Description: Navigation Chart of Norway probably belonging to Sam Hadlock, Jr., with a faint, barely legible handwritten annotation in center. [Best guess at written note: "Fren Cape, Nsor 8am, point 21+ NorW, from Stan point, to Cape Jack(?) 21+, N(illegible symbols), Way-and give Sun, Point 1/2 mile -, From Cape Jack(?), to Cape George or, Cape Laieu(?) NW (and then some illegible letters)". A note attributed to "The Maine Islands in Story and Legend" by Dorothy Simpson says: "Capt. Samuel Hadlock in 1807, during Napoleonic wars, took load of fish to Spain, with good profit and returned with load of salt and lemons. He built a store on Little Cranberry. He built ships too, captained by his five sons. His third son was Samuel who lived on Great Cranberry....". Samuel Hadlock, Jr., built the 1826 house that became the Preble House. Samuel Hadlock, Jr.'s adventures were subject of Rachel Field's book, "God's Pocket" [show more]
Description: Nautical chart of Ireland, believed to be a chart Samuel Hadlock, Jr. used for his voyages to Europe while touring with Eskimos and sled dogs in 1820s. Chart appears to be a section of a larger chart. A note on reverse (probably by Douglas Macfarlan (donor's father)) states: "This old navigation map was found in a sea chest in the Preble House, Cranberry Isl. Maine in 1947." Samuel Hadlock built what became known as the Preble House for the woman he married while on his European tour. Zoom in to see various annotations on the chart. Many nun-buoys are marked in brownish/yellow, and there are several pencil annotations made along the coastline. This chart was scanned at Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) in 2016. A framed print of the full size NEDCC scan hangs in the Macfarlan/Preble house. And see God's Pocket: The Story of Captain Samuel Hadlock, Jr. of Cranberry Isles, Maine (Macmillan 1934, 1936, 1999) and "Hugh Dwelley's Beyond God's Pocket". [show more]
Description: Records of the Colonies, Towns, Churches, Courts & Other Contemporary Sources. Pioneers of Mass. by Pope, Cheney, Tobey, Merrian & Hooper Genealogies.
Description: With lists to 1651. Compiled from the Original Sources. 1. Piscataqua River 2. York River 3. Cape Neddock River; Ogunquit River; Wells River; Maryland River; Cape Porpoise River; Kennebunk River; Batson's River; Little River 4. Saco River 5. Scarborough River; Nonesuch River 6. Spurwink River 7. Fore River 8. Presumpscot River 9. Royal River; Bunganuck River 10. New Meadows and Pejepscot Rivers 11. Sagadahoc River 12. Kennebec River 13. Sheepscot River 14. Damariscotta River 15. Pemaquid River 16. Pemaquid River 17. Muscongus River 18. Saint George's River 19. Penobscot River 20. Machias River [show more]
Description: Settlement of Wells, Rivers of Wells, Nearby River Settlements. Charles II restored to throne in England. Purchase of Maine. Origin of name. Roads begun. Boundaries determined.
Description: Genealogies, Families of 1651 to 1850 & their Resident Descendants. The Burning of Medfield, Rebuilding and Progress,1677 to 1699. Annals of the town during the transition.
Description: A nautical chart showing Mount Desert Island, the Cranberry Isles, and surrounding islands, with depths, topography, triangulation, and hydrography.
Description: A nautical chart showing Mount Desert Island, the Cranberry Isles, and surrounding islands, with depths, topography, triangulation, and hydrography.