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2016.334.2220Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1856
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1856 (part of 2016.334.2100)
Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1856
Catalogue #:
  • 2016.334.2220   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Government Records
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
Date:
  • 1856
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1856 (part of 2016.334.2100)
2016.334.2221Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1857
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1857 (part of 2016.334.2100)
Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1857
Catalogue #:
  • 2016.334.2221   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Government Records
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
Date:
  • 1857
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1857 (part of 2016.334.2100)
2016.334.2222Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1858
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1858 (part of 2016.334.2100)
Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1858
Catalogue #:
  • 2016.334.2222   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Government Records
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
Date:
  • 1858
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1858 (part of 2016.334.2100)
2016.334.2223Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1859
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1859 (part of 2016.334.2100)
Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1859
Catalogue #:
  • 2016.334.2223   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Government Records
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
Date:
  • 1859
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1859 (part of 2016.334.2100)
2016.334.2214Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1850
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1850 (part of 2016.334.2100)
Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1850
Catalogue #:
  • 2016.334.2214   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Government Records
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
Date:
  • 1850
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Documents. Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles records from 1850 (part of 2016.334.2100)
2013.257.1995Description and scans of images of 1850s wet-plate postive photographs
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Documents. Two documents: (A) The first is an undated note entitled "Early pictures made at 'The Ways' " (home of the Lea family 1960s) written by George Vaux in which he describes two ca. 1850 "wet-plate positives, backed by metal plates." Two digital images in GCIHS collection, the first (D) of the ship "Express, Cranberry Isles," and the second, a wide landscape view of the Thomas Bunker wharves (C), both taken from The Ways property, may be the photos described in Vaux's note. The scans were made from photos provided by Nancy Lea ca. 2000. (2013 correspondence re: unsuccessful investigation into the whereabouts of the two original wet-plate positives was saved.) Vaux also explains that they called the house The Ways "because timbers for ships' ways were found when excavating for the basement." 2014 email from Chuck Liebow explain the photos: "Zooming in you can see another vessel "Harriett", a pinky or near double ender which Victor claimed was built by Thomas Bunker (Harriet was Thomas Bunker's wife). A 2000 email from Liebow indicates he thinks the photo shows the Thomas Bunker wharves on the site where Mrs. Lea's house is, with the Richman house with the roof half covered in snow. Liebow adds: George Vaux dated the photo to about 1852 based on the ship "Express" at the same wharf. Islesford looks funny but the Fish Point house is right where it ought to be." The second document (B) is an undated copy of a plat map (with ball point pen marks) showing the George Vaux and Robert Lea properties, Lots #30 and 31 respectively. (See also 2013.257.1987 re: modern photos of The Ways.)
Description and scans of images of 1850s wet-plate postive photographs
Catalogue #:
  • 2013.257.1995   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1850
Materials:
  • Paper
Size:
  • 8" x 10"
Description:
Documents. Two documents: (A) The first is an undated note entitled "Early pictures made at 'The Ways' " (home of the Lea family 1960s) written by George Vaux in which he describes two ca. 1850 "wet-plate positives, backed by metal plates." Two digital images in GCIHS collection, the first (D) of the ship "Express, Cranberry Isles," and the second, a wide landscape view of the Thomas Bunker wharves (C), both taken from The Ways property, may be the photos described in Vaux's note. The scans were made from photos provided by Nancy Lea ca. 2000. (2013 correspondence re: unsuccessful investigation into the whereabouts of the two original wet-plate positives was saved.) Vaux also explains that they called the house The Ways "because timbers for ships' ways were found when excavating for the basement." 2014 email from Chuck Liebow explain the photos: "Zooming in you can see another vessel "Harriett", a pinky or near double ender which Victor claimed was built by Thomas Bunker (Harriet was Thomas Bunker's wife). A 2000 email from Liebow indicates he thinks the photo shows the Thomas Bunker wharves on the site where Mrs. Lea's house is, with the Richman house with the roof half covered in snow. Liebow adds: George Vaux dated the photo to about 1852 based on the ship "Express" at the same wharf. Islesford looks funny but the Fish Point house is right where it ought to be." The second document (B) is an undated copy of a plat map (with ball point pen marks) showing the George Vaux and Robert Lea properties, Lots #30 and 31 respectively. (See also 2013.257.1987 re: modern photos of The Ways.) [show more]
2001.111.831Letter from Samuel Spurling to mother Abigail [Spurling] Preble
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
Letter from Samuel E. Spurling to Mrs. Abigail C. (Spurling) Preble (son to mother), 30 Jun 1850. In this letter, Samuel writes from San Francisco, California. He had moved out west (at about age 23) to work in the gold mines about a year earlier and intends to stay 4 or 5 years before returning home to visit. Samuel mentions that when he arrived, part of San Francisco was in ashes but being rebuilt; gambling houses were open Sundays; as many boats in the harbor as Boston and NYC; fair prospects; and asks if Father Preble will cover his insurance payment if necessary. He mentions an Enoch working at the mines, and a Mr. Davis who sounds like a new friend. (Seems like Enoch may be a fellow Cranberry Islander, perhaps a Spurling or a Stanley, TBD.)
Letter from Samuel Spurling to mother Abigail [Spurling] Preble
Catalogue #:
  • 2001.111.831   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1850
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Letter from Samuel E. Spurling to Mrs. Abigail C. (Spurling) Preble (son to mother), 30 Jun 1850. In this letter, Samuel writes from San Francisco, California. He had moved out west (at about age 23) to work in the gold mines about a year earlier and intends to stay 4 or 5 years before returning home to visit. Samuel mentions that when he arrived, part of San Francisco was in ashes but being rebuilt; gambling houses were open Sundays; as many boats in the harbor as Boston and NYC; fair prospects; and asks if Father Preble will cover his insurance payment if necessary. He mentions an Enoch working at the mines, and a Mr. Davis who sounds like a new friend. (Seems like Enoch may be a fellow Cranberry Islander, perhaps a Spurling or a Stanley, TBD.) [show more]
2001.111.827Receipt for sale of Richardson estate to Preble
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • People
Receipt: 23 Apr 1859, Sarah H. Richardson sells her father's estate to William P. Preble for $25 plus all debts and demands. Transcribed.
Receipt for sale of Richardson estate to Preble
Catalogue #:
  • 2001.111.827   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1859
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Receipt: 23 Apr 1859, Sarah H. Richardson sells her father's estate to William P. Preble for $25 plus all debts and demands. Transcribed.
1000.3.233Receipt for food
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Store Business
Business receipt from Symmes Eaton to Enoch Stanley, Boston 7 May 1851, food, $2.11
Receipt for food
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.3.233   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Date:
  • 1851
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Business receipt from Symmes Eaton to Enoch Stanley, Boston 7 May 1851, food, $2.11
1000.3.248Note from Enoch Stanley re: selling oil
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Businesses, Other Business
Note, from Enoch Stanley to Garent, asking to sell 5 barrels of oil and keep the account of the barrels separate, 5 Sep 1855
Note from Enoch Stanley re: selling oil
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.3.248   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
Date:
  • 1855
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Note, from Enoch Stanley to Garent, asking to sell 5 barrels of oil and keep the account of the barrels separate, 5 Sep 1855
1000.7.136Bill of sale Joseph S. Spurling to Asa Stanley
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Bill of sale, handwritten, for land, from Joseph S. Spurling to Asa Stanley, 11 Jan 1859
Bill of sale Joseph S. Spurling to Asa Stanley
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.7.136   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Government Records
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1859
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Bill of sale, handwritten, for land, from Joseph S. Spurling to Asa Stanley, 11 Jan 1859