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List of barrels of oil from Schooner S. L. Foster and others
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, List, Inventory
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1882
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
List of barrels of oil from Schooner S. L. Foster and others
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
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List, handwritten, 18 Nov 1882, "Gauger's Returns" listing barrels of oil from ships, SLF (probably S.L. Foster) and R (probably Rozella), Capt. E. Stanley, S.L. Foster, signed by J.G. McKerson, Gauger
Photographs of dory, schooner, and steamer boats
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Photographs of dory, schooner, and steamer boats
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Four photographs of boats (A-D) with unidentified men and boys aboard. (A) unidentified dory. (B) and (D) may be the same vessel, probably one of the mackerel schooners owned by Benjamin Harley Spurling whose wife was Frances Almira Preble (donor Louise Marr's grandparents.) C: The steamer may have been one owned by Hanson B. Joyce of Swan's Island engaged in the mackerel fishery. Joyce owned significant shares in several Cranberry Island vessels, possibly shares in Benjamin Spurling's vessels. (D): information from Ralph Stanley and Bar Harbor Record. [show more]
Mackerel in Maine Waters - article 1909
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Mackerel in Maine Waters - article 1909
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
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Newspaper article, probably September 1909. Title: "Mackerel in Maine Waters". Article reports that 20 barrels of mackerel were caught by Eben T. Lewis, Benjamin A. Spurling, and John S. Seavey, near Monhegan. Article lists other ships and captains active in the Monhegan area due to reports of large schools of mackerel.
Documents pertaining to the Schooner Wild Rose
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Sales Record
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1890
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Documents pertaining to the Schooner Wild Rose
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Documents. Five small, folded packets of receipts and ledger sheets, each tied with twine. Most pertain to the Schooner Wild Rose provisioning and selling fish in the 1890s at local stores. Initials of Wild Rose fishermen and amounts (or weights) of fish for each fisherman often appear on reverse of these ledger sheets. The Wild Rose was 47.5 ft. built in Boothbay. Owned in 1885 by Willis Bunker. Mentioned in the records of a 1938 hurricane (per gcihs.org/1/photos/ci_notes.html). (See also 2016.332.2095 for Willis Bunker photos; his wife's name was Rosalee.) (A) Packet one: various dates, various years 1893, 1890, 1895 receipts for Wild Rose. Receipts and purchases for provisions of ships from local stores including specific parts of cod fish like 'sounds' i.e., the air bladder of a cod. (B) Packet two: 1895 receipts and purchases. (C) Packet three: 1896 receipts for Wild Rose sales of fish to Southwest Harbor, ME, store. (D) Packet four: 1888 receipts for Wild Rose. (E) Packet five: Receipts for Wild Rose. An 1899 receipt for items purchased at Nettie Spurling Stanley's store on GCI. Her store was attached to the south side of the old Stanley house (a.k.a. 2016 as Rome house). See LB2007.1.100445 Penobscot Marine Museum collection photo, saved at GCIHS in public\2001\Penobscot. [show more]
Ledger with records of fishing Schooner Rozella
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Enoch Stanley
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Ledger with records of fishing Schooner Rozella
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Ledger, Pocket, with records of work, fishing, cleaning fish, fish shares sold from Schooner Rozella, found in Bob LaHotan's barn, and probably kept by Enoch Stanley
Receipt for Schooner Rozella fish
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1876
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Receipt for Schooner Rozella fish
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Business receipt, account of mackerel packed for schooner Rozella, 26 Jul 1876, $782.40
Receipt for Schooner Rozella fish
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1876
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Receipt for Schooner Rozella fish
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
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
Receipt for fish caught on Schooner Rozella
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Receipt for fish caught on Schooner Rozella
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Note, Howard Norwood's share of fish caught on board Schooner Rozella is $15.55, signed by E.B.S. (presumably Enoch B. Stanley)