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
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
Ten men: Atherton, Smith, Parker, Wasgatt, Richardson, Smith, Fogg, Mason, Rodrick, and Savage are called to duty by Rupell Shepard, mustering officer.
Description: Ten men: Atherton, Smith, Parker, Wasgatt, Richardson, Smith, Fogg, Mason, Rodrick, and Savage are called to duty by Rupell Shepard, mustering officer.
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.
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.
The Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell and his encounters with the Indians; including a particular account of the Pequauket Battle, with a history of that Tribe; and a reprint of Rev. Thomas Symmes Sermon.
Description: The Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell and his encounters with the Indians; including a particular account of the Pequauket Battle, with a history of that Tribe; and a reprint of Rev. Thomas Symmes Sermon.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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 brown cloth cover with stitched binding-inside pages are all manuscript with handwritten rows and columns on every page
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 brown cloth cover with stitched binding-inside pages are all manuscript with handwritten rows and columns on every page
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
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."
Booklet containing reminiscences of the Vaughan Family esp. Benjamin Vaughan, LL.D. Read before the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, August 2, 1865.
Description: Booklet containing reminiscences of the Vaughan Family esp. Benjamin Vaughan, LL.D. Read before the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, August 2, 1865.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Topographical map of Hancock County, Maine, from actual surveys under the direction of H. F. Walling. Detail of border illustration and maps included (counterclockwise): 1. East Maine Conference Seminary (Bucksport) 2. Bucksport 3. Orland Directory, Bradleys Block (Bucksport), Orland, Surry 4. Castine, with Business Directory 5. Sedgwick, Brooklin, Deer Isle 6. Robinson House (Bucksport), Table of Distances 7. The Colony (Dedham), Blue Hill, Tremont, Penobscot 8. Southwest Harbor, Mount Desert (Somerville), Freeman House (Southwest Harbor) 9. Ellsworth, Gouldsborough, Falls Village (Ellsworth), East Trenton 10. Winter Harbor (Gouldsborough), Bradley & Co. (Main Street, Bucksport), Sullivan 11. Northern Portion of Hancock County, Courthouse (Ellsworth) Plastified map, original size 63" x 63". Edited and reprinted in 2010.
Description: Topographical map of Hancock County, Maine, from actual surveys under the direction of H. F. Walling. Detail of border illustration and maps included (counterclockwise): 1. East Maine Conference Seminary (Bucksport) 2. Bucksport 3. Orland Directory, Bradleys Block (Bucksport), Orland, Surry 4. Castine, with Business Directory 5. Sedgwick, Brooklin, Deer Isle 6. Robinson House (Bucksport), Table of Distances 7. The Colony (Dedham), Blue Hill, Tremont, Penobscot 8. Southwest Harbor, Mount Desert (Somerville), Freeman House (Southwest Harbor) 9. Ellsworth, Gouldsborough, Falls Village (Ellsworth), East Trenton 10. Winter Harbor (Gouldsborough), Bradley & Co. (Main Street, Bucksport), Sullivan 11. Northern Portion of Hancock County, Courthouse (Ellsworth) Plastified map, original size 63" x 63". Edited and reprinted in 2010. [show more]