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1541The Holy Bible
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Bible.
  • Other, Religion
  • American Bible Society
  • 1847.
The Holy Bible
Item:
  • 1541   
Object ID:
  • 996-76-76
Catalog:
  • Library
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, Bible.
  • Other, Religion
Publisher:
  • American Bible Society
Date:
  • 1847.
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."
1775Plates
  • Object, Eating Dish, Food Plate, Luncheon Plate
  • c. 1818-1848
Plates
Item:
  • 1775   
Object ID:
  • 995.45.45A
Catalog:
  • Objects
Type:
  • Object, Eating Dish, Food Plate, Luncheon Plate
Date:
  • c. 1818-1848
Description:
Black oriental design. Made by W. Adams and Sons of Staffordshire, England. Marked Jeddo. Most of this type were imported to the U.S. between 1818-1848. These three plates were used by members of the Somes family. Plates of this design were made by W. Adams and Sons of Staffordshire, England. They were imported into the United States between 1818 and 1848. These plates were used by members of the Somes family.
2493Essay Titled: An Island
  • Publication, Literary, Essay
  • Other, Southwest Harbor
  • Heath, Lewis F.
  • 1848
Essay Titled: An Island
Item:
  • 2493   
Object ID:
  • 012.008.a-c
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Essay
Subject:
  • Other, Southwest Harbor
Creator:
  • Heath, Lewis F.
Collection:
  • Lewis Heath
Date:
  • 1848
Description:
Essay written by Lewis Heath of Southwest Harbor about Mount Desert Island, c. 1848. Original, transcription, and explanation.
2497Instrument of Protest
  • Document, Legal, Testimony
  • Other, Ships
  • 1845
Instrument of Protest
Item:
  • 2497   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.076.1
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Testimony
Subject:
  • Other, Ships
Date:
  • 1845
Description:
Capt. of Brig "Grand Turk" appeared before at Emulate of US in Gibralter re vessel taking on water,crew pumping; protests losses, damages, expenses due to gale wind, high seas.
3257Plates
  • Object, Eating Dish, Food Plate, Luncheon Plate
  • c. 1818-1848
Plates
Item:
  • 3257   
Object ID:
  • 995.45.45C
Catalog:
  • Objects
Type:
  • Object, Eating Dish, Food Plate, Luncheon Plate
Date:
  • c. 1818-1848
Description:
Black oriental design. Made by W. Adams and Sons of Staffordshire, England. Marked Jeddo. Most of this type were imported to the U.S. between 1818-1848. These three plates were used by members of the Somes family. Plates of this design were made by W. Adams and Sons of Staffordshire, England. They were imported into the United States between 1818 and 1848. These plates were used by members of the Somes family.
3339Hacksaw Handle
  • Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Saw, Hand Saw
  • c 1848
Hacksaw Handle
Item:
  • 3339   
Object ID:
  • 996-218-434
Catalog:
  • Objects
Type:
  • Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Saw, Hand Saw
Date:
  • c 1848
Description:
Curved handle. Nut and bolt for blade. Hole at end. Marked, “June 24, 1848” on both sides.
3609A statement of the Seaville and Gilpatrick Cases
  • Document, Financial, Financial Statement
  • Other, Law & legal affairs
  • Other, Mount Desert
  • Heath, William
  • 1840
A statement of the Seaville and Gilpatrick Cases
Item:
  • 3609   
Object ID:
  • 008.009.1
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Financial Statement
Subject:
  • Other, Law & legal affairs
  • Other, Mount Desert
Creator:
  • Heath, William
Collection:
  • Town of Mount Desert
Date:
  • 1840
Description:
Legal fees owed by the Town of Mount Desert Debited and Credited. A statement of the Seaville and Gilpatrick Cases - Mount Desert Statement written by Town Agent, M Heath L initials in names may be S. Unclear what Heath's first name is
3858Daniel Somes to Timothy Mason Deed
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Other, Deed
  • 06/23/1842
Daniel Somes to Timothy Mason Deed
Item:
  • 3858   
Object ID:
  • 011.FIC.10.4
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Deed
Subject:
  • Other, Deed
Date:
  • 06/23/1842
Description:
1p.
3911Petition to Mt. Desert Bridge Corporation
  • Document, Request, Petition
  • Other, Bridges
  • Other, Thompson Island
  • 1843
Petition to Mt. Desert Bridge Corporation
Item:
  • 3911   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.152.6
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Request, Petition
Subject:
  • Other, Bridges
  • Other, Thompson Island
Date:
  • 1843
Description:
Petition served to proprietors of Mount Desert Bridge, 1843.
3914Petition re Thompson Island Bridge Deficiencies
  • Document, Request, Petition
  • Other, Thompson Island
  • 1843
Petition re Thompson Island Bridge Deficiencies
Item:
  • 3914   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.152.3
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Request, Petition
Subject:
  • Other, Thompson Island
Collection:
  • ame
Date:
  • 1843
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.
3958Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services...
  • Document, Government, Military Record
  • Other, Census
  • Other, Hancock County
  • Other, Maine
  • 1841
Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services...
Item:
  • 3958   
Object ID:
  • 009.020.19
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Government, Military Record
Subject:
  • Other, Census
  • Other, Hancock County
  • Other, Maine
Collection:
  • Census of Pensioners of Revolutionary or Military Services
Date:
  • 1841
Description:
Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or military services, for state of Maine, by county, names, ages, places of residence Photocopy
39591842 Census, Hancock Co.
  • Document, Government, Census Record
  • Other, Blue Hill
  • Other, Castine
  • Other, Census
  • Other, Cranberry Islands
  • Other, Deer Isle
  • Other, Eden
  • Other, Hancock County
  • Other, Mount Desert
  • Other, Swans Island
  • Other, Trenton
  • 1842
1842 Census, Hancock Co.
Item:
  • 3959   
Object ID:
  • 009.020.18
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Government, Census Record
Subject:
  • Other, Blue Hill
  • Other, Castine
  • Other, Census
  • Other, Cranberry Islands
  • Other, Deer Isle
  • Other, Eden
  • Other, Hancock County
  • Other, Mount Desert
  • Other, Swans Island
  • Other, Trenton
Collection:
  • Hancock County Census
Date:
  • 1842
Description:
Population figures for Mt. Desert, Eden, Cranberry Isles, Seaville, Ellsworth, Trenton, Bucksport, Orland,l Dedham, Mariaville, Plantations, Blluehill, Surry, Swan's Island, Long Island, Sedgewick, Brooksville, Hog Island, Castine, Penobscot, Gouldsborough, Sullivan, Hancock, Franklin, Eastbrook, Deer Isle.
3990Notes given as principle
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record
  • Other, Bookkeeping
  • 1848
Notes given as principle
Item:
  • 3990   
Object ID:
  • 008.011.001
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record
Subject:
  • Other, Bookkeeping
Collection:
  • Richard Higgins
Date:
  • 1848
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.
3991Indenture of Hariet Smith
  • Document, Legal, Indenture
  • Higgins, Benjamin H., Samuel H. Richards and Amos Clements
  • 1846
Indenture of Hariet Smith
Item:
  • 3991   
Object ID:
  • 008.010.001
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Indenture
Creator:
  • 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.
3992Bank draft and receipt
  • Object, Pay Order, Bank Draft
  • Clark, A. P.
  • Aug 8th 1845
Bank draft and receipt
Item:
  • 3992   
Object ID:
  • 008.005.001
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Object, Pay Order, Bank Draft
Creator:
  • Clark, A. P.
Collection:
  • Bank Draft
Date:
  • Aug 8th 1845
Description:
"Capt. Geo. Frisbee Sir please $51 to pay _ Clement, Salisbury and Welles In Co, $51 and bring me a receipt from the same. No 51 Kirby Street Boston" Gouldsboro. Back has a series of names: Eden Higging, Capt George Frisbee, Jacob H. Higgins Jacob written over and over. Eden written twice. References to Frisbee, Clement, Salisbury, Clark, Higgins.
3999List of Scholars in Pretty Marsh District
  • Document, List, Membership List
  • Other, Pretty Marsh
  • 1847
List of Scholars in Pretty Marsh District
Item:
  • 3999   
Object ID:
  • 006.57.32
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, List, Membership List
Subject:
  • Other, Pretty Marsh
Collection:
  • Pretty Marsh
Date:
  • 1847
Description:
Photocopy of list of shollars [sic]...
4522Letter to Grandmother Newman
  • Document, Correspondence
  • 1848
Letter to Grandmother Newman
Item:
  • 4522   
Object ID:
  • 008.075.10
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Collection:
  • Mary Newman
Date:
  • 1848
Description:
Very light handwriting so difficult to read Dated Ellsworth 9/24/1848. Has accompanying envelope To: Grandmother: Mary Newman, Mt. Desert Maine from Hillie Letter is in regard to Ellie who is sick and laying in bed and may die Would like to have Grandmother Newman come visit.
45281847 tax bill with declarations of value of individual property; Town of Eden
  • Document, Government, Tax Roll
  • 1847
1847 tax bill with declarations of value of individual property; Town of Eden
Item:
  • 4528   
Object ID:
  • 007.167.1
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Government, Tax Roll
Date:
  • 1847
Description:
Two-sided paper: Side 1 is an inventory and valuation of taxable property (real and personal) of inhabitants of the Town of Eden for estate, county and town taxes dated May 26, 1847. Assessors are listed as Eben L. Higgins, John Salsbury, and ___ Mayo. Mill rate is given. On the reverse side is a chart showing property owners' names and the value of various kinds of property belonging to them. Paper is badly torn. and some words are missing. [show more]
5157Indian Cemetery.
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • 1843
Indian Cemetery.
Item:
  • 5157   
Object ID:
  • 001-86.7
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Date:
  • 1843
Description:
Photograph of Indian Cemetery. Taken at Somesville in 1843 by Benj. Joy, Ellsworth. Note: Most likely taken by Benj. Joy, Jr. and is a photograph of a photograph; place probably somewhere in the Andes. The Abbe Museum also has a copy as does the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Smithsonian says date is c.1923. Original record said this was taken at Somesville in 1843 by Benj. Joy, Ellsworth. New information received on Dec. 29, 2014 implies this photo was originally taken by a woman explorer, Harriet Chalmers Adams in the early twentieth century. See Granger Historical Stock photograph # 0253041. [show more]
5233The Old Somesville Woolen Mill-Built in 1847
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • 1847
The Old Somesville Woolen Mill-Built in 1847
Item:
  • 5233   
Object ID:
  • 000-45
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Date:
  • 1847
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. sepia toned photograph Written on the back "Isaac Somes Woolen Mill on the Mill Stream" There is damage to the photo surface.
5615The Old Somesville Woolen Mill - built in 1847
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • 1847
The Old Somesville Woolen Mill - built in 1847
Item:
  • 5615   
Object ID:
  • 012-82-181
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Date:
  • 1847
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. Printed at the bottom of the card "The OLD SOMESVILLE WOOLEN MILL-Built in 1847 CHRISTMAS GREETINGS". "Bob & Norma" written with pen on reverse. Image layer is torn/missing at top of postcard in a section approx 2" x 1/2" [show more]
9278Statement and order of dividend to Capt. William Thompson from John Black, 1846
  • Document, Financial, Financial Statement, Bank Statement
  • Other, Bridges
  • 1/8/1846
Statement and order of dividend to Capt. William Thompson from John Black, 1846
Item:
  • 9278   
Object ID:
  • 1998.1100
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Financial Statement, Bank Statement
Subject:
  • Other, Bridges
Date:
  • 1/8/1846
Description:
Statement and order of dividend to Capt. William Thompson from John Black.
9279Petition to Mount Desert Bridge Corporation from Simeon Milliken
  • Document, Request, Petition
  • Other, Bridges
  • 7/11/1845
Petition to Mount Desert Bridge Corporation from Simeon Milliken
Item:
  • 9279   
Object ID:
  • 1998.1099
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Request, Petition
Subject:
  • Other, Bridges
Date:
  • 7/11/1845
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”.
9280Statement and order of dividends to William Thompson from John Black
  • Document, Financial, Financial Statement, Bank Statement
  • Other, Bridges
  • 1/20/1845
Statement and order of dividends to William Thompson from John Black
Item:
  • 9280   
Object ID:
  • 1998.1098
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Financial Statement, Bank Statement
Subject:
  • Other, Bridges
Date:
  • 1/20/1845
Description:
Statement and order of dividends to William Thompson from John Black. Copy.
9281Statement of notification of dividends to William Thompson from John Black, 1844
  • Document, Financial, Financial Statement, Bank Statement
  • Other, Bridges
  • 1/20/1844
Statement of notification of dividends to William Thompson from John Black, 1844
Item:
  • 9281   
Object ID:
  • 1998.1097
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Financial Statement, Bank Statement
Subject:
  • Other, Bridges
Date:
  • 1/20/1844
Description:
Statement of notification of dividends to William Thompson from John Black. Copy.