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| Catalogue # | Title | Type | Subject | Description | |
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| 2003.87.653 | Fish Market receipts |
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| Ledger, appears to be accounts from Edgar White and Victor White's fish market, fish and lobsters caught & sold, 1947-1948 | 
Description: Ledger, appears to be accounts from Edgar White and Victor White's fish market, fish and lobsters caught & sold, 1947-1948 |
| 2003.87.654 | Edgar White accounts ledger |
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| Ledger, Edgar White accounts of bait, gas and oil, boat expenses, gear for fishing, fish and lobsters caught & sold, 1946-1947 | 
Description: Ledger, Edgar White accounts of bait, gas and oil, boat expenses, gear for fishing, fish and lobsters caught & sold, 1946-1947 |
| 1000.0.158 | Receipt for store purchases |
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| Business receipt, dated 24 Sep 1910, E.B. Stanley bought of Nettie Stanley, pair of rubbers, ticking, pork, pepper, wire, etc., total $34.50, dated | 
Description: Business receipt, dated 24 Sep 1910, E.B. Stanley bought of Nettie Stanley, pair of rubbers, ticking, pork, pepper, wire, etc., total $34.50, dated |
| 1000.3.246 | Receipt for Schooner Rozella supplies |
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| Business receipt, from Perley, Russel & Co., Portland, list of supplies bought by schooner Rozella | 
Description: Business receipt, from Perley, Russel & Co., Portland, list of supplies bought by schooner Rozella |
| 1000.3.218 | Receipts for Schooners S. L. Foster, Rozella, Sea Bird, and Relief |
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| Business receipts, 1878 (A) and 1898 (B). 1000.3.218(A) is from Potter and Wrightington, Boston, to Enoch Stanley for the Schooners S.L. Foster, Rozella, Sea Bird, and Relief: $2553.89 for fish. 1000.3.218(B) is a receipt for the Schooner S. L. Foster bought of Sm. Newman, Manset Maine 1898 various items like rope, sail line, nails, knife, keg, coffee and tea pots, spoons etc purchased March through September 1898 total $34.82. | 
Description: Business receipts, 1878 (A) and 1898 (B). 1000.3.218(A) is from Potter and Wrightington, Boston, to Enoch Stanley for the Schooners S.L. Foster, Rozella, Sea Bird, and Relief: $2553.89 for fish. 1000.3.218(B) is a receipt for the Schooner S. L. Foster bought of Sm. Newman, Manset Maine 1898 various items like rope, sail line, nails, knife, keg, coffee and tea pots, spoons etc purchased March through September 1898 total $34.82. |
| 2015.316.2077 | Ledgers from Lewis Stanley boatyard, 19th century |
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| Collection of three scanned ledger account books originally from the Lewis Stanley boatyard. Ledgers were inherited by donor from his great uncle Lewis Stanley. (See scans on gcihs-nas\photo\Museum Photos\2015.316.2077_SchmidtLedgers and on DVD; ledgers were originally returned to donor August 2015; then all were donated to museum June 2017). Ledger A1: Measures 8.25H x 7: W x .5” thick. First page: George N. Spurling, Cranberry Isles; and [unreadable name below Spurling] Machias Port. Entries run from 1855-1870, with the last four pages dated 1855 pertaining to WatterWitch (Water Witch, Waterwitch, spelling and capitalization varies) stocks and specifics. Account entries recorded for the WatterWitch, Schooner Rozella, and Schooner Caressa. Names mentioned: Walton, Guptill, Haynes, Stanley, Spurling, Ferrin, Wentworth, Young, Saddler, Ladd. Commodities: fish and oil mostly; stocks and figuring notations in pen and pencil by different hands. First page states Schooner Hannah & Abigail bought in Boston May 6th, 1849. First entry is “E.B. Stanley, Cranberry Isles Oct. 9th, 1858 for $21 dollars on account of my share of fish bought on board Sch. WatterWitch this season. Asa [D?] Stanley.” Ledger B2: Measures 8”H x 6.75” W x .5” thick. Inside front cover is written: “Jonas Blood born April 15th, 1774.” First page begins with January 1st 1859 listing sale of butter, pork, and eggs. Ledger records expenses and sales of produce and other items through April 1862 and appears to be written by all the same hand. [For some info on Jonas Blood: probably born New Hampshire. http://gen.plagge.org/individual.php?pid=I16094&ged=plagge.ged Jonas Blood:b..c1774 d.5/21/1870, age 96 By genealogy.com.] Ledger C3: 14" H x 3.75" W x 1" thick. Label on front cover: Sanborn & Carter, Publishers, Booksellers and Blank Book Manufacturers, No. 55 Exchange Street, Portland, Maine. Small envelope and letter addressed to Mrs. E. B. Stanley, Cranberry Isles, Maine, postmarked Waltham MA, Nov 17/12M/1908 (03?) with 2 cent stamp. Reverse postmark is Cranberry Isles 1908(3)? Begins "North East Harbor, Lindsay,” ends: "Hastily, Carol(?)" Many pages have been cut out from the beginning of this ledger. First entry, is on page 85 and starts: “Boston Dec. 6th 1879 Sch. S.L. Foster. Page 93 is “Boston Dec 14, 1885.” Page 98 deals with the estate of Enoch B. Stanley and Lewis B. Stanley 1903 and continues with various documents and deeds to 1908 (to page 151). Then returns to accounts for the S. L. Foster 1889. Page 176 begins accounts for the Schooner Rozella 1882, then to 1881, and goes back to deeds and correspondence p. 196 for 1908. P. 198 goes back to the Sch. Foster and alternates between accounts re: Foster and Rozella. Two small loose account papers between p. 212 and 213. The ledger goes back and forth between years and schooners and deeds throughout the book. Last pages of ledger date Jan 18, 1913 and begin with “I expressly forbade Lewis to connect the new building with the original fish house of the heirs of E. B. Stanley…..” (See also 2017.389.2164 and 2017.388.2163) See also notes from Charles Liebow email 2019 re: boat builders with this ledger. | 
Description: Collection of three scanned ledger account books originally from the Lewis Stanley boatyard. Ledgers were inherited by donor from his great uncle Lewis Stanley. (See scans on gcihs-nas\photo\Museum Photos\2015.316.2077_SchmidtLedgers and on DVD; ledgers were originally returned to donor August 2015; then all were donated to museum June 2017). Ledger A1: Measures 8.25H x 7: W x .5” thick. First page: George N. Spurling, Cranberry Isles; and [unreadable name below Spurling] Machias Port. Entries run from 1855-1870, with the last four pages dated 1855 pertaining to WatterWitch (Water Witch, Waterwitch, spelling and capitalization varies) stocks and specifics. Account entries recorded for the WatterWitch, Schooner Rozella, and Schooner Caressa. Names mentioned: Walton, Guptill, Haynes, Stanley, Spurling, Ferrin, Wentworth, Young, Saddler, Ladd. Commodities: fish and oil mostly; stocks and figuring notations in pen and pencil by different hands. First page states Schooner Hannah & Abigail bought in Boston May 6th, 1849. First entry is “E.B. Stanley, Cranberry Isles Oct. 9th, 1858 for $21 dollars on account of my share of fish bought on board Sch. WatterWitch this season. Asa [D?] Stanley.” Ledger B2: Measures 8”H x 6.75” W x .5” thick. Inside front cover is written: “Jonas Blood born April 15th, 1774.” First page begins with January 1st 1859 listing sale of butter, pork, and eggs. Ledger records expenses and sales of produce and other items through April 1862 and appears to be written by all the same hand. [For some info on Jonas Blood: probably born New Hampshire. http://gen.plagge.org/individual.php?pid=I16094&ged=plagge.ged Jonas Blood:b..c1774 d.5/21/1870, age 96 By genealogy.com.] Ledger C3: 14" H x 3.75" W x 1" thick. Label on front cover: Sanborn & Carter, Publishers, Booksellers and Blank Book Manufacturers, No. 55 Exchange Street, Portland, Maine. Small envelope and letter addressed to Mrs. E. B. Stanley, Cranberry Isles, Maine, postmarked Waltham MA, Nov 17/12M/1908 (03?) with 2 cent stamp. Reverse postmark is Cranberry Isles 1908(3)? Begins "North East Harbor, Lindsay,” ends: "Hastily, Carol(?)" Many pages have been cut out from the beginning of this ledger. First entry, is on page 85 and starts: “Boston Dec. 6th 1879 Sch. S.L. Foster. Page 93 is “Boston Dec 14, 1885.” Page 98 deals with the estate of Enoch B. Stanley and Lewis B. Stanley 1903 and continues with various documents and deeds to 1908 (to page 151). Then returns to accounts for the S. L. Foster 1889. Page 176 begins accounts for the Schooner Rozella 1882, then to 1881, and goes back to deeds and correspondence p. 196 for 1908. P. 198 goes back to the Sch. Foster and alternates between accounts re: Foster and Rozella. Two small loose account papers between p. 212 and 213. The ledger goes back and forth between years and schooners and deeds throughout the book. Last pages of ledger date Jan 18, 1913 and begin with “I expressly forbade Lewis to connect the new building with the original fish house of the heirs of E. B. Stanley…..” (See also 2017.389.2164 and 2017.388.2163) See also notes from Charles Liebow email 2019 re: boat builders with this ledger. [show more] |
| 1000.0.288 | Assessed value of vessels |
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| List, Assessed value of vessels as of 1 Apr 1885 (1865 also written), giving vessel name, owner's name, owner's parts, tonnage, value, & remarks, by William P. Preble, George W. Bulger, Samuel S. Brooks, assessors | 
Description: List, Assessed value of vessels as of 1 Apr 1885 (1865 also written), giving vessel name, owner's name, owner's parts, tonnage, value, & remarks, by William P. Preble, George W. Bulger, Samuel S. Brooks, assessors |
| 2001.39.298 | Receipt for Schooner Sea Bird supplies |
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| Receipt, from Perley Russell & Co., Portland, 17 Apr 1878, to Schooner Sea Bird, for food and other items, $345.95 | 
Description: Receipt, from Perley Russell & Co., Portland, 17 Apr 1878, to Schooner Sea Bird, for food and other items, $345.95 |
| 2002.47.281 | Bill of sale for Schooner Express |
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| Bill of sale, 20 Apr 1855, Schooner Express, from Samuel S. (3/8), William P. (2/8), and Benaiah Bunker (0/8), to Jonathon, Thomas, and John Stanley, all of Cranberry Isles, for $847 | 
Description: Bill of sale, 20 Apr 1855, Schooner Express, from Samuel S. (3/8), William P. (2/8), and Benaiah Bunker (0/8), to Jonathon, Thomas, and John Stanley, all of Cranberry Isles, for $847 |
| 2003.71.676 | Store Ledger 1853-1857 |
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| Ledger, handwritten, probably by William Preble, mostly running expenses and payments, apparently at a store, for various people, 1853-1857 | 
Description: Ledger, handwritten, probably by William Preble, mostly running expenses and payments, apparently at a store, for various people, 1853-1857 |
| 2003.71.619 | Store Ledger 1838-1845 |
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| Ledger, handwritten, inscribed "William P. Preble, Property, Cranberry Isles 1839" inside front cover, records 1838-1845 are mostly running expenses and payments, apparently at a store, for various accounts: Esaias Preble, Horace Duryan, Thomas Bunker, Harriet Rosebrook, John Pung, Michael Green, Winchester Whitney, Abigail Spurling, South (school) District Cranberry Isles, Thomas Manchester, Nathaniel Gott, Edwin Hadlock, Enoch Lurvy (or Lurvey), John Dow, Capt. L.W. Gilley, B. Bunker, Edward Burroughs, Rev. Micah Strickland, Miss Mary Preble, Justis W. Gilley, John Brown, Messrs. Symms Eaton & Co., David Thompson, Haskell Lancaster, Benjamin Moor, Thomas Newman, Josiah Young, Henry Fernald, Town of Cranberry Isles To William Preble, William Pung, expenses of Estate of Benjamin Spurling, Richard Higgins, George N. Spurling, Eunice Keef, Ivory Joy, Esther Eaton, North (school) District, Thomas Marks, Schooner Brainerd (or Brainard), Elisha Young, Bills against the Brigantine Factor for repairs, Michael Bulger, Samuel Farnham, Sans Stanley, Briant Hodgkins, James Mayo, Schooner Harriet, Estate of Robert Spurling, David Winsey, William Richardson, Charles Bunker, Andrew Frisbee, William Rice, Estate of Samuel Spurling, Schooner Eastern Star. Several scraps of note paper with writing and figures also in ledger. | 
Description: Ledger, handwritten, inscribed "William P. Preble, Property, Cranberry Isles 1839" inside front cover, records 1838-1845 are mostly running expenses and payments, apparently at a store, for various accounts: Esaias Preble, Horace Duryan, Thomas Bunker, Harriet Rosebrook, John Pung, Michael Green, Winchester Whitney, Abigail Spurling, South (school) District Cranberry Isles, Thomas Manchester, Nathaniel Gott, Edwin Hadlock, Enoch Lurvy (or Lurvey), John Dow, Capt. L.W. Gilley, B. Bunker, Edward Burroughs, Rev. Micah Strickland, Miss Mary Preble, Justis W. Gilley, John Brown, Messrs. Symms Eaton & Co., David Thompson, Haskell Lancaster, Benjamin Moor, Thomas Newman, Josiah Young, Henry Fernald, Town of Cranberry Isles To William Preble, William Pung, expenses of Estate of Benjamin Spurling, Richard Higgins, George N. Spurling, Eunice Keef, Ivory Joy, Esther Eaton, North (school) District, Thomas Marks, Schooner Brainerd (or Brainard), Elisha Young, Bills against the Brigantine Factor for repairs, Michael Bulger, Samuel Farnham, Sans Stanley, Briant Hodgkins, James Mayo, Schooner Harriet, Estate of Robert Spurling, David Winsey, William Richardson, Charles Bunker, Andrew Frisbee, William Rice, Estate of Samuel Spurling, Schooner Eastern Star. Several scraps of note paper with writing and figures also in ledger. [show more] |
| 2005.122.985 | Store Ledger 1845-1849 |
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| Ledger, William Preble, 1845-1849, mostly store accounts listing customers and items and services they bought, apparently at Preble's store. Items referred to both food and nautical hardware with prices listed. Purchases listed by day and date, interspersed with records and values for Preble's business and personal services as executor, town agent, etc. Names include: John Pung, Edward Spurling, Michael Bulger, the schooner Harriet, Elisha Young, Henry Neuman, Freeman Gubtil, Estate of Nicholas Tucker | 
Description: Ledger, William Preble, 1845-1849, mostly store accounts listing customers and items and services they bought, apparently at Preble's store. Items referred to both food and nautical hardware with prices listed. Purchases listed by day and date, interspersed with records and values for Preble's business and personal services as executor, town agent, etc. Names include: John Pung, Edward Spurling, Michael Bulger, the schooner Harriet, Elisha Young, Henry Neuman, Freeman Gubtil, Estate of Nicholas Tucker [show more] |
| 2002.83.589 | Ladies Aid, Income and Expenses 1977-1983 |
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| Composition book, Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid Parsonage Rent Receipts itemized by month 1977-1978, and Fair Receipts and Expenses from Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid Fair, itemized 1977-1980 | 
Description: Composition book, Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid Parsonage Rent Receipts itemized by month 1977-1978, and Fair Receipts and Expenses from Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid Fair, itemized 1977-1980 |
| 2002.83.588 | Ladies Aid Fair, Receipts 1940-1965 |
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| Composition book, Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid Fair Receipts from Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid Fair, summary of receipts 1941-1942, then itemized receipts 1943-1965 | 
Description: Composition book, Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid Fair Receipts from Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid Fair, summary of receipts 1941-1942, then itemized receipts 1943-1965 |
| 2002.83.591 | Ladies Aid income and expenses 1970-1977 |
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| Composition book, Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid income and expenses itemized by year, 1970-1977, including Parsonage rent and Fair income and expenses | 
Description: Composition book, Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid income and expenses itemized by year, 1970-1977, including Parsonage rent and Fair income and expenses |
| 2002.83.590 | Ladies Aid, Income and Expenses 1956-1970 |
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| Composition book, Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid honorary & active membership list 1956-1957, income and expenses itemized by year, 1956-1970, including Parsonage rent and Fair income and expenses | 
Description: Composition book, Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid honorary & active membership list 1956-1957, income and expenses itemized by year, 1956-1970, including Parsonage rent and Fair income and expenses |
| 2003.71.677 | Store Ledger 1849-1850 |
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| Ledger, handwritten, probably by William Preble, mostly running expenses and payments, apparently at a store, for various people, 1849-1851 | 
Description: Ledger, handwritten, probably by William Preble, mostly running expenses and payments, apparently at a store, for various people, 1849-1851 |
| 2003.71.678 | Store Ledger 1857-1862 |
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| Ledger, handwritten, inscribed "Property of William P. Preble", mostly running expenses and payments, apparently at a store, for various people, 1857-1862 | 
Description: Ledger, handwritten, inscribed "Property of William P. Preble", mostly running expenses and payments, apparently at a store, for various people, 1857-1862 |
| 1000.0.1070 | School Accounts Town of Cranberry Isles 1937-1938 |
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| Ledger of School Accounts for the Town of Cranberry Isles from 1937-1938 | 
Description: Ledger of School Accounts for the Town of Cranberry Isles from 1937-1938 |
| 2013.246.2757 | William P. Preble receipts |
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| Two receipts: (A) Tremont March 10th, 1852, Received of William P. Preble seventy three dollars 80/100 in full payment for ballance doo me for wooden materials to build new Brig Abigail Maria of, furnished by me the last season as per agreement dated at Tremont December 5th, 1850. Signed by Henry W. [xxxx?]. And (B): William P. Preble's taxes 1878 = $1.10. | 
Description: Two receipts: (A) Tremont March 10th, 1852, Received of William P. Preble seventy three dollars 80/100 in full payment for ballance doo me for wooden materials to build new Brig Abigail Maria of, furnished by me the last season as per agreement dated at Tremont December 5th, 1850. Signed by Henry W. [xxxx?]. And (B): William P. Preble's taxes 1878 = $1.10. |
| 2013.246.2753 | Receipt for inheritance Benjamin Spurling Estate |
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| Abigail Cobb Spurling acknowledges receipt of inheritance for her children. Received May 19th 1838 of Enoch Spurling administrator of the Estate of Benjamin Spurling late of Cranberry Isles in the County of Hancock. Received three hundred and thirty 43/100 Dollars, it being in part for Saml & Zulma & Andrew B, Sarah, & Abigail Spurling portion of said Deceased Estate they being [xxxx?] children and heirs to said Estate. Signed: Abigail C. Spurling 313.43 | 
Description: Abigail Cobb Spurling acknowledges receipt of inheritance for her children. Received May 19th 1838 of Enoch Spurling administrator of the Estate of Benjamin Spurling late of Cranberry Isles in the County of Hancock. Received three hundred and thirty 43/100 Dollars, it being in part for Saml & Zulma & Andrew B, Sarah, & Abigail Spurling portion of said Deceased Estate they being [xxxx?] children and heirs to said Estate. Signed: Abigail C. Spurling 313.43 [show more] |
| 2013.246.2741 | Receipts for Schooner Lizzie Maud |
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| Two receipts received of Capt. Benj Spurling Dec 18, 1888 for Ac Div Schr Lizzie Maude. A: in the amount of $220 signed by Lincoln Allen; B: in the amount of $40 signed by Mrs. Ellen Lincoln. | 
Description: Two receipts received of Capt. Benj Spurling Dec 18, 1888 for Ac Div Schr Lizzie Maude. A: in the amount of $220 signed by Lincoln Allen; B: in the amount of $40 signed by Mrs. Ellen Lincoln. |
| 2014.523.3015 | Farley Funeral Home Receipt for Louise Marr. |
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| A receipt for Louise Marr from the Farley Funeral Home. This receipt is from Clarence Wilson Chamberlin's funeral services. | 
Description: A receipt for Louise Marr from the Farley Funeral Home. This receipt is from Clarence Wilson Chamberlin's funeral services. |
| 2014.565.3056 | William Preble Grocery Receipt for Nettie Stanley. |
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| A grocery store receipt for Nettie Stanley. Some items featured on this list are cans of milk, can of peaches, and coffee. The bill of about $50 was paid on July 29th, 1904. | 
Description: A grocery store receipt for Nettie Stanley. Some items featured on this list are cans of milk, can of peaches, and coffee. The bill of about $50 was paid on July 29th, 1904. |
| 2014.564.3055 | William P. Preble to Nettie Stanley |
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| Grocery store receipt for N. Stanley. Some bought items are eggs, sugar and lemons. The payment for all of these items was received on July 29th, 1904. | 
Description: Grocery store receipt for N. Stanley. Some bought items are eggs, sugar and lemons. The payment for all of these items was received on July 29th, 1904. |
