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Templar's Lodge Charter for Cranberry Isles
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Certificate
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • 1866
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Templar's Lodge Charter for Cranberry Isles
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Identifier:
  • gcihs-2018.416.2789
Type:
  • Document, Certificate
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
Date:
  • 1866
Description:
Charter document: Grand Lodge of North America (State of Maine) Independent Order of Good Templars, organized May 16, 1855, grant unto G. H. Pressey, C. H. Bulger, L. H. Bracy, A. M. Spurling, G. H. Spurling, Wm. P. Preble, H. A. Preble, L. G. Stanley, C. G. Kimball, A. Bunker, J. M. Bunker, S. A. Bunker and their associates this Charter for a Lodge to be known as Ocean Echo Lodge No. 157 located at Cranberry Isles… signed July 4, 1866. Wikipedia: "The IOGT originated as one of a number of fraternal organizations for temperance or total abstinence founded in the 19th century and with a structure modeled on Freemasonry, using similar ritual and regalia. Unlike many, however, it admitted men and women equally, and also made no distinction by race." According to a local 1888 newspaper article they met Tuesday evenings each week at Norwood's Cove School House. [show more]
Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Certificate
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • 1862
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Identifier:
  • gcihs-1000.0.70
Type:
  • Document, Certificate
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
Date:
  • 1862
Description:
Certificate, Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, 29 Apr 1862
Certificate for William Preble as Notary Public
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Certificate
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • 1860
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Certificate for William Preble as Notary Public
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Identifier:
  • gcihs-2013.246.1944
Type:
  • Document, Certificate
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
Date:
  • 1860
Description:
Document. Certificate: Augusta, Maine, 14 March 1860, William P. Preble of Cranberry Isle, State of Maine, as Notary Public for Hancock County for seven years. Signed by Scott M. Morrill, Governor. Certificate has an ivory and pink impressed and raised seal the State of Maine with the signature of the Governor below it and the notation: Commission Recorded Vol. 4, Page 173. Signed at bottom by Noah Smith, Secretary of State.
Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, Esq. appointed
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Certificate
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • 1862
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, Esq. appointed
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Identifier:
  • gcihs-1000.0.165
Type:
  • Document, Certificate
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
Date:
  • 1862
Description:
Certificate, Post Office Appointment as postmaster of Joseph S. Spurling, Esq., 29 Apr 1862
Journal with transcriptions of protestations of ships
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
  • 1867
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Journal with transcriptions of protestations of ships
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Identifier:
  • gcihs-1000.116.1080
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
Date:
  • 1867
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]