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1468Rose Lamb's Sketch Book
  • Object, Painting, Sketchbook
  • People
  • Places, Island
Rose Lamb, the aunt of Aimee and Rosamund Lamb of Sutton Island used to come to the Asticou Inn. The sketch book includes pencil sketches of people and places on Mount Desert Island.
  • Rose Lamb
  • 1869
  • 1 book
  • paper
  • very fragile
Rose Lamb's Sketch Book
Item:
  • 1468   
Type:
  • Object, Painting, Sketchbook
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Rose Lamb
Date:
  • 1869
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Art Collection
Object ID:
  • ART 0017 RL
Location:
  • Art Box 1, 4B3
Pages:
  • 1 book
Medium:
  • paper
Condition:
  • very fragile
Description:
Rose Lamb, the aunt of Aimee and Rosamund Lamb of Sutton Island used to come to the Asticou Inn. The sketch book includes pencil sketches of people and places on Mount Desert Island.
1780James Terry Gardiner Selected Letters and Stories from the Old West
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Places
Selections of letters of James Terry Gardiner to his mother, Anne Terry Gardiner, in Troy NY as he traveled west.
  • Anne Gardiner
  • 1863-1865
  • 112
  • 1 book
James Terry Gardiner Selected Letters and Stories from the Old West
Item:
  • 1780   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Anne Gardiner
Date:
  • 1863-1865
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0292
Location:
  • General Collection Box 8
Pages:
  • 112
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
Selections of letters of James Terry Gardiner to his mother, Anne Terry Gardiner, in Troy NY as he traveled west.
1842Letter from Robert Peabody to family
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
  • Places, Island
Letter from Robert S. Peabody (of Peabody & Stearns) written from Eden to his family in Boston. He describes his trip to Mt. Desert Island, his accommodations, and includes transportation fares.
  • 8-2-1865
  • 2
  • manuscript
Letter from Robert Peabody to family
Item:
  • 1842   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 8-2-1865
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0355
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
Letter from Robert S. Peabody (of Peabody & Stearns) written from Eden to his family in Boston. He describes his trip to Mt. Desert Island, his accommodations, and includes transportation fares.
1894Letter from Adney Boothby in the battlefield
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Events
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Civil War letter of Adney Boothby to his folks at home. Written on July 4, 1863.
  • Adney Boothby
  • 1863
  • 1
  • photocopy
Letter from Adney Boothby in the battlefield
Item:
  • 1894   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Creator:
  • Adney Boothby
Date:
  • 1863
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0407
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Civil War letter of Adney Boothby to his folks at home. Written on July 4, 1863.
1895Civil War Draft Regulations
  • Document, Government, Regulation
  • Other, Military, Civil War
List of liabilities and duties of persons subjected to Civil War draft.
  • John L. Hodson, Adjutant General
  • 8-27-1862; 9-20-1862
  • 2
  • typescript
Civil War Draft Regulations
Item:
  • 1895   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Regulation
Subject:
  • Other, Military, Civil War
Creator:
  • John L. Hodson, Adjutant General
Date:
  • 8-27-1862; 9-20-1862
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0408
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
List of liabilities and duties of persons subjected to Civil War draft.
1896Letters to Ada Emerson
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Events
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Letters from Henry Kelley (Emerson?) to his mother, Ada Emerson, in Indian River, ME describing his Civil War encampment with the Maine 10th Regiment at Camp Washburn, MD & Harper's Ferry, VA. Given to library by Carl Kelley.
  • Henry Kelley
  • 1859-1864
  • photocopy
Letters to Ada Emerson
Item:
  • 1896   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Creator:
  • Henry Kelley
Date:
  • 1859-1864
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0409
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Letters from Henry Kelley (Emerson?) to his mother, Ada Emerson, in Indian River, ME describing his Civil War encampment with the Maine 10th Regiment at Camp Washburn, MD & Harper's Ferry, VA. Given to library by Carl Kelley.
1899Civil War Muster List - 18th regiment
  • Document, Government, Military Record
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Ten men: Atherton, Smith, Parker, Wasgatt, Richardson, Smith, Fogg, Mason, Rodrick, and Savage are called to duty by Rupell Shepard, mustering officer.
  • 1862
Civil War Muster List - 18th regiment
Item:
  • 1899   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Military Record
Subject:
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Date:
  • 1862
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0412
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Description:
Ten men: Atherton, Smith, Parker, Wasgatt, Richardson, Smith, Fogg, Mason, Rodrick, and Savage are called to duty by Rupell Shepard, mustering officer.
1952Stephen Smallidge Letter (kindness of Lucy H. Smith)
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Stephen Smallidge (May 30 1842-December 20 1908) of Northeast Harbor enlisted on March 11 1864 in the Maine Volunteer Regiment. This was during the Civil War. He later was resident of Northeast Harbor.
  • 1864
  • 6
  • photocopy
Stephen Smallidge Letter (kindness of Lucy H. Smith)
Item:
  • 1952   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Date:
  • 1864
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0465
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 6
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Stephen Smallidge (May 30 1842-December 20 1908) of Northeast Harbor enlisted on March 11 1864 in the Maine Volunteer Regiment. This was during the Civil War. He later was resident of Northeast Harbor.
1986List of Civil War Soldiers from the town of Mount Desert
  • Document, List
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Original, elongated, list of men furnished by the town of Mt. Desert by the selectmen for military service in the Civil War. The list represents several calls to duty from 1862 to 1869.
  • Jonathan Hamor
  • 1-2-1869
  • 1
  • manuscript (original and 2 photocopies)
List of Civil War Soldiers from the town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 1986   
Type:
  • Document, List
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Creator:
  • Jonathan Hamor
Date:
  • 1-2-1869
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0499
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • manuscript (original and 2 photocopies)
Description:
Original, elongated, list of men furnished by the town of Mt. Desert by the selectmen for military service in the Civil War. The list represents several calls to duty from 1862 to 1869.
2000Savage Family Civil War Letters
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Copy of a manuscripted collection of letters exchanged by members of the Savage family between 1864 and l865. There are a few photographs of Savage descendants.
  • 1854-1865
  • 88
  • photocopy
Savage Family Civil War Letters
Item:
  • 2000   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Date:
  • 1854-1865
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0512
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 88
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Copy of a manuscripted collection of letters exchanged by members of the Savage family between 1864 and l865. There are a few photographs of Savage descendants.
2097Letter from Department of the Interior Pension Office to Harrison G. Smith
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • 1-30-1868
  • 2
  • manuscript
Letter from Department of the Interior Pension Office to Harrison G. Smith
Item:
  • 2097   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
Date:
  • 1-30-1868
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0611
Location:
  • General Collection Box 20
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • manuscript
2190Sword of Truth
  • Publication, Clipping
Sections of the newspaper "Sword of Truth" edited by Elder G. J. Adams, president of the "Church of the Messiah" in Indian River, ME and leader of the Jaffa Pilgrimage to Palestine in 1886.
  • G. J. Adams
  • 1866
  • newspaper
Sword of Truth
Item:
  • 2190   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Creator:
  • G. J. Adams
Date:
  • 1866
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0704
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Sections of the newspaper "Sword of Truth" edited by Elder G. J. Adams, president of the "Church of the Messiah" in Indian River, ME and leader of the Jaffa Pilgrimage to Palestine in 1886.
2192Editorial Journeyings
  • Publication, Clipping
Article in newspaper written and edited by G. J. Adams, leader of the Church of the Messiah in Indian River, ME who led followers on the "Jaffa Pilgrimage" Account of departure day and ship's manifest.
  • G. J. Adams
  • 11-15-1866
  • newspaper
Editorial Journeyings
Item:
  • 2192   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Creator:
  • G. J. Adams
Date:
  • 11-15-1866
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0706
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Article in newspaper written and edited by G. J. Adams, leader of the Church of the Messiah in Indian River, ME who led followers on the "Jaffa Pilgrimage" Account of departure day and ship's manifest.
2719Petition: License; Real Estate Offer, A. Wasgatt
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
A. E. Gilbert Wasgatt minor heir of Elijah H. Wasgatt Harriet W. A. Wasgatt, guardian of A. E. Gilbert Wasgatt
  • A. E. Gilbert Wasgatt
  • 1867
  • Petition
Petition: License; Real Estate Offer, A. Wasgatt
Item:
  • 2719   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
Creator:
  • A. E. Gilbert Wasgatt
Date:
  • 1867
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 130
Location:
  • III
Medium:
  • Petition
Description:
A. E. Gilbert Wasgatt minor heir of Elijah H. Wasgatt Harriet W. A. Wasgatt, guardian of A. E. Gilbert Wasgatt
3530Doll House and Furniture
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Miniature
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Made for Elizabeth Putnam Sohier.
  • ca. 1860
Doll House and Furniture
Item:
  • 3530   
Type:
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Miniature
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • ca. 1860
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Maine Studies Room
Description:
Made for Elizabeth Putnam Sohier.
3826Hancock County, Maine
  • Map
Topo; communities; properties; occupants
  • H. F. Walling
  • 1860
Hancock County, Maine
Item:
  • 3826   
Type:
  • Map
Creator:
  • H. F. Walling
Date:
  • 1860
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • not yet catalogued
Location:
  • Rolled
Description:
Topo; communities; properties; occupants
5423Local Civil War Soldiers
  • Image, Photograph
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Scanned photographs of area Maine Militia and Civil War soldiers. Photo 1829 a: Colonel William Edwin Hadlock, Little Cranberry Isle Photo 1829 b: Samuel T. Savage, enlisted 8-21-1862 Photo 1829 c: Augustus Chase Savage, Acting Lieutenant, US Navy 1864-1865 Photo 1829 d: Thomas Savage, 1842-1865 (from a tintype) See item 2051/GEN 0565
  • 1842-1860's
Local Civil War Soldiers
Item:
  • 5423   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Date:
  • 1842-1860's
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1829
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Scanned photographs of area Maine Militia and Civil War soldiers. Photo 1829 a: Colonel William Edwin Hadlock, Little Cranberry Isle Photo 1829 b: Samuel T. Savage, enlisted 8-21-1862 Photo 1829 c: Augustus Chase Savage, Acting Lieutenant, US Navy 1864-1865 Photo 1829 d: Thomas Savage, 1842-1865 (from a tintype) See item 2051/GEN 0565
5534Daisy Kittredge and Civil War Soldier Holmes
  • Image, Photograph
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
B/W wallet-size photographs of Daisy Kittredge and ? Holmes in Civil War uniform. Contained in small leather photograph frame
  • 1860's
Daisy Kittredge and Civil War Soldier Holmes
Item:
  • 5534   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Date:
  • 1860's
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1934
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W wallet-size photographs of Daisy Kittredge and ? Holmes in Civil War uniform. Contained in small leather photograph frame
6053Kimball Notebook
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Daniel Kimball
  • 1828-1862
  • quarter-bound leather notebook
  • very fragile
Kimball Notebook
Item:
  • 6053   
Type:
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Creator:
  • Daniel Kimball
Date:
  • 1828-1862
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 338 KIMBALL
Location:
  • Shelf 6A TOP
Medium:
  • quarter-bound leather notebook
Condition:
  • very fragile
6140Reminiscences of The Vaughan Family
  • Publication, Book
  • People
Booklet containing reminiscences of the Vaughan Family esp. Benjamin Vaughan, LL.D. Read before the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, August 2, 1865.
  • John H. Sheppard
  • 1865
  • 40
  • 1 book
  • fragile
Reminiscences of The Vaughan Family
Item:
  • 6140   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • John H. Sheppard
Date:
  • 1865
Place:
  • New England
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 920 VAUGHAN
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 40
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • fragile
Description:
Booklet containing reminiscences of the Vaughan Family esp. Benjamin Vaughan, LL.D. Read before the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, August 2, 1865.
6160Mount Desert Scrapbook
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • Places, Island
Articles about MDI pasted into scrapbook. "Mount Desert on the Coast of Maine" (by Clara Barnes Martin), "A Week on Mt. Desert" parts 1-4, poetry, "Mount Desert", "Mount Desert and its Scenery."
  • ca. 1867
  • Light brown notebook with articles pasted to pages
  • fair
Mount Desert Scrapbook
Item:
  • 6160   
Type:
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • ca. 1867
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.14 MOUNT
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Medium:
  • Light brown notebook with articles pasted to pages
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Articles about MDI pasted into scrapbook. "Mount Desert on the Coast of Maine" (by Clara Barnes Martin), "A Week on Mt. Desert" parts 1-4, poetry, "Mount Desert", "Mount Desert and its Scenery."
6508Valuation for A.D. 1860
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing green and white gingham check patterned cloth cover, stitched binding-inside pages are all manuscript with handwritten rows and columns on every page
  • 1860
Valuation for A.D. 1860
Item:
  • 6508   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1860
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • Archival Box; 2A2
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing green and white gingham check patterned cloth cover, stitched binding-inside pages are all manuscript with handwritten rows and columns on every page
6509Valuation for A.D. 1861
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing brown cloth cover, stitched binding-inside pages are all manuscript with handwritten rows and columns on every page
  • 1861
Valuation for A.D. 1861
Item:
  • 6509   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1861
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • Archival Box; 2A2
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing brown cloth cover, stitched binding-inside pages are all manuscript with handwritten rows and columns on every page
65101862
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing also tax on dogs marbleized paper cover, stitched binding-inside pages are pre-printed forms filled out by assessor
  • 1862
1862
Item:
  • 6510   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1862
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • Archival Box; 2A2
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing also tax on dogs marbleized paper cover, stitched binding-inside pages are pre-printed forms filled out by assessor
6511Valuation for A.D. 1863
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, dog tax, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing tiny star and dot pattern in cream/tan/red/brown/black cloth cover with stitched binding-inside pages are all manuscript with handwritten rows and columns on every page
  • 1863
Valuation for A.D. 1863
Item:
  • 6511   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1863
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • Archival Box; 2A2
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, dog tax, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing tiny star and dot pattern in cream/tan/red/brown/black cloth cover with stitched binding-inside pages are all manuscript with handwritten rows and columns on every page