Register of Arrivals and Departures - Post Office 1897

From collection Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Collection

Register of Arrivals and Departures - Post Office 1897

Register of Arrivals and Departures for March and April 1897. Post Office mail boat Cranberry Isles. Identifies the Post office at Cranberry Isles, County of Hancock, State of Maine, Route No. 1423, from Cranberry Isles to South West Harbor. Name of Contractor: C. G. Steele; Name of Carrier: S. C. Stover. Mode of carrying the Mail: Sail or Row Boat; Trips a week required: Six. On reverse of this form are comments recording the Nature and Causes of Failures and Detentions: In March and April the carrier was absent or ill so mail carried by Gilbert Rosebrook, O.H. Spurling, Millard Spurling, and Eber Spurling when necessary. These forms are unsigned, forms usually signed by William P. Preble, Post Master.