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Letter Regarding Use of Tiffany Painting Picture Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Anne Mazlich	1996	Letter Regarding Use of Tiffany Painting Picture Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-19572 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: Anne Mazlich Date: 1996 Collection: Institutional Records Description: Letter from Anne Mazlich to Nancy Long of the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum on the use of a photograph of "My Family in Somesville". See 023.FIC.43-44
Tracy Diary Correspondence Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Anne Mazlish	1995	Tracy Diary Correspondence Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-19571 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: Anne Mazlish Date: 1995 Collection: Institutional Records Description: Two letters from Anne Mazlich concerning the Tracy diary (1855). First is to Charles Pierce of the Peirpont-Morgan Library of New York City, second is to "Augie"; reply from Augie to Mazlich included. Letters discuss the possiblity of publishing the Tracy diary in the society's collection.
Letter to Charles Hosmer Morse Museum Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Anne Mazlich	1996	Letter to Charles Hosmer Morse Museum Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-19570 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: Anne Mazlich Date: 1996 Collection: Institutional Records Description: Two copies of a letter from Anne Mazlich to the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art on the subject of Louis C. Tiffany's painting "My Family in Somesville." The society is requesting a photographic copy of the painting and permission to publish the photograph. See reply dated 10 May 023.FIC.44 and further correspondence 023.FIC.45
Reply to Anne Mazlich Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Nancy Long	1996	Reply to Anne Mazlich Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-19569 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: Nancy Long Date: 1996 Collection: Institutional Records Description: Reply from Nancy Long of the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art to Anne Mazlich concerning the Louis Tiffany painting "My Family in Somesville." See 023.FIC.43
Richard Allen Troop Order Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	United States Army	1919	Richard Allen Troop Order Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-19566 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: United States Army Date: 1919 Collection: Donald Smith House Description: Letter dated 6 April 1919 recognising Sergeant Richard Allen's service in the American Expeditionary Force. Form letter. Form letter from Headquarters, American Expeditionary Force thanking soldiers for their service. Copied signature by General John J. Pershing, general officer commanding the AEF.
Personal correspondence of Somesville residents Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter			Personal correspondence of Somesville residents Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-16969 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Collection: Somesville, Maine Description: -Letters re death of John Higgins, son of Elliot Higgins, killed in NYC by runaway horses (1844); -"old-timers" in Somesville (1940); -from Daniel Somes to unknown woman, perhaps his later wife (1827); -Wm. Hamor to Mr. Somes re disapproval of dancing school (184?) & another re deaths of Lot and Paul Somes from scarlet fever (1853?); -from Susan Trask to "child" re death of "litell Harry [?], 1842; -from Andrew J. Frisbee, adopted son of Abraham Somes, re death of first wife(1851?), and to Mr. Somes re death of Billy (1852); -from Hattie Somes to Grandpa (1877); -from Mr. Heath to Rev. George E. Street (1903); -from Harriet Somes to Aunt Mary re baby sister Blanche (18?9); -from Dell to Hattie (1921) and to Harriet (1928); -to Harriet from Harry S. re selling privilege on land (1944); about Ed, brought home from Boston, by Florence Gray (1959); -from Jacob Somes to brother re legislative session concering railroad (1842). [show more]
Letter from MDI Historical Society to Virginia Somes Sanderson Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Mount Desert Island Historical Society	1979	Letter from MDI Historical Society to Virginia Somes Sanderson Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-14769 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1979 Collection: MDI Historical Society Description: Letter from MDI Historical Society secretary, Chadbourne Gilpatric, to Virginia Somes Sanderson, notifying her of her election as Honorary Director of the Society.
Letter regarding Somesville Bridge load capacity Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter		2003	Letter regarding Somesville Bridge load capacity Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-11555 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Date: 2003 Collection: Somesville Bridge Description: Letter from Harris Hyman to the MDI Historical Society regarding the load capacity of the Somesville bridge 06 October 2003. Addressing a concern from the community about the weight capacity for the bridge, Hyman assures the society that the bridge can sustain the weight of fornicating couples and drunk local gentlemen.
Letter from Edwin Mead to Rev. Samuel Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	S.A. Eliot	1897	Letter from Edwin Mead to Rev. Samuel Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18803 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: S.A. Eliot Date: 1897 Collection: Eliot Collection Description: Letter from Edwin Mead at New England Magazine to Rev. Samuel Eliot about comisioning an article on early explorers of the New England Coast.
Letter from Edwin Mead to Rev. Samuel Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	S.A.Eliot	1897	Letter from Edwin Mead to Rev. Samuel Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18802 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: S.A.Eliot Date: 1897 Collection: Eliot Collection Description: Letter from Edwin Mead at New England Magazine to Rev. Samuel Eliot about his article on the historical assiciations of Mount Desert.
Letter from Franklin W. Hooper to Rev. Samuel Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	S.A. Eliot	1896	Letter from Franklin W. Hooper to Rev. Samuel Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18801 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: S.A. Eliot Date: 1896 Collection: Eliot Collection Description: Letter from Franklin W. Hooper at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Science to Rev. Samuel Eliot about his lecture the evening before. Inviting him to give him a lecture the following year to a group of Harvard men.
Letter from Professor Sawtelle to Dr. Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	William O. Sawtelle	12/17/1924	Letter from Professor Sawtelle to Dr. Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18794 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: William O. Sawtelle Date: 12/17/1924 Collection: Eliot Collection Description: 1 typed page. Letter looking forward to their meeting in person at his house and that he is currently writing the bibliography. He also suggest a correction to page 19.
Letter from Professor Sawtelle to Dr. Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	William O. Sawtelle	12/17/1924	Letter from Professor Sawtelle to Dr. Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18793 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: William O. Sawtelle Date: 12/17/1924 Collection: Eliot Collection Description: 3 typed pages. Letter suggest ways to make changes be to Street's original book. He also makes mention that he feels a bibliography might be included at the end of the new edition. He also responds to Eliot's suggestion that he himself publishes a book on Mount Desert Island's history.
Letter from Professor Sawtelle to Dr. Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	William O. Sawtelle	12/22/1924	Letter from Professor Sawtelle to Dr. Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18792 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: William O. Sawtelle Date: 12/22/1924 Collection: Eliot Collection Description: 1 typed pages. Letter suggest changes be made to Street's account of Bernard's grant of Mount Desert. He also makes mention that he can send Eliot information on the original families that settled Somes Sound.
Letter from Eliot to George H. Street Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	S. A. Eliot	10/9/1924	Letter from Eliot to George H. Street Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18791 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: S. A. Eliot Date: 10/9/1924 Collection: Eliot Collection Description: 2 typed pages Letter about the upcoming publishing of a new edtion of the History of Mount Desert along with a form for George to sign transfering the rights to the plates of the origional book to Houghton Mifflin & Co.
Letter from a representative of Houghton Mifflin Company to Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Houghton Mifflin & Co.	10/3/1924	Letter from a representative of Houghton Mifflin Company to Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18790 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: Houghton Mifflin & Co. Date: 10/3/1924 Collection: Eliot Collection Description: 2 typed pages Letter restating of the point of coversation that morning: -need to transfer the copyright. -chapters to be added and removed from the next edition -set up of royalties for Eliot and later George Street's heirs. -anticipated publishing date.
Letter from George (?) H Street to Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	George H. Street	6/30/1924	Letter from George (?) H Street to Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18789 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: George H. Street Date: 6/30/1924 Collection: Eliot Collection Description: 1 handwritten page Letter in which he relinquishes his rights to the plates for the book History of Mount Desert published by his late father.
Letter from George H. Street to Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	George H. Street	10/11/1924	Letter from George H. Street to Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18788 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: George H. Street Date: 10/11/1924 Collection: Eliot Collection Description: 1 Handwritten page Letter transfering the rights to the plates and offering support to Eliot in publishing another edition.
Letter from Helen Street Ranney to Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Helen Street Ranney	10/11/1924	Letter from Helen Street Ranney to Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18787 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: Helen Street Ranney Date: 10/11/1924 Collection: Eliot Collection Description: 1 Handwritten page Letter expressing grattitude and excitement over the upcomming new edition to her father's History of Mount Desert.
Letter from Houghton Mifflin Co. to S.A. Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Houghton Mifflin Co.	12-9-1924	Letter from Houghton Mifflin Co. to S.A. Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18784 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: Houghton Mifflin Co. Date: 12-9-1924 Collection: Eliot Collection Description: 1 typed page Letter from Houghton Mifflin Co to Eliot about a letter to Mrs. Hinckley about the need to correct errors in the origional History of Mount Desert before a new edition is published. Letter was sent from William O. Sawtelle to Mrs. Hinckley.
Letter from S.A. Eliot to Professor Sawtelle Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	S.A. Eliot	12/16/1924	Letter from S.A. Eliot to Professor Sawtelle Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18782 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: S.A. Eliot Date: 12/16/1924 Collection: Eliot Collection Description: 2 typed pages. This is a copy of a letter from S. A. Eliot to Sawtelle about Houghton Mifflin Company wanting to publish another edition of History of Mount Desert. The author of the letter is writing to see if Sawtelle feels there are any corrections or additions he fells should be added to another edition.
Letter from Helen Street Ranney to Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	S.A. Eliot	1924	Letter from Helen Street Ranney to Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18781 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: S.A. Eliot Date: 1924 Collection: Eliot Collection Description: 2 handwritten pages. Response to his letter to her about the possibility of printing another edition of The History Of Mount Desert and her transferral the copyright to Eliot. Discussion of her urging her brother to also forfeit the copyright of the book.
Letter between S.A. Eliot and Ferris Greenslot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	S.A. Eliot	8/24/1925	Letter between S.A. Eliot and Ferris Greenslot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18780 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: S.A. Eliot Date: 8/24/1925 Collection: Eliot Collection Description: 2 typed pages Copy of a letter from S.A. Eliot, to Ferris Greenslot discussing the errors he feel are in the contract between Houghton Mifflin & Co and himself. He acknowledges he has the chapter and bibliography finished and has consulted with Sawtelle on needed changes. Eliot is waiting a response from Greenslot about the contract and copyright before he sends the new material.
Letter between Ferris Greenslot and S.A. Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Houghton Mifflin & Co.	3/31/1925	Letter between Ferris Greenslot and S.A. Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18779 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: Houghton Mifflin & Co. Date: 3/31/1925 Collection: Eliot Collection Description: 1 typed page Letter from Ferris Greenslot outlining their aceptance of Eliot's changes to the book and suggesting some changes to make the new text fit the size of the origional pages. There maybe a page missing from this letter.
Letter between Ferris Greenslot and S.A. Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Houghton Mifflin & Co.	8/26/1925	Letter between Ferris Greenslot and S.A. Eliot Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18778 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Creator: Houghton Mifflin & Co. Date: 8/26/1925 Collection: Eliot Collection Description: 1 typed page Letter Ferris Greenslot stating that he feels S.A. Eliot could sign the orgional contract and that he would be happy to send a new contract to Eliot once he is back in Boston.

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