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1000.3.232Certificate of discharge for Asa D. Stanley from Schooner Vineyard
  • Document, Certificate
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Certificate of discharge in good standing of Asa D. Stanley, 41 years old, from Schooner Vineyard, 215 tons, from Goldsboro Maine, E.C. Rosebrook, Master, Asa D. Stanley, Steward, signed by E. Pendleton, Shipping Commissioner, 29 Mar 1875
Certificate of discharge for Asa D. Stanley from Schooner Vineyard
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.3.232   
Type:
  • Document, Certificate
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1875
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Certificate of discharge in good standing of Asa D. Stanley, 41 years old, from Schooner Vineyard, 215 tons, from Goldsboro Maine, E.C. Rosebrook, Master, Asa D. Stanley, Steward, signed by E. Pendleton, Shipping Commissioner, 29 Mar 1875
2018.416.2767Letter from William H. Preble to his father
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
Letter is from William H. Preble to his father William P. Preble, written in Portland, about his mother (Abigail Preble) ill-health, herring, and brother Andrew. Transcribed.
Letter from William H. Preble to his father
Catalogue #:
  • 2018.416.2767   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1874
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Letter is from William H. Preble to his father William P. Preble, written in Portland, about his mother (Abigail Preble) ill-health, herring, and brother Andrew. Transcribed.
1000.42.180Envelope addressed to Capt. Enoch B. Stanley
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
Envelope, addressed to "Capt. Enoch B. Stanley, Portland, Maine", with 3-cent stamp, franked 12 Dec 1876, apparently the envelope that letter item 178 was delivered in
Envelope addressed to Capt. Enoch B. Stanley
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.42.180   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1876
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Envelope, addressed to "Capt. Enoch B. Stanley, Portland, Maine", with 3-cent stamp, franked 12 Dec 1876, apparently the envelope that letter item 178 was delivered in
2001.39.307Letter arranging sale of vessel and coal
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Vessels, Boat
Letter from Ben Spurling, Cranberry Isles, 17 Dec 1876 to Capt. Stanley, making arrangements to sell part of Spurling's vessel and to order coal
Letter arranging sale of vessel and coal
Catalogue #:
  • 2001.39.307   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1876
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Letter from Ben Spurling, Cranberry Isles, 17 Dec 1876 to Capt. Stanley, making arrangements to sell part of Spurling's vessel and to order coal
2001.39.309Letter from Hamor to Stanley re: bill settlement
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Businesses, Other Business
Letter from J.R. Hamor, CI, 1 Nov 1876, to Capt. Stanley, asking Capt. to pay and settle bills and fetch items
Letter from Hamor to Stanley re: bill settlement
Catalogue #:
  • 2001.39.309   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
Date:
  • 1876
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Letter from J.R. Hamor, CI, 1 Nov 1876, to Capt. Stanley, asking Capt. to pay and settle bills and fetch items
2001.39.310Letter from Guptill to Stanley
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
Letter and envelope from C.J. Guptill Winter Harbor, 14 Feb 1879, to Capt. Stanley, friendly business letter about fish & visit
Letter from Guptill to Stanley
Catalogue #:
  • 2001.39.310   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1879
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Letter and envelope from C.J. Guptill Winter Harbor, 14 Feb 1879, to Capt. Stanley, friendly business letter about fish & visit
2013.246.2748Letter 6 of 6 from Samuel Spurling to Fannie Preble
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
Letter 6 of 6 letters (with transcriptions) written 1865-1874 from Samuel E. Spurling (1827-1895) to his much younger half-sister Frances (Fannie) A. Preble (b. 1849). Samuel moved from Great Cranberry to California about age 23 ca.1850. In these six letters, he writes from Gold Hill, Nevada, where he works in gold mines. This letter #6 is from Gold Hill Nevada. Jan 11th 1874 to My dear Sister Fannie from S.C. or S.E Spurling. Samuel learns from Mr. or Wm Henry that his mother is ill. He’s having a brutal winter, Samuel was ill in Nevada; he’s now working at Crown Point Mine where he worked 7 or 8 years ago; can’t come home at present. Samuel E. Spurling is the eldest son of Abigail Cobb Hadlock Spurling and Samuel Spurling. A.B. Spurling (likely Civil War General Andrew Barclay) who wrote letter 7 is one of Samuel’s younger brothers. Frances (Fannie) A. Preble was Samuel and Andrew’s half-sister, the daughter of the widowed Abigail Cobb Hadlock Spurling and her second husband William P. Preble.
Letter 6 of 6 from Samuel Spurling to Fannie Preble
Catalogue #:
  • 2013.246.2748   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1874
Materials:
  • Paper
Size:
  • 5" x 7"
Description:
Letter 6 of 6 letters (with transcriptions) written 1865-1874 from Samuel E. Spurling (1827-1895) to his much younger half-sister Frances (Fannie) A. Preble (b. 1849). Samuel moved from Great Cranberry to California about age 23 ca.1850. In these six letters, he writes from Gold Hill, Nevada, where he works in gold mines. This letter #6 is from Gold Hill Nevada. Jan 11th 1874 to My dear Sister Fannie from S.C. or S.E Spurling. Samuel learns from Mr. or Wm Henry that his mother is ill. He’s having a brutal winter, Samuel was ill in Nevada; he’s now working at Crown Point Mine where he worked 7 or 8 years ago; can’t come home at present. Samuel E. Spurling is the eldest son of Abigail Cobb Hadlock Spurling and Samuel Spurling. A.B. Spurling (likely Civil War General Andrew Barclay) who wrote letter 7 is one of Samuel’s younger brothers. Frances (Fannie) A. Preble was Samuel and Andrew’s half-sister, the daughter of the widowed Abigail Cobb Hadlock Spurling and her second husband William P. Preble. [show more]
2013.246.2749Letter 7 of group of letters to Frances (Fannie) S. Spurling
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
Letter 7 (with transcription) in a collection of letters to Frances (Fannie) S. Spurling. This one is from her older half-brother A. B. Spurling in 1874 Andrew Barclay Spurling writes from New York City and states he learned of their mother’s illness from Fannie’s letter of the 16th, and of her death (January 17, 1874) in a letter from their brother William of the 19th, both of which he received on January 21, 1874. Too late to go home. He reminisces fondly about his mother and offers have Father Preble live with him now if he wishes to. A.B. Spurling (Civil War General Andrew Barclay) who wrote letter 7 is one of Samuel E. Spurling’s younger brothers (Samuel wrote letters 1-6 to Fannie). Frances (Fannie) A. Preble was Samuel and Andrew’s half-sister, the daughter of the widowed Abigail Cobb Hadlock Spurling and her second husband William P. Preble.
Letter 7 of group of letters to Frances (Fannie) S. Spurling
Catalogue #:
  • 2013.246.2749   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1874
Materials:
  • Paper
Size:
  • 7.5" x 9.25"
Description:
Letter 7 (with transcription) in a collection of letters to Frances (Fannie) S. Spurling. This one is from her older half-brother A. B. Spurling in 1874 Andrew Barclay Spurling writes from New York City and states he learned of their mother’s illness from Fannie’s letter of the 16th, and of her death (January 17, 1874) in a letter from their brother William of the 19th, both of which he received on January 21, 1874. Too late to go home. He reminisces fondly about his mother and offers have Father Preble live with him now if he wishes to. A.B. Spurling (Civil War General Andrew Barclay) who wrote letter 7 is one of Samuel E. Spurling’s younger brothers (Samuel wrote letters 1-6 to Fannie). Frances (Fannie) A. Preble was Samuel and Andrew’s half-sister, the daughter of the widowed Abigail Cobb Hadlock Spurling and her second husband William P. Preble. [show more]
2001.39.182Telegram Benj Spurling to Perley Russell
  • Document, Correspondence, Telegram
  • Businesses, Store Business
Telegram, from Benj. Spurling, Somesville, Maine ?Apr 4? 1877, to Perley Russell, Portland Me, "Send by boat to SW Harbor Friday three lbs each no eighteen twelve and six and four of nine seine twine" (found in Bob LaHotan's barn when he cleaned it 2001)
Telegram Benj Spurling to Perley Russell
Catalogue #:
  • 2001.39.182   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Telegram
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Date:
  • 1877
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Telegram, from Benj. Spurling, Somesville, Maine ?Apr 4? 1877, to Perley Russell, Portland Me, "Send by boat to SW Harbor Friday three lbs each no eighteen twelve and six and four of nine seine twine" (found in Bob LaHotan's barn when he cleaned it 2001)
2001.39.183Telegram, blank, for use in the 1870s
  • Document, Correspondence, Telegram
  • Businesses, Service Business
Telegram, blank, for use in the 1870s, dated 187_ (found in Bob LaHotan's barn when he cleaned it 2001)
Telegram, blank, for use in the 1870s
Catalogue #:
  • 2001.39.183   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Telegram
Subject:
  • Businesses, Service Business
Date:
  • 1870
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Telegram, blank, for use in the 1870s, dated 187_ (found in Bob LaHotan's barn when he cleaned it 2001)
2018.416.2773School expenses 1876-1877
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
Town of Cranberry Isles school payments made to teachers and other school expenses 1876-1877, with teachers names and school agent names, 27 total.
School expenses 1876-1877
Catalogue #:
  • 2018.416.2773   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
Date:
  • 1876
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Town of Cranberry Isles school payments made to teachers and other school expenses 1876-1877, with teachers names and school agent names, 27 total.
2014.533.3025Grocery Receipt from 1879.
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Object, Other Object
A grocery receipt from A.C Roger's and company. This receipt has goods like sugar, ham , cabbage, and even raisins. The total for the whole 18 items of ended up being $17. This $17 would be just over $400 now. On the back of the receipt there is an add for the grocery store.
Grocery Receipt from 1879.
Catalogue #:
  • 2014.533.3025   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Object, Other Object
Creator:
  • Maggie Willard
Date:
  • 1879-09-23
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
A grocery receipt from A.C Roger's and company. This receipt has goods like sugar, ham , cabbage, and even raisins. The total for the whole 18 items of ended up being $17. This $17 would be just over $400 now. On the back of the receipt there is an add for the grocery store.
2001.39.177Receipt for delivery of sugar from Cuba to NY by Schooner C. F. Young
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Business receipt, attesting Capt. J. Richardson of American Schooner C.F. Young, delivered 100 boxes of sugar weighing 42,108 pounds from Cardenas (Cuba) to New York, 14 Dec 1871 (found in Bob LaHotan's barn when he cleaned it 2001)
Receipt for delivery of sugar from Cuba to NY by Schooner C. F. Young
Catalogue #:
  • 2001.39.177   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1871
Description:
Business receipt, attesting Capt. J. Richardson of American Schooner C.F. Young, delivered 100 boxes of sugar weighing 42,108 pounds from Cardenas (Cuba) to New York, 14 Dec 1871 (found in Bob LaHotan's barn when he cleaned it 2001)
1000.3.219Receipt for Schooner Sea Bird supplies
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Business receipt, from Perley Russell & Co. Portland, 16 Apr 1875 for schooner Sea Bird, food and supplies, $360.54
Receipt for Schooner Sea Bird supplies
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.3.219   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1875
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Business receipt, from Perley Russell & Co. Portland, 16 Apr 1875 for schooner Sea Bird, food and supplies, $360.54
1000.3.220Receipt for apples
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Store Business
Business receipt, from Perley Russell & Co. Portland, 2 Dec 1875 for apples, W.W. Young, $7.00
Receipt for apples
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.3.220   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Date:
  • 1875
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Business receipt, from Perley Russell & Co. Portland, 2 Dec 1875 for apples, W.W. Young, $7.00
1000.3.221Receipt for midlings
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Store Business
Business receipt, from Waldron and True, Portland, 9 Apr 1877, to Capt. Stanley, for midlings, $14.15
Receipt for midlings
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.3.221   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Date:
  • 1877
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Business receipt, from Waldron and True, Portland, 9 Apr 1877, to Capt. Stanley, for midlings, $14.15
1000.3.222Receipt for food and supplies
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Store Business
Business receipt, from Perley Russell & Co. Portland, 29 Nov 1875, to Capt. E.B. Stanley, for food and supplies, $154.07
Receipt for food and supplies
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.3.222   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Date:
  • 1875
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Business receipt, from Perley Russell & Co. Portland, 29 Nov 1875, to Capt. E.B. Stanley, for food and supplies, $154.07
1000.3.223Receipt for food
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Store Business
Business receipt, from Perley Russell & Co. Portland, 3 May 1871, to Josiah Spurling, for food, $3.54
Receipt for food
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.3.223   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Date:
  • 1871
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Business receipt, from Perley Russell & Co. Portland, 3 May 1871, to Josiah Spurling, for food, $3.54
1000.3.224Receipt for sugar, oil, and cheese
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Store Business
Business receipt, from Perley Russell & Co. Portland, 17 Oct 1876, to E.B. Stanley, for sugar, oil, cheese, $8.74
Receipt for sugar, oil, and cheese
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.3.224   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Date:
  • 1876
Materials:
  • Metal
Description:
Business receipt, from Perley Russell & Co. Portland, 17 Oct 1876, to E.B. Stanley, for sugar, oil, cheese, $8.74
1000.3.225Receipt for crackers and twine
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Store Business
Business receipt, from Perley Russell & Co. Portland, 2 Dec 1875, to D.K. Stanley, for crackers and twine, $8.80
Receipt for crackers and twine
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.3.225   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Date:
  • 1875
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Business receipt, from Perley Russell & Co. Portland, 2 Dec 1875, to D.K. Stanley, for crackers and twine, $8.80
1000.3.228Receipt for repairs to Schooner S. L. Foster
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Business receipt, from John Blair, manager of Townsend Marine Railway, 30 Mar 1878, to schooner S.L. Foster, for hauling boat and painting bottom, $31.50.
Receipt for repairs to Schooner S. L. Foster
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.3.228   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1878
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Business receipt, from John Blair, manager of Townsend Marine Railway, 30 Mar 1878, to schooner S.L. Foster, for hauling boat and painting bottom, $31.50.
1000.3.229Receipt for Schooner Rozella fish
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Business receipt, account of mackerel packed for schooner Rozella, 26 Jul 1876, $782.40
Receipt for Schooner Rozella fish
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.3.229   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1876
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Business receipt, account of mackerel packed for schooner Rozella, 26 Jul 1876, $782.40
1000.3.230Receipt for Schooner Rozella fish
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Business receipt, account of mackerel sold, Eli Willard, for schooner Rozella, 26 Jul 1876, $708.22, also on the same sheet, account of mackerel sold Thomas Charles for the schooner Rozella, 26 Jul 1876, $90.26
Receipt for Schooner Rozella fish
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.3.230   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1876
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Business receipt, account of mackerel sold, Eli Willard, for schooner Rozella, 26 Jul 1876, $708.22, also on the same sheet, account of mackerel sold Thomas Charles for the schooner Rozella, 26 Jul 1876, $90.26
1000.3.237Receipt for Stanley Cemetery labor
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Places, Cemetery
Business receipt, from Alfred G. Bulger, Cranberry Isles, 18 Nov 1877, for labor on graveyard, District No 1, with list of labor and supplies; and names of those who paid on reverse (probably graveyard by Sue Lyman's house a.k.a. Stanley cemetery).
Receipt for Stanley Cemetery labor
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.3.237   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Places, Cemetery
Date:
  • 1877
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Business receipt, from Alfred G. Bulger, Cranberry Isles, 18 Nov 1877, for labor on graveyard, District No 1, with list of labor and supplies; and names of those who paid on reverse (probably graveyard by Sue Lyman's house a.k.a. Stanley cemetery).
1000.3.241Receipt for $60 from Enoch Stanley
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Other Business
Business receipt, Perley Russell & Co., 18 Jul 1870, received $60.00 from Enoch Stanley
Receipt for $60 from Enoch Stanley
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.3.241   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
Date:
  • 1870
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Business receipt, Perley Russell & Co., 18 Jul 1870, received $60.00 from Enoch Stanley