Catalogue #	Title	Type	Subject	Description
2018.416.2789	Templar's Lodge Charter for Cranberry Isles	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic People	Charter document: Grand Lodge of North America (State of Maine) Independent Order of Good Templars, organized May 16, 1855, grant unto G. H. Pressey, C. H. Bulger, L. H. Bracy, A. M. Spurling, G. H. Spurling, Wm. P. Preble, H. A. Preble, L. G. Stanley, C. G. Kimball, A. Bunker, J. M. Bunker, S. A. Bunker and their associates this Charter for a Lodge to be known as Ocean Echo Lodge No. 157 located at Cranberry Isles… signed July 4, 1866. Wikipedia: "The IOGT originated as one of a number of fraternal organizations for temperance or total abstinence founded in the 19th century and with a structure modeled on Freemasonry, using similar ritual and regalia. Unlike many, however, it admitted men and women equally, and also made no distinction by race." According to a local 1888 newspaper article they met Tuesday evenings each week at Norwood's Cove School House.	Templar's Lodge Charter for Cranberry Isles Catalogue #: 2018.416.2789    Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic People Date: 1866 Materials: Paper Size: 18" x 23" Description: Charter document: Grand Lodge of North America (State of Maine) Independent Order of Good Templars, organized May 16, 1855, grant unto G. H. Pressey, C. H. Bulger, L. H. Bracy, A. M. Spurling, G. H. Spurling, Wm. P. Preble, H. A. Preble, L. G. Stanley, C. G. Kimball, A. Bunker, J. M. Bunker, S. A. Bunker and their associates this Charter for a Lodge to be known as Ocean Echo Lodge No. 157 located at Cranberry Isles… signed July 4, 1866. Wikipedia: "The IOGT originated as one of a number of fraternal organizations for temperance or total abstinence founded in the 19th century and with a structure modeled on Freemasonry, using similar ritual and regalia. Unlike many, however, it admitted men and women equally, and also made no distinction by race." According to a local 1888 newspaper article they met Tuesday evenings each week at Norwood's Cove School House. [show more]
1000.0.70	Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic, Post Office People	Certificate, Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, 29 Apr 1862	Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling Catalogue #: 1000.0.70    Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic, Post Office People Date: 1862 Materials: Paper Description: Certificate, Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, 29 Apr 1862
2013.246.1944	Certificate for William Preble as Notary Public	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic, Municipal People	Document. Certificate: Augusta, Maine, 14 March 1860, William P. Preble of Cranberry Isle, State of Maine, as Notary Public for Hancock County for seven years. Signed by Scott M. Morrill, Governor. Certificate has an ivory and pink impressed and raised seal the State of Maine with the signature of the Governor below it and the notation: Commission Recorded Vol. 4, Page 173. Signed at bottom by Noah Smith, Secretary of State.	Certificate for William Preble as Notary Public Catalogue #: 2013.246.1944    Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic, Municipal People Date: 1860 Materials: Paper Size: 16" H x 10" W Description: Document. Certificate: Augusta, Maine, 14 March 1860, William P. Preble of Cranberry Isle, State of Maine, as Notary Public for Hancock County for seven years. Signed by Scott M. Morrill, Governor. Certificate has an ivory and pink impressed and raised seal the State of Maine with the signature of the Governor below it and the notation: Commission Recorded Vol. 4, Page 173. Signed at bottom by Noah Smith, Secretary of State.
1000.0.165	Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, Esq. appointed	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic, Post Office People	Certificate, Post Office Appointment as postmaster of Joseph S. Spurling, Esq., 29 Apr 1862	Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, Esq. appointed Catalogue #: 1000.0.165    Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic, Post Office People Date: 1862 Description: Certificate, Post Office Appointment as postmaster of Joseph S. Spurling, Esq., 29 Apr 1862
1000.116.1080	Journal with transcriptions of protestations of ships	Document, Other Documents, Multi-Part Documents	Businesses, Store Business Events Organizations, Civic, Post Office Organizations, School Institution People	Journal with transcription. 38-page typed transcription of protestations of ships wrecked on the Cranberry Isles from an original 19th-century ledger/journal kept by William P. Preble 1867-1879. Journal transcribed by Michael Macfarlan c. 2002. One loose page partial protestation for 1893. The back of the journal also contains pages for the accounts pertaining to School district No. 2, the Post Office, and for various islanders (not transcribed). (See also 1000.0.934: selections from 1080 - sea captain's transcribed broadcasts for possible video production. (See also June 2018 Cranberry Chronicle, pages 20-13 - link below)	Journal with transcriptions of protestations of ships Catalogue #: 1000.116.1080    Type: Document, Other Documents, Multi-Part Documents Subject: Businesses, Store Business Events Organizations, Civic, Post Office Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1867 Materials: Paper Description: Journal with transcription. 38-page typed transcription of protestations of ships wrecked on the Cranberry Isles from an original 19th-century ledger/journal kept by William P. Preble 1867-1879. Journal transcribed by Michael Macfarlan c. 2002. One loose page partial protestation for 1893. The back of the journal also contains pages for the accounts pertaining to School district No. 2, the Post Office, and for various islanders (not transcribed). (See also 1000.0.934: selections from 1080 - sea captain's transcribed broadcasts for possible video production. (See also June 2018 Cranberry Chronicle, pages 20-13 - link below) [show more]

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