Description: Bills mailed to the Northeast Harbor Golf Club from the Northeast Harbor Water Company 1926-1938, 1953-1954, 1974-1976, 1978 1926-1938 & 1953-1954 bills show breakdown of water usage from Daucet, bathrooms, hoses, sprinklers and showers
Description: Records of the Mount Desert Bridge Coporation (1845-1911). Leather ledger with marbled paper cover. Minutes of meetings. List of payments and expenses. Record of leases of Bridge to K.K. Thompson and C. Thompson.
Description: This is a typical ledger, measuring 8 x 10 and 1/4 inches. It has a black cover with a faded red binding and matching red corners. The title of the ledger is written on a white label with red borders in cursive writing. It reads, "Union Meeting House Society Records". The first entry is the text of the application made to the state of Maine to become an incorporated parish and religious society under the provisions of chapter 16 of the Revised Statutes of Maine. There are the transcribed notes of the first meeting and the signers of the bylaws. The records appear to span 1914-1931. There are additional minutes of meetings and what appear records of contributions. [show more]
Description: Bill from Military Store in Boston in wooden frame with dark finish. Bill attached to matte. Reads, “Military Store Boston Aug 22, 1831, J. Somes - Bought of John J. Low and Co. at their military rooms, no 19 Washington St. 1 sword [$6] 1 belt 1.02, 1 epaulet $3, sash $7. 1 cockade and eagle 2/3 - totaled 17.99. Rec Payment J.L. and Co. 1 1/4 yd Blue Broad Cloth @ 3.88 - 4.85, 1 fur hat @ 3.50 1 gal gin 1.56 totaled 27.90.
Description: Account of the Estate of Mr John Barnard by the Administrator. Records kept by Thomas Kidder showing inventory of the Barnard estate and payments to his five children and his creditors. Barnard died in 1847, and his accounting continues through at least 1851.
Description: This is the second ledger brought into the School House Museum on July 10, 2007 by Ken Smith. Cora Walls' name appears penciled in on the cover which has the title "Order Book" in block cursive letters. It is faded gray with doodles in pencil. The title appears in black. There is a hole on the top of the binding and the lower right hand corner of the cover. This book measures 16 inches by 6 and a half inches. It has loose pages and ripped pages. There are food entries, as well as, flowers. [show more]
Description: This is a store ledger which has the address of Mrs. Louis C. Gerry of 65 Weymouth St., Providence, R.I. on the inside cover. The name D.E.Jackson appears under this address with Room 312, 57 Eddy St., Providence, R.I. This is the smaller of the two ledgers, measuring 12 inches by 7 and a half inches. The cover is a faded gray with brown stains and sun bleached areas. There is a pencil drawing of a woman in the upper left hand corner. The title "Order Book" is written in block cursive lettering. The name Hillard W. Walls, Otter Creek, Maine is written on the inside of the back cover on the left side. Edgar Tripp appears too with chickens, hens and eggs plus figuring. There is a list of patrons with totals clipped to the inside back cover. Some of the entries are marked paid. [show more]