History.
18776Letter between Ferris Greenslot and S.A. Eliot
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • S.A. Eliot
  • 4/6/1926
Description:
1 typed page Copy of a letter from S.A. Eliot and Greenslot covering the necessary changes to the new edition of the book: typo corrections, addition of an updated map, combination of chapters 7 & 8 into one, and renumbering of pages.
18775Letter between Eben M. Hannors and Rev. George E. Street
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Eben M. Hannors
  • unknown
Description:
1 handwritten page Letter from Eben M. Hannors to Rev. George E. Street offering to send genealogies of some of the early families of Mount Desert. These will not include the Abraham and John Somes' families. He will also furnish, if needed, a biographical sketch of himself along with a photograph.
18774Notes for Chapter Four
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • Unknown
Description:
11 handwritten page Handwritten notes and a draft of chapter four of the new edition to the Mount Desert: A History.
18773The Dutch in Mount Desert
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • unknown
Description:
3 handwritten pages Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages concern the visit of Henry Hudson to the Island.
18772Extracts from Robert Juet's account of the 3rd Voyage of Master Henry Hudson
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • unknown
Description:
3 typed pages Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages concern Robert Juet's diary of the 3rd voyage of Henry Hudson to Mount Desert.
18771John Peters' survey of lots at Bar Harbor 1789-1791
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • unknown
Description:
3 typed pages Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages document twelve lots of 100 acres each of various people in the town of Bar Harbor.
18770Petition of J. C. Cockle of Mount Desert , 1785
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • unknown
Description:
3 typed pages Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages document a petition on behalf of John Benard to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to obtain another copy of the deed to his land and to confirm ownership of said lands after they were stolen from him.
18769Notes on Early Families of Mount Desert
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • unknown
Description:
7 hand written pages Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages are for inclusion in chapter five and contain notes about early families of Mount Desert Island.
18768Early Settlements of Town Hill now West Eden
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • unknown
Description:
2 typed pages Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages document the arrival of Joseph Mayo, Jesse Higgins, and David Higgins to Mount Desert Island after the Revolutionary War.
18767Notes on various topics
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • unknown
Description:
11 handwritten pages Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages are notes on a variety of topics: town of Eden back in 1798, the voyage of an unknown vessel, the death of a sailor.
18766Captain Argall's Adventure
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • unknown
Description:
1 typed page Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages talk about Captain Argall's taking of a French ship and settlement in northern Virginia and brining the loot back to Jamestown.
18765Siege of the French by the English
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • unknown
Description:
2 typed page Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages recount the attack on a French settlement by the English as told from the French perspective.
18764Siege of St. Sauveur
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • unknown
Description:
2 typed page Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages recount the attack on St. Sauveur.
18763Notes on changes to certain pages
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • unknown
Description:
1 typed page Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These are corrections to be made to certain pages and lines of text. Page is yellowed and brittle.
18762Notes on changes to certain pages
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • unknown
Description:
9 typed pages Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These are corrections to be made to certain pages and lines of text. Page is yellowed and brittle.
18761Notes on changes to certain pages
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • unknown
Description:
10 typed pages Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. This is information on early settlers on Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Islands. Page is yellowed and brittle.
18760Formation of Lafayette National Park
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • unknown
Description:
1 typed page Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. This is information on the foramtion of what would become Lafayette National Park.

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