Description: Statement and notice of dividend to William Thompson from John Black. Also includes notice regarding Davis Place, formerly sold to Capt. John Cousins.
Description: List of notes given for principle as exhibited by Richard Higgins March 19th 1848. On the list are Nicholas Thomas, Gideon Mayo, Joseph Hopkins , Eben Young, William Atherton, David Leland, and many other early Eden residents. Some interest payments are shown.
Description: Isaac Somes' woolen mill in Somesville. Three-story building, clapboards on front, shingles on side. Side facing brook shows 15 windows, five on each story. The front shows five windows and door on left. One chimney at front end of roof. Building sits on stone foundation. Bare trees surround mill. Marked on back, “The Woolen Mill along Somes Brook to Cemetery on other side of cemetery"
Description: Feb 4, 1846 Jeremiah Higgins and Samuel Richards, overseers of the poor in Eden do bind Harriet Smith , a minor, to Amos Clements as a servant until she is 18 Clements agrees to keep and support Harriet, teach her to read and write, furnish her with suitable food and clothing in sickness and in health and furnish a physician if necessary Harriet is the daughter of Esther Smith
Description: 1843 petition of grievances to House of Representatives concerning unattached, short piers, costly tolls, insufficient height and draw of bridge. Relates to original Trenton Bridge.
Description: Petition to Mount Desert Bridge Corporation from Simeon Milliken to allow clergy relief from tolls. Note:” Voted una: that it is inexpendient to act upon it”.
Description: Being a selection of pieces in prose and verse, with rules for reading and speaking. Pencil writing on end papers, including "When are you going to get married?" "I can't get that grammar lesson and I won't try." "Friends, my hour of trouble is nigh at hand..." "Give me the hand..." Inscribed [CG?] Salisbury, Somesville, Maine; also Roscoe G. Salisbury, Mount desert
Description: Collection of writings with moral lessons on various topics. Inscribed inside front cover: "Nancy C.J. Fuller, from her [?], Portland Maine, August 15, 1846? Youth literature.
Description: "Containing the Old and New Testaments, translated out of the original tongues; and with the former translations diligently compared and revised." Written in front: "The property of Howard Richardson, Beech Hill, Mount Desert, Maine. Presented by _ _ _ _ _ . John Richardson. Sailed 1847 for South America. Lost off Cape Horn 1848." Written in back: "John Richardson's Book, Mt Desert, Me."
Description: Outlines the powers and duties of justices of the peace relating to Criminal Process, Civil Process, town meetings, abandonment of children, hay, and other matters.
Description: Isaac Somes' woolen mill in Somesville. Three-story building, clapboards on front, shingles on side. Side facing brook shows 15 windows, five on each story. The front shows five windows and door on left. One chimney at front end of roof. Building sits on stone foundation. Bare trees surround mill. The title The OLD SOMESVILLE WOOLEN MILL -Built in 1847" is printed at the bottom of the negative.
Description: "To Which are Added Select Hymns From Other Authors; and Directions for Musical Expression by Samuel Worcester, D.D. New Edition" Contains title and subject indexes. Collection of text of psalms and hymns without musical notation.