Catalogue #	Title	Type	Subject	Description
1000.0.278	Annual Return of the Enrolled Militia	Document, Government, Military Record	Organizations, Civic	List, handwritten, "Annual Return of the Enrolled Militia", 62 people listed, 14 Jun 1854, signed by A.C. Fernald, assessor, and William E. Hadlock, assessor	Annual Return of the Enrolled Militia Catalogue #: 1000.0.278    Type: Document, Government, Military Record Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1854 Materials: Paper Description: List, handwritten, "Annual Return of the Enrolled Militia", 62 people listed, 14 Jun 1854, signed by A.C. Fernald, assessor, and William E. Hadlock, assessor
2000.65.508	Addie Duren's Ration Book	Object, Coupon, Ration Coupon, Ration Book	Organizations, Civic People	Card & Envelope, Card lists Addie Duren's Identification Number for Ration Book use, postmarked 4 Oct 1943	Addie Duren's Ration Book Catalogue #: 2000.65.508    Type: Object, Coupon, Ration Coupon, Ration Book Subject: Organizations, Civic People Date: 1943 Materials: Paper Description: Card & Envelope, Card lists Addie Duren's Identification Number for Ration Book use, postmarked 4 Oct 1943
2018.416.2778	Brochures Civil War	Publication, Booklet	Businesses, Medical Business Organizations, Civic	Three booklets: (A) Typhoid Fever Its Prevention and Restriction, Issued by the State of Maine (Form 25) undated, 4 pages. (B) Circular No. 54 State of Health of Maine, On the Prevention of Consumption undated, 4 pages. (C) What they have to do who State at Home issued by Fred. Law Olmstead, General Secretary, Washington DC 1862 (Civil War), 4 pages.	Brochures Civil War Catalogue #: 2018.416.2778    Type: Publication, Booklet Subject: Businesses, Medical Business Organizations, Civic Date: 1862 Materials: Paper Description: Three booklets: (A) Typhoid Fever Its Prevention and Restriction, Issued by the State of Maine (Form 25) undated, 4 pages. (B) Circular No. 54 State of Health of Maine, On the Prevention of Consumption undated, 4 pages. (C) What they have to do who State at Home issued by Fred. Law Olmstead, General Secretary, Washington DC 1862 (Civil War), 4 pages.
1000.0.165	Postmaster 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
2003.69.571	Arthur Bunker Air Force photo	Image, Photograph	Organizations, Civic People	Photo, 8x10 b&w, Air force crew holding sign "U-TAPAO'S 50,000th B-52 Sortie". Arthur Bunker is second from right.	Arthur Bunker Air Force photo Catalogue #: 2003.69.571    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Organizations, Civic People Materials: Paper Description: Photo, 8x10 b&w, Air force crew holding sign "U-TAPAO'S 50,000th B-52 Sortie". Arthur Bunker is second from right.
2003.87.623	Pension for Cynthia Bracy	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic People	Certificate from the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, to Cynthia W. Bracy, 11 Sep 1891, telling her that she will be getting a pension	Pension for Cynthia Bracy Catalogue #: 2003.87.623    Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic People Date: 1891 Materials: Paper Description: Certificate from the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, to Cynthia W. Bracy, 11 Sep 1891, telling her that she will be getting a pension
2004.95.744	Closing 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)
2001.111.822	Receipt for Preble's taxes paid in full	Document, Financial, Receipt	Organizations, Civic, Municipal People	Receipt: William P. Preble paid in full $31.22 for state, county, town, and highway taxes for 1873; William H. Preble paid $3.76 for same. Dated 5 Jan 1874; signed William P. Bunker, Collector. Transcribed.	Receipt for Preble's taxes paid in full Catalogue #: 2001.111.822    Type: Document, Financial, Receipt Subject: Organizations, Civic, Municipal People Date: 1873 Materials: Paper Description: Receipt: William P. Preble paid in full $31.22 for state, county, town, and highway taxes for 1873; William H. Preble paid $3.76 for same. Dated 5 Jan 1874; signed William P. Bunker, Collector. Transcribed.
2018.421.2293	Receipts for taxes and an organ	Document, Financial, Receipt	Organizations, Civic, Municipal	Receipts for Taxes 1888-1901 and two other receipts including one for a Bridgeport organ 1904.	Receipts for taxes and an organ Catalogue #: 2018.421.2293    Type: Document, Financial, Receipt Subject: Organizations, Civic, Municipal Date: 1900 Materials: Paper Description: Receipts for Taxes 1888-1901 and two other receipts including one for a Bridgeport organ 1904.
2018.416.2776	Payments made for service to Town of Cranberry Isles	Document, Other Documents, Multi-Part Documents	Organizations, Civic, Municipal Organizations, School Institution People	Nine documents. Eight Town of Cranberry Isles payment receipts (1876-1877), one 1885 Town of CI Schools ledger page, and one 1887 Town of Tremont receipt. Payments involve individuals including: Hadlock, Gilley, Preble, Stanley, Wayland, Hamor, Fernald, schools. See description of each document.	Payments made for service to Town of Cranberry Isles Catalogue #: 2018.416.2776    Type: Document, Other Documents, Multi-Part Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic, Municipal Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1876 Materials: Paper Description: Nine documents. Eight Town of Cranberry Isles payment receipts (1876-1877), one 1885 Town of CI Schools ledger page, and one 1887 Town of Tremont receipt. Payments involve individuals including: Hadlock, Gilley, Preble, Stanley, Wayland, Hamor, Fernald, schools. See description of each document.
2018.416.2786	William P. Preble appointed Justices of the Peace and of the Quorum	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic, Municipal People	William P. Preble appointed Justices of the Peace and of the Quorum of Hancock County, Maine, August 12, 1873, by Governor Sidney Perham.	William P. Preble appointed Justices of the Peace and of the Quorum Catalogue #: 2018.416.2786    Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic, Municipal People Materials: Paper Description: William P. Preble appointed Justices of the Peace and of the Quorum of Hancock County, Maine, August 12, 1873, by Governor Sidney Perham.
2018.416.2787	William P. Preble appointed Notary Public	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic, Municipal People	William P. Preble appointed Notary Public for Hancock County February 5, 1885, by Governor Frederick Robie	William P. Preble appointed Notary Public Catalogue #: 2018.416.2787    Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic, Municipal People Date: 1885 Materials: Paper Description: William P. Preble appointed Notary Public for Hancock County February 5, 1885, by Governor Frederick Robie
2018.416.2784	William P. Preble Notary Public	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic, Municipal People	William P. Preble appointed Notary Public for County of Hanock, Maine, 13 April 1892, by Governor Edwin Burleigh.	William P. Preble Notary Public Catalogue #: 2018.416.2784    Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic, Municipal People Date: 1892 Materials: Paper Description: William P. Preble appointed Notary Public for County of Hanock, Maine, 13 April 1892, by Governor Edwin Burleigh.
1000.160.1385	Post 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]
1000.0.1633	Hilda 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)
1000.0.1638	Marjorie 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
2016.334.2192	Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1834	Document, Government, Government Records	Organizations, Civic, Municipal		Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1834 Catalogue #: 2016.334.2192    Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Organizations, Civic, Municipal Materials: Paper
2003.77.557	School and property tax information	Document, Government, Government Records	Organizations, School Institution People	Ledger page, loose, both sides used, school and property tax info, no date, appears to be a working sheet, in pencil, 9 names: Arno P. Stanley, Lewis Ladd, George Bulger, Edwin Spurling, William Bulger, Thomas Bunker, Leonard Holmes, Sam Bunker, William Bunker. Poor condition.	School and property tax information Catalogue #: 2003.77.557    Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Materials: Paper Description: Ledger page, loose, both sides used, school and property tax info, no date, appears to be a working sheet, in pencil, 9 names: Arno P. Stanley, Lewis Ladd, George Bulger, Edwin Spurling, William Bulger, Thomas Bunker, Leonard Holmes, Sam Bunker, William Bunker. Poor condition.
2017.388.2163	Journals, ledgers, wallet, books, scanned photos pertaining to Stanley family from 1870s-1890s	Document, Other Documents, Multi-Part Documents	Businesses, Fishery Business Organizations, Civic People	Collection of journals, ledgers, wallet, books, scanned photos pertaining to Stanley family: Items A-H. (A) Enoch B. Stanley's tan leather fold-over "The Revised and Improved Collector's Tax Book....Adapted to the Revised Statutes of 1883", by W. W. Bolster, Published Portland: W. H. Stevens & Company, No. 193 Middle Street. Entries from 1890-1892 with categories for real estate, personal property, poll tax, highway tax, a section on school district tax. With three loose handwritten pages inserted. One is list of children for Hannah Lopaus(?) who moved to Mount Desert July 12th 1799 and had 10 children and includes list of 9 children born to Hannah's daughter Nancy Lopauss Richardson Clark, one of whom was Meltiah P. Richardson (spouse of Carrie Stanley Richardson). The second loose page is a petition for a fish weir at Thrumcap for Enoch B. Stanley and W.D.(?) Stanley in January 1891. The third loose page is Permission for a fish weir with full description dated Feb. 7, 1891. (B) Maroon fold-over wallet (empty). (C) Scans from loaned Schmidt family photo albums including family and one of old hearse. (D) Maroon wallet with 14 items folded inside it: receipts: Meltiah Richardson 1871 taxes; E.B. Stanley 1862 & 1864; note to Capt Stanley 1864; 1864 receipt; 1864 receipt Hadlock; 1871 tax receipt; M. P. Richardson to E.B. Stanley 1874; one faded small photo of a person on a sailboat; registered letter receipt 1878 addressed to Thomas Leighton of Millbridge Me received of E. J? Stanley; Receipt 1882 for 7.33 payment; 1876 receipt E. B. Stanley and Perley Russell goods of Haskell 14.50. Envelope addressed to Mrs. Caroline H. Stanley Cranberry Isles ME with Boston Jan 30 1898 postmark 2 cents. Two comic poem pages (not scanned). (E) Small tan leather journal full of information listing fish catches and payments to individuals 1868-1870 in Boston, Cranberry Isles, Gloucester, Schooner Rozella mentioned on one page. Names include Gilley, Bunker, Spurling, Stanley, Ladd, Wayland, Bulger, Young; only three representational pages scanned from this journal. (F) Small narrow brown marbled ledger (undated) tallying fish and bills; two pages mention schooner Harrie [or Fannie?] Forrest; 1 page scanned. (G) Book: The Matron's Manual of Midwifery and the diseases of women during pregnancy and in child bed by Frederick Hollick, MD 1843. (H) Book: How to Hunt and Trap containing full instructions for hunting Buffalo, Elk, Moose, deer, Antelope - by J. H. Batty, 1878; inscribed "Boynton Stanley" at top of page, lower down "William G. Thumbeam[?] from Papa, Christmas 1878." (See also 2015.316.2077 and 2017.389.2164)	Journals, ledgers, wallet, books, scanned photos pertaining to Stanley family from 1870s-1890s Catalogue #: 2017.388.2163    Type: Document, Other Documents, Multi-Part Documents Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Organizations, Civic People Description: Collection of journals, ledgers, wallet, books, scanned photos pertaining to Stanley family: Items A-H. (A) Enoch B. Stanley's tan leather fold-over "The Revised and Improved Collector's Tax Book....Adapted to the Revised Statutes of 1883", by W. W. Bolster, Published Portland: W. H. Stevens & Company, No. 193 Middle Street. Entries from 1890-1892 with categories for real estate, personal property, poll tax, highway tax, a section on school district tax. With three loose handwritten pages inserted. One is list of children for Hannah Lopaus(?) who moved to Mount Desert July 12th 1799 and had 10 children and includes list of 9 children born to Hannah's daughter Nancy Lopauss Richardson Clark, one of whom was Meltiah P. Richardson (spouse of Carrie Stanley Richardson). The second loose page is a petition for a fish weir at Thrumcap for Enoch B. Stanley and W.D.(?) Stanley in January 1891. The third loose page is Permission for a fish weir with full description dated Feb. 7, 1891. (B) Maroon fold-over wallet (empty). (C) Scans from loaned Schmidt family photo albums including family and one of old hearse. (D) Maroon wallet with 14 items folded inside it: receipts: Meltiah Richardson 1871 taxes; E.B. Stanley 1862 & 1864; note to Capt Stanley 1864; 1864 receipt; 1864 receipt Hadlock; 1871 tax receipt; M. P. Richardson to E.B. Stanley 1874; one faded small photo of a person on a sailboat; registered letter receipt 1878 addressed to Thomas Leighton of Millbridge Me received of E. J? Stanley; Receipt 1882 for 7.33 payment; 1876 receipt E. B. Stanley and Perley Russell goods of Haskell 14.50. Envelope addressed to Mrs. Caroline H. Stanley Cranberry Isles ME with Boston Jan 30 1898 postmark 2 cents. Two comic poem pages (not scanned). (E) Small tan leather journal full of information listing fish catches and payments to individuals 1868-1870 in Boston, Cranberry Isles, Gloucester, Schooner Rozella mentioned on one page. Names include Gilley, Bunker, Spurling, Stanley, Ladd, Wayland, Bulger, Young; only three representational pages scanned from this journal. (F) Small narrow brown marbled ledger (undated) tallying fish and bills; two pages mention schooner Harrie [or Fannie?] Forrest; 1 page scanned. (G) Book: The Matron's Manual of Midwifery and the diseases of women during pregnancy and in child bed by Frederick Hollick, MD 1843. (H) Book: How to Hunt and Trap containing full instructions for hunting Buffalo, Elk, Moose, deer, Antelope - by J. H. Batty, 1878; inscribed "Boynton Stanley" at top of page, lower down "William G. Thumbeam[?] from Papa, Christmas 1878." (See also 2015.316.2077 and 2017.389.2164) [show more]
2018.416.2775	Ten Town of Cranberry Isles documents 1876-1877	Document, Other Documents, Multi-Part Documents	Organizations, Civic People Places, Town	Ten Town of Cranberry Isles documents 1876-1877, with summary of each item. Includes receipts for tax assessors; Perley and Russell v. Bunker; Gilley; Schooner Wayland; Leonard Holmes; and mention of a ship attacking a vessel, among other things.	Ten Town of Cranberry Isles documents 1876-1877 Catalogue #: 2018.416.2775    Type: Document, Other Documents, Multi-Part Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic People Places, Town Date: 1876 Materials: Paper Description: Ten Town of Cranberry Isles documents 1876-1877, with summary of each item. Includes receipts for tax assessors; Perley and Russell v. Bunker; Gilley; Schooner Wayland; Leonard Holmes; and mention of a ship attacking a vessel, among other things.
1000.116.1080	Journal 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]
1000.29.83	Notice to Mariners 1889-1890	Document, Government, Government Records	Organizations, Civic	Notice to Mariners, Atlantic Coast, #114 1889, #131 Aug 1890, #132 Sep 1890, #133 Oct 1890	Notice to Mariners 1889-1890 Catalogue #: 1000.29.83    Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1889 Materials: Paper Description: Notice to Mariners, Atlantic Coast, #114 1889, #131 Aug 1890, #132 Sep 1890, #133 Oct 1890
2018.416.2796	Register 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]
2018.416.2790	Register 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]
2018.416.2794	Register 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]

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