This note is a copy of "answere to questions asked by government on Nov. 9, 1914; it explains the deduction on p. 3 of his [tax] return. The deduction represents 5/6 of the year 1913 for the business of running a small water mill.
“Letter from John Allen Somes,” Mount Desert Island Historical Society, accessed April 27, 2024, https://mdihs.digitalarchive.us/items/show/12035.Item 12401
