Three recipts: 1. 1866 (Dec. to July) ledger page with header “W.P. and W. H. Preble” to Lyman Son & Tobey, itemized expenses for oil, paints, rope, lead, etc. “Please remit and much oblige LS&T” 2. 1867 (Sept 13) statement. Schooner Intreped (sic Intrepid?) & Owners bought of Richards, Adams & Co. Boston, pounds of manila [rope], wormline, rattine, springyarn, marlin spike, etc. With a 2-cent stamp date/stamped affixed. 3. 1867 (Dec. 6): Receipt for Schooner Transfer and owners to A T Hayden for half pilotage out.
Description: Three recipts: 1. 1866 (Dec. to July) ledger page with header “W.P. and W. H. Preble” to Lyman Son & Tobey, itemized expenses for oil, paints, rope, lead, etc. “Please remit and much oblige LS&T” 2. 1867 (Sept 13) statement. Schooner Intreped (sic Intrepid?) & Owners bought of Richards, Adams & Co. Boston, pounds of manila [rope], wormline, rattine, springyarn, marlin spike, etc. With a 2-cent stamp date/stamped affixed. 3. 1867 (Dec. 6): Receipt for Schooner Transfer and owners to A T Hayden for half pilotage out. [show more]
Miscellaneous documents (late 1800s-early 1900s) from Preble House. A. Business card: George Shaw Grocer Portland Maine. B. Business card: S.T. Mugridge Sailmaker Rockland Maine. C. Second class railroad ticket Pullman’s Palace Car Co. from Bangor to [xxx], punched, October 2, [no year], Line 151, Conductor name illegible. Reverse shows rules and disclaimer (a statement from General Ticket Agent Chicago). D. Business card. Cranberry Isles Mutual Fish Company listing officers: Wm. P. Preble, A.C. Fernald, and directors: A. C. Savage, O.A. Richardson, A. L. Manchester: Curers, Packers and Shippers, Cranberry Isles etc. Reverse side lists kinds of fish they deal in. E. Undated (18xx) Collector’s Bond form. Partially filled in, listing Charles E. Spurling, Samuel N. Bulger and John Gilley as sureties of the Town of Cranberry Isles for $500. F. Blank shipping order form (two pages). C.K. Darling, Stationer, 15 Exchange St., Boston.
Description: Miscellaneous documents (late 1800s-early 1900s) from Preble House. A. Business card: George Shaw Grocer Portland Maine. B. Business card: S.T. Mugridge Sailmaker Rockland Maine. C. Second class railroad ticket Pullman’s Palace Car Co. from Bangor to [xxx], punched, October 2, [no year], Line 151, Conductor name illegible. Reverse shows rules and disclaimer (a statement from General Ticket Agent Chicago). D. Business card. Cranberry Isles Mutual Fish Company listing officers: Wm. P. Preble, A.C. Fernald, and directors: A. C. Savage, O.A. Richardson, A. L. Manchester: Curers, Packers and Shippers, Cranberry Isles etc. Reverse side lists kinds of fish they deal in. E. Undated (18xx) Collector’s Bond form. Partially filled in, listing Charles E. Spurling, Samuel N. Bulger and John Gilley as sureties of the Town of Cranberry Isles for $500. F. Blank shipping order form (two pages). C.K. Darling, Stationer, 15 Exchange St., Boston. [show more]
Document, Downeast Windjammer Cruises dated 3/21/2011 from Captain Steven F. Pagels. Subject: Great Cranberry Island Historical Society. Article mentions the newsletter, Cranberry Chronicles). Capt. Steven F. Pagels owned the ferry, Moleska, for a period of time. Capt. Pagels "purchased Moleska from Chuck Liebow where she was lying in his boat house on Great Cranberry. We needed a vessel for a pilot launch as we were then running pilots out to cruise ships entering and leaving Bar Harbor back in the 1990's. I believe the Moleska had been built at Southwest Boat right after WWII. We later sold Moleska and I believe she went down to Belfast." See also 2018.416.2824C.
Description: Document, Downeast Windjammer Cruises dated 3/21/2011 from Captain Steven F. Pagels. Subject: Great Cranberry Island Historical Society. Article mentions the newsletter, Cranberry Chronicles). Capt. Steven F. Pagels owned the ferry, Moleska, for a period of time. Capt. Pagels "purchased Moleska from Chuck Liebow where she was lying in his boat house on Great Cranberry. We needed a vessel for a pilot launch as we were then running pilots out to cruise ships entering and leaving Bar Harbor back in the 1990's. I believe the Moleska had been built at Southwest Boat right after WWII. We later sold Moleska and I believe she went down to Belfast." See also 2018.416.2824C. [show more]
Two ledgers (A-B) 1873-1890s of a collection of 18 small, 19th-century ledgers or account journals belonging to William P. Preble; very difficult to decipher, many entries not in chronological order, often several years of entries not made in sequential order. (Only exterior and one page of each ledger scanned. ) A= 1873-1893 long narrow store ledger with a general mish-mash of stuff…some in chronological order some not. 1873 list of cash and credit, purchases, school items. 1872 herring shipped, 1890, 1893. Small folded note inserted in middle of this ledger signed by William P. Preble, dated Jan 23rd 1891 that “parties having friends buried in the Burying Yard [cemetery] that they are requested to contribute towards the bill for labor and materials for fencing and painting the same”. Charges for services to the Town of CI [no year]. 1876 Town of CI charges, 1877 Charges for handling the estate of G. H. Gilley, 1878 and 1880 Meeting House expenses [church?], various 1881 records, 1881-1886 various entries. B= Small tan notebook “Pierce’s memorandum and Account Book designed for Farmers, Mechanics and all people”. 1893 January expenses for various jobs including “hauling weir stuff”. List of payments to S.C. Sanford (“Sammy” Samuel Sanford, Preble’s step son), and others.
Description: Two ledgers (A-B) 1873-1890s of a collection of 18 small, 19th-century ledgers or account journals belonging to William P. Preble; very difficult to decipher, many entries not in chronological order, often several years of entries not made in sequential order. (Only exterior and one page of each ledger scanned. ) A= 1873-1893 long narrow store ledger with a general mish-mash of stuff…some in chronological order some not. 1873 list of cash and credit, purchases, school items. 1872 herring shipped, 1890, 1893. Small folded note inserted in middle of this ledger signed by William P. Preble, dated Jan 23rd 1891 that “parties having friends buried in the Burying Yard [cemetery] that they are requested to contribute towards the bill for labor and materials for fencing and painting the same”. Charges for services to the Town of CI [no year]. 1876 Town of CI charges, 1877 Charges for handling the estate of G. H. Gilley, 1878 and 1880 Meeting House expenses [church?], various 1881 records, 1881-1886 various entries. B= Small tan notebook “Pierce’s memorandum and Account Book designed for Farmers, Mechanics and all people”. 1893 January expenses for various jobs including “hauling weir stuff”. List of payments to S.C. Sanford (“Sammy” Samuel Sanford, Preble’s step son), and others. [show more]
Two deeds 1833 and 1821, receipt 1868, and 1898, and scrap of deed no date. A= 1833 deed Aaron Wasgatt of MDI, blacksmith, to Sans Stanley regarding Lots 40, 41, and 42 on Mount Desert, signed by David Wasgatt and Aaron Wasgaat 1833, Recorded 1837 Book 64/Page 213. B= Deed Joshua Mayo, blacksmith, to Sans Stanley, Jr. 75 acres, signed 1818 and recorded 1821 in Book 41/Page 367, C= Fragment of a deed transferring something to Lydia Baker, recorded by John Brooks, 19th century. D= Receipt: For labor received, promise to pay Charles Harding signed by William P. and William H. Preble 1868; on reverse "paid in full all claims on the Ship [Picayne?]" including $1.65 interest. E= Receipt for payment to Millard Spurling for hauling in hay for W.P. Preble July 22, 1898.
Description: Two deeds 1833 and 1821, receipt 1868, and 1898, and scrap of deed no date. A= 1833 deed Aaron Wasgatt of MDI, blacksmith, to Sans Stanley regarding Lots 40, 41, and 42 on Mount Desert, signed by David Wasgatt and Aaron Wasgaat 1833, Recorded 1837 Book 64/Page 213. B= Deed Joshua Mayo, blacksmith, to Sans Stanley, Jr. 75 acres, signed 1818 and recorded 1821 in Book 41/Page 367, C= Fragment of a deed transferring something to Lydia Baker, recorded by John Brooks, 19th century. D= Receipt: For labor received, promise to pay Charles Harding signed by William P. and William H. Preble 1868; on reverse "paid in full all claims on the Ship [Picayne?]" including $1.65 interest. E= Receipt for payment to Millard Spurling for hauling in hay for W.P. Preble July 22, 1898. [show more]
Document, 7 pages, 7 color photos, and 1 envelope, description of the Red House and its Barn (the Towns family house), and photos of same, for posting on web site with intent to rent, 12 Jan 2000
Description: Document, 7 pages, 7 color photos, and 1 envelope, description of the Red House and its Barn (the Towns family house), and photos of same, for posting on web site with intent to rent, 12 Jan 2000
Bill, to Addie Duren, $107.50 for casket, plate, and funeral for Ellen Maria Stanley (Addie's mother), 14 Nov 1929. (See also 1000.7.111, likely for Ellen Maria Stanley burial, too). Per GCIHS.org, Ellen Maria Stanley is buried in Spurling Cemetery #3, 1929.
Description: Bill, to Addie Duren, $107.50 for casket, plate, and funeral for Ellen Maria Stanley (Addie's mother), 14 Nov 1929. (See also 1000.7.111, likely for Ellen Maria Stanley burial, too). Per GCIHS.org, Ellen Maria Stanley is buried in Spurling Cemetery #3, 1929.
Letter is from William H. Preble to his father William P. Preble in 1891. He explains there have been many fatal cases of the grippe (flu); suggestions for how to handle repairs and sale of the GCI meeting house (church); and that his brother Andrew is disposing of his interests in the company (presumably Chicago Rawhide Mfg); Transcribed.
Description: Letter is from William H. Preble to his father William P. Preble in 1891. He explains there have been many fatal cases of the grippe (flu); suggestions for how to handle repairs and sale of the GCI meeting house (church); and that his brother Andrew is disposing of his interests in the company (presumably Chicago Rawhide Mfg); Transcribed.