Description: Small (doll's sized) trunk adorned with animal fur and leather on the outside, lined with printed paper on the inside. A slip of paper on the inside reads: "This trunk was given to Emily Manchester by her father Major John Manchester, in 1850, (Now in the Gilley family)" Emily was born in 1834 and would have been 16 when she got the trunk. She was one of 10 children (from 2 wives). Fur on trunk needs to be identified: could be beaver, deer?? [show more]
Description: To Mary Newman from Aramenta March, Oct 1859 Discusses m? is not well. Charlotte is unkind for not seeing her.Also wants Mary to come visit
Description: Novel includes chapters illustrating the heroine's duty before pleasure and a woman's goodcharacter, trials, disappointments, love, beauty, courting, marriage.
Description: Child sized rocking chair. Natural finish with red trim. Donor info - belonged to his grandmother, Maria Merritt Beckworth, who is pictured in the chair in MDIHS photo # 996-39-39.
Description: Receipt surveyed from Capt. Parker Bridges (?) to Thomas Lothock (?) for 11.5 cords of wood, attested by Litchfield Kimball. NB: Difficult to read names and to tell just what this was for.
Description: Photocopy of handwritten poem about Nicholas Thomas of Eden "written by himself in the 78th year of his age." Donor was given this personally by Augustus Phillips 25 years or so ago when he (donor) was researching doggerel by Bill Ayles. The poem was printed in Vol. VI 2004 issue of Chebacco.
Description: Letter between brother and sister, Beatrice (?) and A. M. Capen (?). This letter is from A. Capen to his sister, informing her on his recent relocation to Mount Desert Island. He speaks of swimming in the ocean and how pleasent the air is.
Description: Letter written from the Custom House in Bath [Maine]; writer's name hard to read. Letter dated Nov. 6, 1851 responds to letter from Mr. Heath; indicates that a Capt. McMullin cleared [customs] the previous day and had asked the writer to give him the name of a person to whom he should send money. Writer apparently gave the wrong name (A.J. Clark of Southwest Harbor);it should have been Mr. Heath.
Description: Isaac Somes' ledger of items he bought in Boston and probably brought back to sell on Mount Desert Island. Reference on back pages to Somes' leasing of woolen mill to Richard Nanson (?) in 1879 -1883. Nanson was to agree to prohibit smoking on premises. May be a draft of a leasing agreement between Somes and Nanson (?) for operation of the woolen mill. Ledger begins in 1850 and continues to 1857. The draft fo the agreement with Nanson was written in 1878. [show more]
Description: Locks of people's hair arranged in a semi-circle on paper and sealed in oval frame. Names on paper attached to pieces of hair; Isaac Somes, C.F. Somes, George A. Somes, [C.F.] Thompson, Isaac Thompson, Lyman Somes and Frederick Thompson. From the Isaac Somes house in Somesville.
Description: Made of walnut; shaped like a small boat. Sits in frame and rocks. Cradle has swan head and end like a ship’s stern. Frame is carved with flowers on each end and underneath. Donor info - made for Olive Perkins (Mrs. S.W. Smith, Jr.) of Warren, Ohio born August 17, 1858. Mattress made in 1924 for Samuel Smith Wilson. Following info from Samuel Smith Wilson who visited Museum in 1997. Olive Perkins married Judge Smith who rented the house between the Mount Desert Tavern and the Abraham Somes III house in Somesville. This house is no longer standing. She died near 1930. Her grandfather was Brig. General Simon Perkins, an Ohio land surveyor and speculator. [show more]