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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
1000.3.228Receipt 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
1000.3.232Certificate 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
1000.3.242Receipt for compass repair Schooner Sea Bird
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Business receipt, C.H. Farley received $0.50 to repair a compass, from schooner Sea Bird, 16 Aug 1875
Receipt for compass repair Schooner Sea Bird
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.3.242   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1875
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Business receipt, C.H. Farley received $0.50 to repair a compass, from schooner Sea Bird, 16 Aug 1875
1000.3.243Receipt for jib block Schooner S. L. Foster
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Business receipt, William Taylor received $2.00 for a jib block, for schooner S.L. Foster, 31 Jul 1871
Receipt for jib block Schooner S. L. Foster
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.3.243   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1871
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Business receipt, William Taylor received $2.00 for a jib block, for schooner S.L. Foster, 31 Jul 1871
2001.39.303Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster supplies
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Receipt, handwritten, Perley Russell & Co., Portland, 8 Apr 1879, sold to Freeman Stanley, Schooner S.L Foster, flour, beef, molasses, $15.80
Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster supplies
Catalogue #:
  • 2001.39.303   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1879
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Receipt, handwritten, Perley Russell & Co., Portland, 8 Apr 1879, sold to Freeman Stanley, Schooner S.L Foster, flour, beef, molasses, $15.80
2001.39.305Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster supplies
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Receipt, Perley Russell & Co., Portland, 8 Apr 1879, sold to schooner S.L. Foster, food & supplies, $393.78
Receipt for Schooner S. L. Foster supplies
Catalogue #:
  • 2001.39.305   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1879
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Receipt, Perley Russell & Co., Portland, 8 Apr 1879, sold to schooner S.L. Foster, food & supplies, $393.78
2001.39.312Receipt for Schooner Rozella sails
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Bill, from Lyman Toby & Co., Portland, 6 Sep 1876, to Schooner Rozella, for manila sail yards, $8.70
Receipt for Schooner Rozella sails
Catalogue #:
  • 2001.39.312   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1876
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Bill, from Lyman Toby & Co., Portland, 6 Sep 1876, to Schooner Rozella, for manila sail yards, $8.70
1000.3.3Receipt for Schooner M. L. Rodgus? provisions
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Business receipt, 17 Apr 1876, bought of Heath & Grier, Boston, by Schooner M.L. Rodgus???, Asa D. Stanley (master), items for voyage, $54.53
Receipt for Schooner M. L. Rodgus? provisions
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.3.3   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1876
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Business receipt, 17 Apr 1876, bought of Heath & Grier, Boston, by Schooner M.L. Rodgus???, Asa D. Stanley (master), items for voyage, $54.53
1000.3.27Receipt for painting the S. L. Foster 1878
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Business receipt, 8 Oct 1878, To Sidney W. Oakes, from Schooner S.L. Foster, to paint outside & name, $16.62
Receipt for painting the S. L. Foster 1878
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.3.27   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1878
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Business receipt, 8 Oct 1878, To Sidney W. Oakes, from Schooner S.L. Foster, to paint outside & name, $16.62
1000.46.277Cargo Manifest for Schooner Rozella
  • Document, List, Inventory
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Cargo Manifest, schooner Rozella, master E.B. Stanley, nav by 4 men and no boys, from Boston to Cranberry Isles, 12 Nov 1875, cargo: 20 bhs salt, 20 brls flour, 24 bshl corn, 2 brls onions, 3 brls apples, 1 brl molasses, 1 brl sugar, 10 oil brls, sundries
Cargo Manifest for Schooner Rozella
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.46.277   
Type:
  • Document, List, Inventory
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1875
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Cargo Manifest, schooner Rozella, master E.B. Stanley, nav by 4 men and no boys, from Boston to Cranberry Isles, 12 Nov 1875, cargo: 20 bhs salt, 20 brls flour, 24 bshl corn, 2 brls onions, 3 brls apples, 1 brl molasses, 1 brl sugar, 10 oil brls, sundries
2001.39.298Receipt for Schooner Sea Bird supplies
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Receipt, from Perley Russell & Co., Portland, 17 Apr 1878, to Schooner Sea Bird, for food and other items, $345.95
Receipt for Schooner Sea Bird supplies
Catalogue #:
  • 2001.39.298   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1878
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Receipt, from Perley Russell & Co., Portland, 17 Apr 1878, to Schooner Sea Bird, for food and other items, $345.95
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
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).
2017.389.2164Nautical Almanac 1876 for schooner Carrie M. Richardson
  • Publication, Book
  • Places
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Journal. Nautical Almanac 1876 containing tables of sun's declination and equation of time and tide by D. Eggert's sons, 23 pages, annotated by Carrie M. Richardson aboard the schooner Carrie M. Richardson. Recording the sun sightings for navigating voyages using dead reckoning; transatlantic journeys are plotted on nautical chart 1 and possibly others of 2015.315.2076. .) From the Lewis Stanley descendants collection. (See also 2015.316.2077 and 2017.388.2163 Initial review of the annotated Nautical Almanac of 1876 indicates that it records the Carrie M. Richardson's journey east from New York starting June 23, 1876; arriving Seville July 22, and departing Seville August 3. She arrived at Cadiz August 5 and left for Boston August 12. A wonderful addition as Nautical Chart 1 (2017.315.2076) only plots the west to east legs of two 1877 and 1878 Spain-to-Cranberry Isles voyages. Decipher the chronometer dead reckoning entries in this Almanac should enableus to plot the route she sailed to reach Spain. (Scanned July 2017)
Nautical Almanac 1876 for schooner Carrie M. Richardson
Catalogue #:
  • 2017.389.2164   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1876
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Journal. Nautical Almanac 1876 containing tables of sun's declination and equation of time and tide by D. Eggert's sons, 23 pages, annotated by Carrie M. Richardson aboard the schooner Carrie M. Richardson. Recording the sun sightings for navigating voyages using dead reckoning; transatlantic journeys are plotted on nautical chart 1 and possibly others of 2015.315.2076. .) From the Lewis Stanley descendants collection. (See also 2015.316.2077 and 2017.388.2163 Initial review of the annotated Nautical Almanac of 1876 indicates that it records the Carrie M. Richardson's journey east from New York starting June 23, 1876; arriving Seville July 22, and departing Seville August 3. She arrived at Cadiz August 5 and left for Boston August 12. A wonderful addition as Nautical Chart 1 (2017.315.2076) only plots the west to east legs of two 1877 and 1878 Spain-to-Cranberry Isles voyages. Decipher the chronometer dead reckoning entries in this Almanac should enableus to plot the route she sailed to reach Spain. (Scanned July 2017) [show more]
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.
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.
2019.445.2827Ledger sheets Capt. Charles E. Bunker, Schooner Como, 1879
  • Document, Other Documents, Multi-Part Documents
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
This group of five ledger sheets tally Charles E. Bunker’s debits and credits for voyage on Schooner “Como” with cargo "cocoanuts, mahogany, and cedars in account with Odio & Perozo of New York". Loose ledger pages are dated February 6-21, 1879. There are 34,505 cocoanuts; 4 logs mahogany; 4 logs cedar; and 8 logs cedar. No ports or destinations discernible. Documents are signed in New York. (Only Page A transcribed.) The Schooner Como was built in Cherryfield 1873; No.125172; 133 tons. Charles E Bunker was master 1877. These ledgers are part of collection of Clara Rice items (Clara Adeline Richardson Bunker Rice (1847-1923). (Charles Bunker was Clara's second husband of three. Clara Rice was postmistress on Sutton Island in the Cranberry Isles. She may have married a Fernald, then Charles Edward Bunker, and then wed Wilbert Augustus Rice in 1893. )
Ledger sheets Capt. Charles E. Bunker, Schooner Como, 1879
Catalogue #:
  • 2019.445.2827   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents, Multi-Part Documents
Subject:
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1879
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
This group of five ledger sheets tally Charles E. Bunker’s debits and credits for voyage on Schooner “Como” with cargo "cocoanuts, mahogany, and cedars in account with Odio & Perozo of New York". Loose ledger pages are dated February 6-21, 1879. There are 34,505 cocoanuts; 4 logs mahogany; 4 logs cedar; and 8 logs cedar. No ports or destinations discernible. Documents are signed in New York. (Only Page A transcribed.) The Schooner Como was built in Cherryfield 1873; No.125172; 133 tons. Charles E Bunker was master 1877. These ledgers are part of collection of Clara Rice items (Clara Adeline Richardson Bunker Rice (1847-1923). (Charles Bunker was Clara's second husband of three. Clara Rice was postmistress on Sutton Island in the Cranberry Isles. She may have married a Fernald, then Charles Edward Bunker, and then wed Wilbert Augustus Rice in 1893. ) [show more]
2014.488.2975Sarah Bunker Autograph Book
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Autograph Album
  • People
An autograph book owned by Sarah Bunker. This book has autographs and notes from Sarah's friends. Most of the book is signed by people living in places like Bangor, Ellsworth and Bangor. Sixty-two double sided sheets. All pages autographed except two at front of book.
Sarah Bunker Autograph Book
Catalogue #:
  • 2014.488.2975   
Type:
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Autograph Album
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Sarah Bunker
Date:
  • 1874
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
An autograph book owned by Sarah Bunker. This book has autographs and notes from Sarah's friends. Most of the book is signed by people living in places like Bangor, Ellsworth and Bangor. Sixty-two double sided sheets. All pages autographed except two at front of book.
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
2001.39.310Letter 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
2001.111.822Receipt 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.