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| 2015.323.2084 | Letter with details of voyage on the Schooner Willow |
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| Scan of a two-page 1860 letter from Warren Bunker to his brother-in-law Daniel Hamor with details of Bunker's voyage on the Schooner Willow from 'home' to Baltimore, Savannah, Jacksonville, Nassau, mentioning his cargo of 'old sailors' and yellow pine, the money he has made and hopes to make, and plans for future voyages mentioning Mauricetown NJ and Machiasport possibilities. (See transcription of letter.) We believe 'old sailors' means experienced sailors or sailors who had hired out on another voyage and were trying to get home. Warren Bunker (born 1824, died 1870 at Cranberry Isles) was great-great-grandfather of Great Cranberry Island resident Phil Whitney. Daniel Hamor (born 1822, died 1894) is distantly connected to the donor's family. Background information from donor: Warren Bunker wrote the letter to his brother-in-law Daniel Hamor, Warren's wife's (Sidney Hamor Bunker's) brother, who was then living in Eden (now Bar Harbor), Maine. Daniel Hamor built a fairly large house that still stands (in 2015 painted yellow, with a barn in back), next to the Pot & Kettle Club entrance on what is now Route 3 between Salisbury Cove and Hulls Cove. When Daniel Hamor and his wife Polly died, in 1894, their house was left to their children, Ella, Edward and Mariah, none of whom ever married or had children as far as we know. Ella and Edward died (on the same night in 1928, probably of influenza), leaving the house to Mariah. When Mariah grew old, she invited her cousin Georgia Hamor to come and take care of her on condition that when she (Mariah) died, the house would become Georgia's. Mariah died in 1936. At that time Georgia Hamor inherited the Hamor home, and presumably the Warren Bunker letter. Georgia and her brother, Ansel, lived in the house until they died (Georgia in 1971 and Ansel in 1978). At some point, Georgia, who had inherited various Hamor mementos with the house, gave the letter to her niece, Alice Smith Cowles. She, in turn, gave the letter to me (Alan Cowles). "We almost lost the letter in the great fire of 1947. A note from the Boston Sunday Post, published in October 1947, stated that "Miss Georgia Hamor, a native spinster, and her brother, Ansel, were the last to leave their home in the Hulls Cove section before the inrush of the flames today, and left only because town officials insisted on the evacuation." Fortunately, the fire stopped about one mile from their home." See transcript. | 
Description: Scan of a two-page 1860 letter from Warren Bunker to his brother-in-law Daniel Hamor with details of Bunker's voyage on the Schooner Willow from 'home' to Baltimore, Savannah, Jacksonville, Nassau, mentioning his cargo of 'old sailors' and yellow pine, the money he has made and hopes to make, and plans for future voyages mentioning Mauricetown NJ and Machiasport possibilities. (See transcription of letter.) We believe 'old sailors' means experienced sailors or sailors who had hired out on another voyage and were trying to get home. Warren Bunker (born 1824, died 1870 at Cranberry Isles) was great-great-grandfather of Great Cranberry Island resident Phil Whitney. Daniel Hamor (born 1822, died 1894) is distantly connected to the donor's family. Background information from donor: Warren Bunker wrote the letter to his brother-in-law Daniel Hamor, Warren's wife's (Sidney Hamor Bunker's) brother, who was then living in Eden (now Bar Harbor), Maine. Daniel Hamor built a fairly large house that still stands (in 2015 painted yellow, with a barn in back), next to the Pot & Kettle Club entrance on what is now Route 3 between Salisbury Cove and Hulls Cove. When Daniel Hamor and his wife Polly died, in 1894, their house was left to their children, Ella, Edward and Mariah, none of whom ever married or had children as far as we know. Ella and Edward died (on the same night in 1928, probably of influenza), leaving the house to Mariah. When Mariah grew old, she invited her cousin Georgia Hamor to come and take care of her on condition that when she (Mariah) died, the house would become Georgia's. Mariah died in 1936. At that time Georgia Hamor inherited the Hamor home, and presumably the Warren Bunker letter. Georgia and her brother, Ansel, lived in the house until they died (Georgia in 1971 and Ansel in 1978). At some point, Georgia, who had inherited various Hamor mementos with the house, gave the letter to her niece, Alice Smith Cowles. She, in turn, gave the letter to me (Alan Cowles). "We almost lost the letter in the great fire of 1947. A note from the Boston Sunday Post, published in October 1947, stated that "Miss Georgia Hamor, a native spinster, and her brother, Ansel, were the last to leave their home in the Hulls Cove section before the inrush of the flames today, and left only because town officials insisted on the evacuation." Fortunately, the fire stopped about one mile from their home." See transcript. [show more] |
| 2019.445.2827 | Ledger sheets Capt. Charles E. Bunker, Schooner Como, 1879 |
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| This group of five ledger sheets tally Charles E. Bunker’s debits and credits for voyage on Schooner “Como” with cargo "cocoanuts, mahogany, and cedars in account with Odio & Perozo of New York". Loose ledger pages are dated February 6-21, 1879. There are 34,505 cocoanuts; 4 logs mahogany; 4 logs cedar; and 8 logs cedar. No ports or destinations discernible. Documents are signed in New York. (Only Page A transcribed.) The Schooner Como was built in Cherryfield 1873; No.125172; 133 tons. Charles E Bunker was master 1877. These ledgers are part of collection of Clara Rice items (Clara Adeline Richardson Bunker Rice (1847-1923). (Charles Bunker was Clara's second husband of three. Clara Rice was postmistress on Sutton Island in the Cranberry Isles. She may have married a Fernald, then Charles Edward Bunker, and then wed Wilbert Augustus Rice in 1893. ) | 
Description: This group of five ledger sheets tally Charles E. Bunker’s debits and credits for voyage on Schooner “Como” with cargo "cocoanuts, mahogany, and cedars in account with Odio & Perozo of New York". Loose ledger pages are dated February 6-21, 1879. There are 34,505 cocoanuts; 4 logs mahogany; 4 logs cedar; and 8 logs cedar. No ports or destinations discernible. Documents are signed in New York. (Only Page A transcribed.) The Schooner Como was built in Cherryfield 1873; No.125172; 133 tons. Charles E Bunker was master 1877. These ledgers are part of collection of Clara Rice items (Clara Adeline Richardson Bunker Rice (1847-1923). (Charles Bunker was Clara's second husband of three. Clara Rice was postmistress on Sutton Island in the Cranberry Isles. She may have married a Fernald, then Charles Edward Bunker, and then wed Wilbert Augustus Rice in 1893. ) [show more] |
| 2010.152.1156 | Receipt for items purchased by Schooner Lizzie Maud |
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| Business invoice (photocopy). "Portland, Me 189_, Sch {Schooner] Lizzie Maud & Owners, Bought of H.H. Hay & Son, Druggists, Junction Free & Middle Streets." Stamped May 19, 1892 in bottom right corner. Sixteen items were bought; many are hard to read, but some include "2 oz. spt. [spirits of] Camphor 8 cents, 2 oz. tinct [tincture of] Rhei [powdered rhubarb] 10 cents, 1 oz. sulph. [sulphuric] ether 8 cents, etc." The most expensive item bought is "1 Ritter's Manual 50 cents." This is a merchant marine oriented first aid manual issued in 1877. A photo of H.H. Hay's Portland store is available at http://www.vintagemaineimages.com/bin/Detail?ln=23426 | 
Description: Business invoice (photocopy). "Portland, Me 189_, Sch {Schooner] Lizzie Maud & Owners, Bought of H.H. Hay & Son, Druggists, Junction Free & Middle Streets." Stamped May 19, 1892 in bottom right corner. Sixteen items were bought; many are hard to read, but some include "2 oz. spt. [spirits of] Camphor 8 cents, 2 oz. tinct [tincture of] Rhei [powdered rhubarb] 10 cents, 1 oz. sulph. [sulphuric] ether 8 cents, etc." The most expensive item bought is "1 Ritter's Manual 50 cents." This is a merchant marine oriented first aid manual issued in 1877. A photo of H.H. Hay's Portland store is available at http://www.vintagemaineimages.com/bin/Detail?ln=23426 [show more] |
| 2003.71.617 | Letter rejecting application to transfer wrecked & salvaged Schooner C. Hood |
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| Document, handwritten letter, 1 sheet, copy of letter from J.T. Hartley, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, to Collector of Customs, Ellsworth, Maine, rejecting application of William P Preble to transfer wrecked & salvaged Schooner C. Hood from British to American Registry. Items 617 & 618 are a pair. Transcribed. | 
Description: Document, handwritten letter, 1 sheet, copy of letter from J.T. Hartley, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, to Collector of Customs, Ellsworth, Maine, rejecting application of William P Preble to transfer wrecked & salvaged Schooner C. Hood from British to American Registry. Items 617 & 618 are a pair. Transcribed. |
| 1000.3.385 | Receipt for repairs for Schooner S. L. Foster |
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| Bill from I.L. Snow & Co. Rockland ME, 17 May 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for ship repair, $80.23, with nice photo of Rockland Harbor printed on the bill. Also, slip acknowledging payment for same on 1 Sep 1898. Both were attached together with steel straight pin, which had rusted. | 
Description: Bill from I.L. Snow & Co. Rockland ME, 17 May 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for ship repair, $80.23, with nice photo of Rockland Harbor printed on the bill. Also, slip acknowledging payment for same on 1 Sep 1898. Both were attached together with steel straight pin, which had rusted. |
| 1000.3.386 | Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster expense |
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| Bill from Wilbur H. Smith Dr. (dealer) Manset ME, 26 Oct 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for misc. merchandise, $2.90 Paid in full the next day. | 
Description: Bill from Wilbur H. Smith Dr. (dealer) Manset ME, 26 Oct 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for misc. merchandise, $2.90 Paid in full the next day. |
| 1000.3.387 | Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster expenses |
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| Bill from Wilbur H. Smith Dr. (Dealer) Manset ME, 26 Aug 1898, to Schooner S. L. Foster, for misc. merchandise, $0.60 Paid in full the next day. | 
Description: Bill from Wilbur H. Smith Dr. (Dealer) Manset ME, 26 Aug 1898, to Schooner S. L. Foster, for misc. merchandise, $0.60 Paid in full the next day. |
| 1000.3.388 | Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster misc expenses |
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| Bill from Wilbur H. Smith Dr. (dealer) Manset ME, 27 Jun 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for misc. merchandise, $1.60 Paid the next day. | 
Description: Bill from Wilbur H. Smith Dr. (dealer) Manset ME, 27 Jun 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for misc. merchandise, $1.60 Paid the next day. |
| 1000.3.389 | Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster misc expenses |
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| Bill from Wilbur H. Smith Dr. (dealer) Manset ME, 2 Apr 1898, to Schooner S. L. Foster, for misc. merchandise, $10.15 Paid 13 Apr 1898. | 
Description: Bill from Wilbur H. Smith Dr. (dealer) Manset ME, 2 Apr 1898, to Schooner S. L. Foster, for misc. merchandise, $10.15 Paid 13 Apr 1898. |
| 1000.3.390 | Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster misc expenses |
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| Bill from James Parker Tremont ME, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for misc. merchandise, no total but we calculate $80.55 | 
Description: Bill from James Parker Tremont ME, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for misc. merchandise, no total but we calculate $80.55 |
| 1000.3.391 | Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster misc expenses |
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| Bill from G.H. Gilley Dr. (dealer) Southwest Harbor ME, 4 Aug 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for pipes, $3.29 | 
Description: Bill from G.H. Gilley Dr. (dealer) Southwest Harbor ME, 4 Aug 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for pipes, $3.29 |
| 1000.3.392 | Receipt for repairs to Schooner S. L. Foster |
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| Bill from S.S. King Manset ME, 29 Aug 1898, to James Parker for the Schooner S.L. Foster, for tar and painting, $30.25 | 
Description: Bill from S.S. King Manset ME, 29 Aug 1898, to James Parker for the Schooner S.L. Foster, for tar and painting, $30.25 |
| 1000.3.393 | Receipt for Schooner S.L. Foster expenses |
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| Bill from Willis Watson, Dr (dealer) Bass Harbor ME, 1 Aug 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for wire and rope, $4.08 | 
Description: Bill from Willis Watson, Dr (dealer) Bass Harbor ME, 1 Aug 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for wire and rope, $4.08 |
| 1000.3.394 | Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster repairs |
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| Bill from Richard J. Pike (handwritten), 29 Sep 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for six hours repairing foresail at 20 cents per hour, $1.20 | 
Description: Bill from Richard J. Pike (handwritten), 29 Sep 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for six hours repairing foresail at 20 cents per hour, $1.20 |
| 1000.3.395 | Receipt for Schooner S.L. Foster repairs |
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| Bill, handwritten, from Richard J. Pike, 30 Mar 1889, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for labor cleaning vessel 20 cents per hour, $16.45 | 
Description: Bill, handwritten, from Richard J. Pike, 30 Mar 1889, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for labor cleaning vessel 20 cents per hour, $16.45 |
| 1000.3.396 | Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster expenses |
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| Bill, handwritten, from Richard J. Pike, no date, to Schooner S. L. Foster, for work on bait and ice pens, $1.00 | 
Description: Bill, handwritten, from Richard J. Pike, no date, to Schooner S. L. Foster, for work on bait and ice pens, $1.00 |
| 1000.3.397 | Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster labor expense |
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| Bill, handwritten, from John S. Moore, Southwest Harbor ME, 17 Oct 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for labor, $1.00 | 
Description: Bill, handwritten, from John S. Moore, Southwest Harbor ME, 17 Oct 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for labor, $1.00 |
| 1000.3.398 | Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster repairs |
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| Bill, handwritten, from Clark Hopkins Dr (dealer), Southwest Harbor ME, 27 Jun 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for canvas, rope, repairing jib, $7.23 |
Description: Bill, handwritten, from Clark Hopkins Dr (dealer), Southwest Harbor ME, 27 Jun 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for canvas, rope, repairing jib, $7.23 |
| 1000.3.399 | Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster sail repairs |
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| Bill, handwritten, from Clark Hopkins Dr (dealer), Southwest Harbor ME, 23 Aug 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for repairing sails, $24.17 |
Description: Bill, handwritten, from Clark Hopkins Dr (dealer), Southwest Harbor ME, 23 Aug 1898, to Schooner S.L. Foster, for repairing sails, $24.17 |
| 2001.39.303 | Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster supplies |
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| Receipt, handwritten, Perley Russell & Co., Portland, 8 Apr 1879, sold to Freeman Stanley, Schooner S.L Foster, flour, beef, molasses, $15.80 |
Description: Receipt, handwritten, Perley Russell & Co., Portland, 8 Apr 1879, sold to Freeman Stanley, Schooner S.L Foster, flour, beef, molasses, $15.80 |
| 2001.39.305 | Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster supplies |
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| Receipt, Perley Russell & Co., Portland, 8 Apr 1879, sold to schooner S.L. Foster, food & supplies, $393.78 | 
Description: Receipt, Perley Russell & Co., Portland, 8 Apr 1879, sold to schooner S.L. Foster, food & supplies, $393.78 |
| 2001.39.308 | Receipts for Schooner S. L. Foster |
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| Letter and envelope, from Charles H. Bain, Portland, 8 Jul 1893, to Capt. E.B. Stanley, Schooner S.L. Foster, Cranberry Isle, Maine, sending receipts |
Description: Letter and envelope, from Charles H. Bain, Portland, 8 Jul 1893, to Capt. E.B. Stanley, Schooner S.L. Foster, Cranberry Isle, Maine, sending receipts |
| 2001.39.311 | Receipt for Schooner Rozella sails |
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| Bill, handwritten, from Mitchell & Fowler, Portland, 1 Jun 1893, to Schooner Rozella, Stanley, for making staysail and duck canvas material, $24 |
Description: Bill, handwritten, from Mitchell & Fowler, Portland, 1 Jun 1893, to Schooner Rozella, Stanley, for making staysail and duck canvas material, $24 |
| 2001.39.312 | Receipt for Schooner Rozella sails |
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| Bill, from Lyman Toby & Co., Portland, 6 Sep 1876, to Schooner Rozella, for manila sail yards, $8.70 |
Description: Bill, from Lyman Toby & Co., Portland, 6 Sep 1876, to Schooner Rozella, for manila sail yards, $8.70 |
| 1000.46.275 | Receipt for Schooner Express |
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| Business receipt, received of Express (probably the schooner Express) $49.75 on account of E.B. Stanley, signed T.D. ?Aemond? for Nichols |
Description: Business receipt, received of Express (probably the schooner Express) $49.75 on account of E.B. Stanley, signed T.D. ?Aemond? for Nichols |
