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1000.0.70Appointment 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
2013.246.2352Loading the mail boat ferry
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Businesses, Ferry Service
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
  • People
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
Wilfred Bunker (about age 43) receives cargo on stern of the Island Queen. "Mail Route - Men at Southwest Harbor load mail for delivery at Cranberry Island and Islesford." Photo shows the mail boat at the Lower Town Dock in Southwest Harbor. Photo for newspaper by L. Spiker. The Island Queen was built in 1963. Beal & Bunker moved operations to Northeast Harbor in 1972.
Loading the mail boat ferry
Catalogue #:
  • 2013.246.2352   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Businesses, Ferry Service
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
  • People
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
Date:
  • 1963
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Wilfred Bunker (about age 43) receives cargo on stern of the Island Queen. "Mail Route - Men at Southwest Harbor load mail for delivery at Cranberry Island and Islesford." Photo shows the mail boat at the Lower Town Dock in Southwest Harbor. Photo for newspaper by L. Spiker. The Island Queen was built in 1963. Beal & Bunker moved operations to Northeast Harbor in 1972.
1000.0.165Postmaster 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
2004.95.744Closing Cranberry Isles Post Office in 1985
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
Series of documents ("Bar Harbor Times" article, letters and drafts of letters of protest to President Reagan, letters in response from House of Representatives, petitions) regarding possible close of Cranberry Isles Post Office in 1985, replacing it with a CPO (Community Post Office)
Closing Cranberry Isles Post Office in 1985
Catalogue #:
  • 2004.95.744   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
Date:
  • 1985
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Series of documents ("Bar Harbor Times" article, letters and drafts of letters of protest to President Reagan, letters in response from House of Representatives, petitions) regarding possible close of Cranberry Isles Post Office in 1985, replacing it with a CPO (Community Post Office)
1000.160.1385Post Office receipts 1888
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
Receipt (copy), U.S.P.S. receipt for two first class registered letters sent by Postmaster William P. Preble of Cranberry Isles, on 21 Feb 1888 to Ellsworth. The letters could have been written by him, or any other person on Cranberry. The letters were to 1) Ellsworth American or editors of the American, and 2) First National Bank, Ellsworth chain. The Ellsworth Postmaster, A.V. Greely, received them, stamped his name on the return receipt, and returned it to Preble.
Post Office receipts 1888
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.160.1385   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
Date:
  • 1888
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Receipt (copy), U.S.P.S. receipt for two first class registered letters sent by Postmaster William P. Preble of Cranberry Isles, on 21 Feb 1888 to Ellsworth. The letters could have been written by him, or any other person on Cranberry. The letters were to 1) Ellsworth American or editors of the American, and 2) First National Bank, Ellsworth chain. The Ellsworth Postmaster, A.V. Greely, received them, stamped his name on the return receipt, and returned it to Preble. [show more]
1000.0.1633Hilda Spurling working at the post office
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
  • People
Photo, "Hilda Spurling filled in for Marjorie Phippen at the Post Office" taken and developed by Ed Gray. (2 copies) (Note: Item 1633a is also Hilda Spurling from a different angle (5 copies)
Hilda Spurling working at the post office
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.0.1633   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
  • People
Creator:
  • Ed Gray
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Photo, "Hilda Spurling filled in for Marjorie Phippen at the Post Office" taken and developed by Ed Gray. (2 copies) (Note: Item 1633a is also Hilda Spurling from a different angle (5 copies)
1000.0.1638Marjorie Phippen working at Post Office
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
  • People
Marjorie Phippen- Post Master at the Cranberry Isle Post Office
Marjorie Phippen working at Post Office
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.0.1638   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
  • People
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Marjorie Phippen- Post Master at the Cranberry Isle Post Office
1000.116.1080Journal 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]
2018.416.2796Register of Arrivals and Departures - Post Office 1897
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
Register of Arrivals and Departures for March and April 1897. Post Office mail boat Cranberry Isles. Identifies the Post office at Cranberry Isles, County of Hancock, State of Maine, Route No. 1423, from Cranberry Isles to South West Harbor. Name of Contractor: C. G. Steele; Name of Carrier: S. C. Stover. Mode of carrying the Mail: Sail or Row Boat; Trips a week required: Six. On reverse of this form are comments recording the Nature and Causes of Failures and Detentions: In March and April the carrier was absent or ill so mail carried by Gilbert Rosebrook, O.H. Spurling, Millard Spurling, and Eber Spurling when necessary. These forms are unsigned, forms usually signed by William P. Preble, Post Master.
Register of Arrivals and Departures - Post Office 1897
Catalogue #:
  • 2018.416.2796   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Government Records
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
Date:
  • 1896
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Register of Arrivals and Departures for March and April 1897. Post Office mail boat Cranberry Isles. Identifies the Post office at Cranberry Isles, County of Hancock, State of Maine, Route No. 1423, from Cranberry Isles to South West Harbor. Name of Contractor: C. G. Steele; Name of Carrier: S. C. Stover. Mode of carrying the Mail: Sail or Row Boat; Trips a week required: Six. On reverse of this form are comments recording the Nature and Causes of Failures and Detentions: In March and April the carrier was absent or ill so mail carried by Gilbert Rosebrook, O.H. Spurling, Millard Spurling, and Eber Spurling when necessary. These forms are unsigned, forms usually signed by William P. Preble, Post Master. [show more]
2018.416.2790Register of Arrivals and Departures - Post Office 1884
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
Register of Arrivals and Departures for the Months of January, February, and May 1884. Post Office mail boat Cranberry Isles. Identifies the Post office at Cranberry Isles, County of Hancock, State of Maine, Route No. 1423, from Cranberry Isles to South West Harbor. Name of Contractor: C. G. Steele, Name of Carrier J. C. Stevens. Mode of carrying the Mail: Sail or Row Boat; Trips a week required: Three for January and February, six for May. On reverse of this form are comments recording the Nature and Causes of Failures and Detentions about storms and weather, difficult to decipher but several transcribed. Most of these forms are signed by William P. Preble, Post Master.
Register of Arrivals and Departures - Post Office 1884
Catalogue #:
  • 2018.416.2790   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Government Records
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
Date:
  • 1884
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Register of Arrivals and Departures for the Months of January, February, and May 1884. Post Office mail boat Cranberry Isles. Identifies the Post office at Cranberry Isles, County of Hancock, State of Maine, Route No. 1423, from Cranberry Isles to South West Harbor. Name of Contractor: C. G. Steele, Name of Carrier J. C. Stevens. Mode of carrying the Mail: Sail or Row Boat; Trips a week required: Three for January and February, six for May. On reverse of this form are comments recording the Nature and Causes of Failures and Detentions about storms and weather, difficult to decipher but several transcribed. Most of these forms are signed by William P. Preble, Post Master. [show more]
2018.416.2794Register of Arrivals and Departures - Post Office 1895
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
Register of Arrivals and Departures for April, May, October, and December 1895. Post Office mail boat Cranberry Isles. Identifies the Post office at Cranberry Isles, County of Hancock, State of Maine, Route No. 1423, from Cranberry Isles to South West Harbor. Name of Contractor: C. G. Steele; Name of Carrier: S. C. Stover. Mode of carrying the Mail: Sail or Row Boat; Trips a week required: Six. On reverse of this form are comments recording the Nature and Causes of Failures and Detentions - one failure reported for December 5: snow storm and gale (see 2794Drev herein). Several forms unsigned, forms usually signed by William P. Preble, Post Master.
Register of Arrivals and Departures - Post Office 1895
Catalogue #:
  • 2018.416.2794   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Government Records
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
Date:
  • 1895
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Register of Arrivals and Departures for April, May, October, and December 1895. Post Office mail boat Cranberry Isles. Identifies the Post office at Cranberry Isles, County of Hancock, State of Maine, Route No. 1423, from Cranberry Isles to South West Harbor. Name of Contractor: C. G. Steele; Name of Carrier: S. C. Stover. Mode of carrying the Mail: Sail or Row Boat; Trips a week required: Six. On reverse of this form are comments recording the Nature and Causes of Failures and Detentions - one failure reported for December 5: snow storm and gale (see 2794Drev herein). Several forms unsigned, forms usually signed by William P. Preble, Post Master. [show more]
2018.416.2791Register of Arrivals and Departures - Post Office 1886
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
Register of Arrivals and Departures for several months of 1886. Post Office mail boat Cranberry Isles. Identifies the Post office at Cranberry Isles, County of Hancock, State of Maine, Route No. 1423, from Cranberry Isles to South West Harbor. Name of Contractor: Wm. B. Mitchell or Samuel Fernald; Name of Carrier: Samuel H. Fernald or William P. Bunker. Mode of carrying the Mail: Sail or Row Boat; Trips a week required: Three. On reverse of this form are comments recording the Nature and Causes of Failures and Detentions - there were three instances of mail failure in 1886: one in January, and two in December (see 2791A, W, and X herein). Forms are signed by William P. Preble, Post Master.
Register of Arrivals and Departures - Post Office 1886
Catalogue #:
  • 2018.416.2791   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Government Records
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
Date:
  • 1886
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Register of Arrivals and Departures for several months of 1886. Post Office mail boat Cranberry Isles. Identifies the Post office at Cranberry Isles, County of Hancock, State of Maine, Route No. 1423, from Cranberry Isles to South West Harbor. Name of Contractor: Wm. B. Mitchell or Samuel Fernald; Name of Carrier: Samuel H. Fernald or William P. Bunker. Mode of carrying the Mail: Sail or Row Boat; Trips a week required: Three. On reverse of this form are comments recording the Nature and Causes of Failures and Detentions - there were three instances of mail failure in 1886: one in January, and two in December (see 2791A, W, and X herein). Forms are signed by William P. Preble, Post Master. [show more]
2018.416.2795Register of Arrivals and Departures - Post Office 1896
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
Register of Arrivals and Departures for several months 1896. Post Office mail boat Cranberry Isles. Identifies the Post office at Cranberry Isles, County of Hancock, State of Maine, Route No. 1423, from Cranberry Isles to South West Harbor. Name of Contractor: C. G. Steele; Name of Carrier: S. C. Stover. Mode of carrying the Mail: Sail or Row Boat; Trips a week required: Six. On reverse of this form are comments recording the Nature and Causes of Failures and Detentions. January: Mail Carrier S. C. Stover sick; January 27 to 31 Orington H. Spurling took the carrier's place. February mail carrier still ill so mail carried by Orrington Spurling and C. W. Bracy. March carrier sick until 13th so Orrington Spurling and J. G Rosebrook took his place. Carrier resumed duties on the 13th. August 25th Spurling is sick, Millard Spurling and Richardson help out. December: carrier Stover sick: Arthur Joy, E. C. Rosebrook, and Preble Richardson work. December 16 tremendous snow storm; 22nd E.C. Rosebrook carried the mail. Many forms unsigned, forms usually signed by William P. Preble, Post Master.
Register of Arrivals and Departures - Post Office 1896
Catalogue #:
  • 2018.416.2795   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Government Records
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
Date:
  • 1896
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Register of Arrivals and Departures for several months 1896. Post Office mail boat Cranberry Isles. Identifies the Post office at Cranberry Isles, County of Hancock, State of Maine, Route No. 1423, from Cranberry Isles to South West Harbor. Name of Contractor: C. G. Steele; Name of Carrier: S. C. Stover. Mode of carrying the Mail: Sail or Row Boat; Trips a week required: Six. On reverse of this form are comments recording the Nature and Causes of Failures and Detentions. January: Mail Carrier S. C. Stover sick; January 27 to 31 Orington H. Spurling took the carrier's place. February mail carrier still ill so mail carried by Orrington Spurling and C. W. Bracy. March carrier sick until 13th so Orrington Spurling and J. G Rosebrook took his place. Carrier resumed duties on the 13th. August 25th Spurling is sick, Millard Spurling and Richardson help out. December: carrier Stover sick: Arthur Joy, E. C. Rosebrook, and Preble Richardson work. December 16 tremendous snow storm; 22nd E.C. Rosebrook carried the mail. Many forms unsigned, forms usually signed by William P. Preble, Post Master. [show more]
2018.416.2793Register of Arrivals and Departures - Post Office September 1894
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
Register of Arrivals and Departures for September 1894. Post Office mail boat Cranberry Isles. Identifies the Post office at Cranberry Isles, County of Hancock, State of Maine, Route No. 1423, from Cranberry Isles to South West Harbor. Name of Contractor: C. G. Steele; Name of Carrier: S. C. Stover. Mode of carrying the Mail: Sail or Row Boat; Trips a week required: Six. On reverse of this form is space for comments recording the Nature and Causes of Failures and Detentions - no incidents this month so reverse of form was not scanned. Form not signed.
Register of Arrivals and Departures - Post Office September 1894
Catalogue #:
  • 2018.416.2793   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Government Records
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
Date:
  • 1894
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Register of Arrivals and Departures for September 1894. Post Office mail boat Cranberry Isles. Identifies the Post office at Cranberry Isles, County of Hancock, State of Maine, Route No. 1423, from Cranberry Isles to South West Harbor. Name of Contractor: C. G. Steele; Name of Carrier: S. C. Stover. Mode of carrying the Mail: Sail or Row Boat; Trips a week required: Six. On reverse of this form is space for comments recording the Nature and Causes of Failures and Detentions - no incidents this month so reverse of form was not scanned. Form not signed. [show more]
2018.416.2797Register of Arrivals and Departures - Post Office 1899
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
Register of Arrivals and Departures for February 1899. Post Office mail boat Cranberry Isles. Identifies the Post office at Cranberry Isles, County of Hancock, State of Maine, Route No. 1423, from Cranberry Isles to South West Harbor. Name of Contractor: C. G. Steele; Name of Carrier: S. C. Stover. Mode of carrying the Mail: Sail or Row Boat; Trips a week required: Six. On reverse of this form are comments recording the Nature and Causes of Failures and Detentions. In February the carrier was absent or ill so mail carried by E. C. Rosebrook, O.H. Spurling, Millard Spurling, W. P. Richardson, and Arthur Joy as necessary. Form is unsigned, forms usually signed by William P. Preble, Post Master.
Register of Arrivals and Departures - Post Office 1899
Catalogue #:
  • 2018.416.2797   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Government Records
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
Date:
  • 1896
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Register of Arrivals and Departures for February 1899. Post Office mail boat Cranberry Isles. Identifies the Post office at Cranberry Isles, County of Hancock, State of Maine, Route No. 1423, from Cranberry Isles to South West Harbor. Name of Contractor: C. G. Steele; Name of Carrier: S. C. Stover. Mode of carrying the Mail: Sail or Row Boat; Trips a week required: Six. On reverse of this form are comments recording the Nature and Causes of Failures and Detentions. In February the carrier was absent or ill so mail carried by E. C. Rosebrook, O.H. Spurling, Millard Spurling, W. P. Richardson, and Arthur Joy as necessary. Form is unsigned, forms usually signed by William P. Preble, Post Master. [show more]
2018.416.2792Register of Arrivals and Departures - Post Office 1887
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
Register of Arrivals and Departures for several months of 1887. Post Office mail boat Cranberry Isles. Identifies the Post office at Cranberry Isles, County of Hancock, State of Maine, Route No. 1423, from Cranberry Isles to South West Harbor. Name of Contractor: Wm. B. Mitchell, or Samuel Fernald; Name of Carrier: Samuel Fernald or William P. Bunker. Mode of carrying the Mail: Sail or Row Boat; Trips a week required: Three. On reverse of this form are comments recording the Nature and Causes of Failures and Detentions - there were three instances of mail failure in 1887: one in April, and two in May (see 2792E, G & H herein). See also December 2792L for evidence of a blue seal affixed to the edge of this folded form. Forms are signed by William P. Preble, Post Master.
Register of Arrivals and Departures - Post Office 1887
Catalogue #:
  • 2018.416.2792   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Government Records
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
Date:
  • 1887
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Register of Arrivals and Departures for several months of 1887. Post Office mail boat Cranberry Isles. Identifies the Post office at Cranberry Isles, County of Hancock, State of Maine, Route No. 1423, from Cranberry Isles to South West Harbor. Name of Contractor: Wm. B. Mitchell, or Samuel Fernald; Name of Carrier: Samuel Fernald or William P. Bunker. Mode of carrying the Mail: Sail or Row Boat; Trips a week required: Three. On reverse of this form are comments recording the Nature and Causes of Failures and Detentions - there were three instances of mail failure in 1887: one in April, and two in May (see 2792E, G & H herein). See also December 2792L for evidence of a blue seal affixed to the edge of this folded form. Forms are signed by William P. Preble, Post Master. [show more]