Lynamphotos I 2009(3) Bill Horner Droft Clebhaew article u on "Dearg allainellan A.H. LYNAM ALBERT H. LYNAM Born in 1871, Albert Harry Lynam was the junior partner in Deasy & Lynam. He appears to have had an unusual aptitude for research of deeds and conveyances, and George B. Dorr, in his Story of Acadia National Park, repeatedly refers to him as his "legal assistant and friend." He came from Tremont, Maine with a family birth name of Murphy. Genealogical records indicate that he was adopted by Mrs. Enoch Lynam of Sullivan, making him the adoptive cousin of Fred C. Lynam. He is described in a 1906 edition of the Bar Harbor Record as " former superintendant of schools of Eden, he is a native of the island, and after obtaining a common school education he went into the Record office and learned the printing business. Then, desiring to perfect himself in some special studies he Peters took a short academic course, and then began the study of law with Judge John A. Peters of Ellsworth. After completing his law studies he was admitted to the Maine bar in 1896. He located in Bar Harbor in an office over B.S. Higgins' store where he remained until May, 1905 when he formed the present partnership with Mr. Deasy." Lynam's contributions to the process of land acquisition by the Hancock County Trustees cannot be underestimated. To the extent that George B. Dorr is regarded as the "father of Acadia National Park", the evidence indicates that Albert Harry Lynam is at least its "uncle". By Dorr's repeated assertions, Lynam was his "friend and legal assistant". While Deasy may have served as the prestigious beacon for the young law firm, doing no small part of the critical work himself, Lynam appears to have possessed uncommon skill in the research of titles and other legal attributes SO important in the eventual transfer of lands to the federal government. When Deasy 918 assumed his chair on the Maine Supreme Court in 1918, at a time roughly coincident with the involvement of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Lynam's continued work became all the more important. [To be further developed] JOHN A. PETERS [To be developed] THE OLD LYNAM FARM HOUSE AT SCHOONER HEAD Sketch by William van Dresser, The Widely Known Pertrait Artist, Who is Living in The House This Season It is not generally known, but the Church, Gifford, Hart, Parsons, War- landscape painter that became fam- old Lynam Homestead at Schooner ren, Bierstadt, Brown, Colman, the ous, and was the first artist to record Lead, has an artistic heritage and pupils of the great William Morris on canvas the grandeur of our scenic background that is equalled by few Hunt, and others. But while no west. His paintings of the Grand private homes in this country. It is sketches enrich the walls about the Canyon and the Rocky Mountaine, ndeed a shame that the many famous humble domieile at Schooner Head, done in heroic size, today hang in the irtists who have lived in the little there are stories and memories of Metropolitan Museum of Art. white farm house in the past century artists and artistic adventure which The Cole, referred to in the fifty- did not leave more tangible evidence will make it interesting for a long nine year old article, was probably of their visits than their bare memor- while to come." Timothy Cole, who died recently, He es. If these men had been moved to It is to be regretted that none of was one of the most celebrated wood utograph the walls of the house, it the artistic adventures referred to engrayers in the world, as well as a could show as celebrated a collection were related in the article. It is in- painter of note. of names as Millet's famous cottage teresting to point out the difference F. S. Church, who spent several it Barbizon in the forest of Fontaine of opinion concerning the word summers at Schooner Head during the pleau, whose walls have been made "picturesque". The bygone writer in past century, was one of America's priceless by the sketches and studies Harper's declares that the place is earliest "poet-artists." His work, both which have been painted upon them "not specially picturesque", Ideas paintings and drawings, was fanciful by the greatest names in French art certainly change, for today the Lynam and delightful. history, such as Deeamps, Delacroix, Homestead is considered one of the Brown was one of the most popular Delaroche, Rosa Bonheur, Troyon, most attractive spots on Mt. Desert artists of his time. "Brown's News- Corot, and many others. Island. The house faces a mountain, boys," that he painted in the slums It was only by a piece of good for- covered with pines, while almost at of New York City, have made for him une that the writer discovered that the back doorstep, the restless Atlan- a reputation that is known wherever he homestead war so closely connect- tic beats on the rocks of Schooner artists and things artistic are dis- d with the artistically great in Head. cussed. America. A copy of Harper's Monthly The withered tree in the yard, re Gifford was a landscape man. The Magazine published in 1872, and care+ ferred to, still stands. It is a gnarled Parsons referred to was undoubtedly ully preserved by Mr. Richard W. and hoary apple tree, but it is still €. Parsons who illustrated in wood. Tale, devotes eighteen pages, now bravely putting out green leaves and cuts the Harper's story of Mt. Desert rellow with age, upon the beauty and shoots, and there is still enouzh life Island. Pupils of the great William divertissements to be found upon Mt. in its riven trunk to produce an apple Morris Hunt made their summer Desert Island. The article Is not or two. The old well-sweep no longer headquarters at the Lynam Home ned, so we do not know who wrote exists, Its tomb is marked by a huge stead. but it is illustrated by Parsons, grindstone, salvaged some years ago With a heritage like this, Mr. van ittingly so, because this renowned from a wrecked vessel. Dresser feels as if he were treading on artist has lived at the Lynam Home- This year ushered in the one hun- holy ground. Such a background is tead and was familiar with the dredth of the Lynam Homestead's inspiring, and he attacks etching eauty of Schooner Head, Bar Harbor, istence. The house was built in 1831, plate and drawing board with solemn Somes Sound, Seal Harbor, Northeast which is a tribute to the staunch con- vigor. The portrait artist intends to Harbor, and the like. struction of those times. It was origin- do what, unhappily, none of his pre- To quote Harper's in Part: "An ally painted red, a somewhat universal decessors have done to leave a object in this vicinity to which is at- color for farms and barns in New tangible momento of his visit. He ached more of human interest is the England, but its present owner, Mr. probably will leave a sketch or an dd 'Lynam Homestead' The house Hale, has voted in favor of white, etching or two on the walls, and will tself is not specially pieturesque, and while the barns and outhouses still most certainly inscribe the names of the surrounding country is bleak and are dressed in their red garb. the famous artists who have visited bare, while an old well-sweep and a William van Dresser, while he the old homestead in the past. withered tree in the yard give the etches busily in the garage, which has So, in the future, if the artists come place a look of loneliness and neglect. been made over into his studio, has to the Lynam Homestead as they have But it is the artistic associations of the given bits of history about the famous done in the past, the little white house old house which will make it cele- artists who have preceeded him in the at Schooner Head can point with pride rated, for within its walls have been Lynam Homestead. He says that and say to the chance visitor, 'See, rathered many of the names most Bierstadt was probably the biggest of I have sheltered within my walls, celebrated in American art-Cole, them all. He was America's earliest such and one, and such an one - (1536x2048) 6/11/2015 The Eyrie Seal Harbor, Maine July 14th, 1922 Dear Mr Lynam: I am greatly distressed to know of the condition of your eyes, of which you have advised me in your letter of July 12th, but reassured by the fact that the Doctor seems to feel confidence that with the treatment which he has prescribed this difficulty can be stopped, and the further fact that he does not think it necessary for you to do any different than you have heretofore. I much hope that your eyes will yield to the treatment prescribed and that you will soon note improvement in them. Thank you for writing me. Very sincerely, John Rockyellop Mr A H Lynam, Bar Harbor, Maine. https://web.mail.comcast.net/service/home/~/?auth=co&loc=en_US&id=297920&part=2 HHA. Recours it th Fus Hanald u., CWE B. 86. [4/1/1899] [v.impt I 1/16 Can in the time her "They april PINGA ford faw a good deal of 18 Commonwealth Avenue. Beller him law fall in Connection int an evening School for the working been and My dear President Eliot. When at Piae Martin the Superintendent which he and I got of Our School at Ra Mark up there for the White and in the loun of Edem, months, and I Clim & Mr a. H. 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Does Verizon Yahoo! Mail eppster2@verizon.net Page 1 of 3 Verizon Yahoo! Mail Verizon Central Yahoo! Search: Web Search Welcome, eppster2@verizon Mail Home All-New Mail Tutorials YAHOO! Help verizon [Sign Out, Member Center MAIL Classic Mail Contacts Calendar Notepad Mail For Mobile - Options Check Mail Compose Search Mail Search the Web Folders [Add Edit] Previous Next I Back to Messages Inbox (2) Delete Reply Forward Move Draft This message is not flagged. [ Flag Message - Mark as Unread Printable View Sent Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:30:11 -0700 (PDT) Bulk [Empty] "ELIZABETH and RONALD EPP" Add to Trash [Empty] From: Address Book Add Mobile Alert My Folders [Hide] Subject: RE: J.D. Rockefeller and Lafayette N. P. Road Hearings DorrBio2008 (8) To: "Michele Hiltzik" Eliz messages (4) Hi Michele, Horseshoe Pond Member Information I received your photocopies on my return from MDI. I reviewed them in detail and wonder whether you could have the following items --all dealing with Ron Archives (31) Lynam's correspondence with Mr. Rockefeller Jr.-- photocopied and billed to me. Search Shortcuts A.H. Lynam: My Photos July 22, 1922; Aug. 14, 1925; Aug. 19, 1929; Aug. 5, 1930; Dec. 10, 1931; My Attachments Sept. 12, 1932; Nov. 4, 1932; May 4, 1933; Nov. 9, 1933; May 16, 1934; Aug. 31, 1934 (both); Oct. 4, 1934; Dec. 3, 1934; and Dec. 19, 1934. The copies you sent were extremely helpful. The two corresponded with each other on a variety of matters at least once a week for more than a dozen years, demonstrating not only their shared interests but the degree of trust between the two. Given that Lynam was at the same time the assistant to Mr. Dorr in all park matters, Lynam had a difficult professional role as the middleman between the two. Indeed, from 1928 on, Lynam administratively ran most Park projects until the time of his death in December 1934. On a personal note, Acadia was coming out of its winter slumber. The weather could not have been better but I did miss that fragrant woodsy smell that will only make its appearance when the soil warms up a bit. Unfortunately, I did not make it to the Abbe Museum which is still on restricted winter hours. With best wishes, Ron Michele Hiltzik wrote: Dear Ron, I will look into the report that you mentioned. I will have to poke around for a bit for this. http://us.f842.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=2611_4700254_1817_762_4508_0.. 4/30/2008 FILE NO. 2682-B HALE AND DORR ORIGINAL FILE COPY NOT TO LEAVE THE OFFICE - Black _3 60 State Street Boston, Massachusetts January 16, 1935 John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Esquire Room 5600 - 30 Rockefeller Plaza (See postscript answering New York, N. Y. supplementary letter.) Dear Mr. Rockefeller: In the matter of a possible purchase of Bingham things in behalf of the Black House - You write that Harry Lynam left no adequate record of the matter and ask for exposition. I trust you will approve of the length of this review. I. Originally the Bingham Estate in Hancock and Washington Counties in Maine was - A. The easterly half of Mount Desert Island, bought, except 100 acres and squatter rights, from an inter- mediary who acquired from the deGregoires to whom Massachusetts granted it about 1785 (?) during an access of franco-phile feelings. B. (Because the Massachusetts grant restates language used in a grant by Louis XIV)any islets which were in his time "in front" of Mount Desert, "in front" then meant over where Frenchmen fished on the Blue Hill and Somes Sound side. There are judicial decisions that Bar Island is behind and Bartlett's is in front. Possibly, or probably, the out- FILE NO. HALE AND DORR ORIGINAL FILE COPY NOT TO LEAVE THE OFFICE John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Esquire -2- lying rocks of the Cranberries, such as East Bunker's Ledge you look down on and the substantial islet on the bar to Baker's are in this. C. A large purchase of forest and other land on the mainland. II. The Bingham Estate in our part of Maine now is - A. The great swamp on Cranberry Island, of which a survey exists,- possibly reduced by some encroachments. This is taxed, I think, for $1,000., or so. It has been ditched for mosquitoes. B. Acreage between Potter Palmer and Mrs. Morris Hawkes north and south of Schooner Head Road west, the see east. Mr. Hamlin, the Bingham agent, believes he refused an offer from Potter Palmer of $25,000. Potter Palmer believes he never intended or authorized such an offer and that Victor Cushman made it (1f he did) hoping to carry the accept- ance of it by Hamlin to Palmer as if that acceptance had been an offer. I have seen this trick of real estate brokers more often than I like to meet it and I know of nothing which makes worse deadlocks. Potter Palmer is a rich man, judging by my standards. For instance, when his son married at 20 or 22 years of age he told the Boston mother of the bride that his son had $40,000. a year besides his expectation. But last summer Potter Palmer told me that he was real estate broke and that his typical investment was an office building which FILE NO. HALE AND DORR ORIGINAL FILE COPY NOT TO LEAVE THE OFFICE John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Esquire -3- used to be a net lease ground rent and is now an investment of $30,000. a year red ink. I see no reason why he shouldn't buy land with his unsecured note, paying no capital, and be a perfectly safe debtor. C. The residuary legatee position. By this phrase I mean that whatever has not been bought or stolen from the Binghams belongs to them and as part of this position I mention: C-1. All old deeds used to be bounded by "the shore". Then court decisions gave that phrase a meaning "high water mark, the grantor reserving the beach and flats". After that we bounded everything by "the sea', which includes every- thing. But because of the above many pieces of beach on Mount Desert Island are claimed by the Binghams, they have no data as to what they claim but wait until a summer purchaser looks up his title and then sell this claim for $200. I am told that they do this quite frequently and that it helps to pay Hamlin, as agent. The same revenue of this would keep on in behalf of any purchaser. C-2. On the mainland several lots each of quite substantial acreage but not of any particular value exist in the Hancock County wood lands with record title in the Binghams. They are supposed to have been successfully stolen by squatters. The Binghams have not in any recent times paid taxes on them and know nothing more about them. C-3. The general residuary position. I mean that FILE NO. HALE AND DORR ORIGINAL FILE COPY NOT TO LEAVE THE OFFICE John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Esquire ut any time a gore or gap may turn up. I think the point of little value except in the case of islets, etc. "in front". C-4. Files, deeds, correspondence, plans and documents in Ellsworth. Harry Lynam know more about this than I do and I state the case with diffidence, but on the other hand with enthusiasm caused by such incidents as the following: Satterlee bought Great Head from squatter title. Eingham went to court about it, over-stayed its market for a settlement, and lost the case. At that time some people were impressed by the amount of information which Hamlin was able to produce from the old records. I think he had interesting and valuable old plans. I am quite sure he had original surveyor's notes of the survey by Peters and that the note- book was a sort of diary of considerable historic interest. I was told that Peters wrote, for instance, "This day I set up my instrument where Richardson had the second saw-mill on the Island.' Or at least the words meant that. When I was told that story I was able to answer that the Richardson successor had pointed out the spot to me audio me the story about the instrument. I am diffident as to whether my memory has that mecdote straight. I am told that the bulk of these papers in Ellsworth is considerable and that they are in the safe of some vacant store outside Hamlin's office. I don't like the idea of their being in another Ellsworth fire. FILE NO. HALE AND DORR ORIGINAL FILE COPY NOT TO LEAVE THE OFFICE John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Esquire -5- C-5. The same sort of papers and files about the Maine lands at Philadelphia in the head office of the Binghams. I fancy that they have never destroyed anything and I suggest that the two ends of the correspondence plus the documents must in the nature of things be full of history. Note 1. The above being the Bingham agents business files, the Black House has the private files of the Blacks, and the Colonial Society of Massachusetts the private files of General Cobb, the first agent. We have no money or help to clean out our safe and find out what we have but I have dipped into a good deal of it. Arguing from analogy and findings there I would expect to find letter copy books, ledgers, etc. on the business file full of information and historic value. Note 2. The Colonial Society having all of General Cobb's business papers, Professor Samuel E. Morison of Harvard, the Colonial Society and Seal Cove, knows a good deal about the subject and is strongly of the opinion that regular investigation workshould be done. He is prepared to direct his students doing thesis work. But that would require that complete material should be consentrated at the Black House. We should like a fireproof museum with display rooms and students' working rooms, Plans and sketches for such a museum exist and I fancy Harry Lynam put a set on your files or his and/or showed FILE NO. HALE AND DORR ORIGINAL FILE COPY NOT TO LEAVE THE OFFICE John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Esquire -6- them to you. I used to charge him with regularly stealing my last copy, but I think there is one at the Black House although he took my best copy recently. If I should have your permission to discuss the general plan with Professor Morison and with Mr. William Otis Sawtelle of the Islesford Museum and Haverford, Penn- aylvania, I might add to this exposition and pick up some knowledge which otherwise died with Harry Lynam. In Sawtelle's case I might rin into rather praiseworthy jealousy of a worthy competitor with a museum of his own to foster. Harry Lynam and I agreed that the project com- manded our enthusiasm and thought that the probable first step should be to buy the Binghams out. I would take title in the corporation called Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations, with an express provision in the deed of gift that any part of what was acquired might be sold, the proceeds to be used to endow the Black House and this project. We thought the second step should be an attempt to have Potter Palmer contribute. Call it that he would give us a building fund and take the land or that we would sell him the land and use the proceeds. Possibly Yrs. Hawkes would contribute or buy. Should that attempt fail I would advise developing the land between the Schooner Head Road and the sea to be con- venient for better access to the sea as in the case of Albert FILE NO. HALE AND DORR ORIGINAL FILE COPY NOT TO LEAVE THE OFFICE John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Esquiro -7- Meadow opposite the end of Cottage Street in Bar Harbor. I think that native public opinion would be much pleased and visitors from outside would also value access to the sea 80 near the village. I perceive that if the attempt should fall I should then have the documents on my hands practically unendowed. Should the attempt succeed I should hope to have enough from all sources to build and endow the Black House Museum. Morison would then set his students to work. Great Cranberry March would be saved as public land. But it probably could be sold to Charles Moorfield Storey. The shore deeds would in future be a source of revenue. The general residuary position should be remembered. Besides anything we could think of it would be wise insurance to have the residuary claim owned by a public body. Indeed I would like to see the same thing with a residuary claim to the westward, (Hr. Bernard's half of Mount Desert Island. His residuary legatee was a man named Towne - Salem Towne. But for all I know that has been done, I am a stranger over there. Suggestions for progress and for greater knowledge about the data are - 1. That the offer Lynam was to make should be made or renewed. 2. That in connection therewith the Bingham office FILE NO. HALE AND DORR ORIGINAL FILE COPY NOT TO LEAVE THE OFFICE John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Esquire -8- in Philadelphia and Mr. amlin in Ellsworth should be pumped, including inspection in some detail of what they have. But their papers are probably in such storage that inspection would be practically impossible. My prophecy is that it is so probably a good pig and so difficult to get it out of the poke that we would really profer to buy it without educating the vendors as to the quantity and quality of what is "in the bag. " All of which is respectfully submitted. Yours very truly, Richard W. Hale F. S. Yours of January 16th, received after the above was dictated, is all answered by the above except - 5. Some of the worthless paper title to wood lands may be in Washington County. Also there may be some worth- less paper title of that kind "up state" and further to the westward, which we could get thrown in at no cost to us, including historical material about another Bingham area located up there. R. W. H. FILE NO. 2682-12 HALE AND DORR ORIGINAL FILE COPY NOT TO LEAVE THE OFFICE Blash #3 60 State Street Boston, Massachusetts March 24, 1933 A. H. Lynam, Esq. Bar Harbor, Maine Dear Mr. Lynam: As we are taking up again the question of the Bingham Trustees and their records with special reference to the Black House, I dictate from memory this picture of the situation which I will revise and have ready for you at such time in May as you my need it. Hancock County, Mt. Desert Island, and the Bingham Trustees have a rich and interesting history and there are many records of it. There is no place in the nature of a public library or museum at the present time which has any equipment for receiving and making available such records. If you wanted to see an old record of the Bingham Trustees or an old chart of the shore of the island in the early days, or the records of some first settler, you would be hard put to it to find a place in which two or three such things had been gathered together and there is no place in which any considerable quantity of such things could be properly handled. On the other side, it is equally clear that there is only one right place for such a museum. The history of the Bingham Trustees and of their agents the Blacks and of the FILE NO. HALE AND DORR ORIGINAL FILE COPY A. H. Lynam, Esq. for TO LEAVE THE OFFICE Black House make that estate the correct place for such a museum. It is at the county seat, it is accessible from all parts of the county, and it begins with the Black records which are themselves of absorbing interest and require arrangement and development. Under those circumstances Mrs. Beatrix Farrand, who is heartily in favor of the project I am outlining, has caused Mr. to study with her what will be an adequate museum building. Mrs. Farrand has determined upon its proper site. The site is interesting in itself because the old Bingham agent used to gase on the mountains of Mt. Desert Island from his house. But the trees of his exit avenue now conceal that. Just beyond them toward Surry is a field which is the ideal site for the museum and from its southern windows the beautiful old view of the island is restored. I shall be sending you with this letter the plan and a picture of the proposed building. Briefly it provides for a miseum room (not unlike Sawtelle's in opportunity for display) for proper fireproof storage, and for one or two cubicles or other places adequate for research, study, and preparation of material. Such a building would have sub- stantially no depreciation, it would have no extra upkeep cost. The Black House is gravely underendoved at the present time and some additional endowment would make matters safer. FILE NO. HALE AND DORR ORIGINAL FILE COPY NOT TO LEAVE THE OFFICE A. H. Lynam, Esq. -3- To such a building there should be transported, First, all the miscellaneous material for the history of the county including the island and the park. Second, the contents of the Black House safe which is not, from modern fireproof notions, a safe at all. Third, the Hanoock County records of the Bingham Trustees which according to my information are in a safe in some vacant store in Ellsworth today. No one can see them. Perhaps the best example of the benefit which would arise from what I am recommending is the story of the Peters plan and the Peters notebook. The actual original Peters plan of Mt. Desert Island is one of those records. It was made by Peters from surveys which are recorded in notebooks. Those notebooks themselves contain exciting and interesting material for the history of the island. Substantially all the titles on Mt. Desert Island derive from that Peters A particular instance of this is in order here. On the old Sibley Richardson farm in the little village in the town of Mt. Desert called by the picturesque name of Sound is the site of the second saw mill erected upon Mt. Desert Island. Mr. Hamlin has told me that the Peters note- books contain his record of his day's journeys on the day when he was surveying themeand the record that his instrument was set up for the purpose of surveying on the site of that FILE NO. HALE AND DORR ORIGINAL FILE COPY NOT TO LEAVE THE OFFICE A. H. Lynam, Esq. saw mill. The Richardsons and their sudessors in the ownership of that farm have preserved a parallel tradition describing just how Peters came there that day and how they told him that the saw mill was handwhe used it as the point of departure for his surveys. If this information comes from accident, think what more would come from study (The first saw mill was that belonging to Mr., Somes on the brook at Somesville, And the lie that will not down about Talleyrand being born on Mt. Desert Island must be located there in the Somes or in the Richardson families and at one or the other of these sites. The vital records of those families are seriously inconsistent with the myth.) The next batcht of these records is those in the possession of the Bingham Trustees in Pennsylvania. Now the first step toward having an adequate miseum is to get this great bulk of stuff to put into it. The time is just ripe for that. The Bingham Trustees in Hancock County and on Mt. Desert Island have substantially completed their sales. At the present moment they are paying taxes only on two items. A. The great swamp or marsh on Great Cranberry Island assessed, I think, for $1,000. Its boundaries are uncertain, it has no value for summer development, it ought to be in public ownership. FILE NO. HALE AND DORR ORIGINAL FILE COPY A. H. Lynam, Esq. NOT TO LEAVE THE OFFICE B. The land on the sea side of the Schooner Head road about two miles out of Bar Harber lying between the estate of Mr. Potter Palmer and the estate of Mrs. Merris Hawkes. of course that is not all to which the Bingham Trustees have paper title. They are automatically the residuary legatees of the Mt. Desert Island title and again and again some example turns up indicating that a release deed is desirable. Specific instances of this are the Island of Thrumcap title to which derives under a Bingham release deed. Also various places where old deeds mentioning high water mark only and deed to low water mark was in order. Then there are islets and ledges which being "in front" of Mt. Desert are part of the Louis XIV grant which controls the definition of the Bingham area. For a guess the bar between Bakers Island and Little Cranberry Island may well be found to be Bingham property. It has no com- mercial value but it has grave importance from the point of view of getting into public ownership areas which might other- wise be abused. The excavation of the gravel from the "nubbin" on that bar would be a public injury. Back in the woodland of the county there are lots of land to which the Bingham Trustees have paper title but which they have long since ceased to carry for tax purposes. FILE NO. HALE AND DORR ORIGINAL FILE COPY A. H. Lynam, Esq. -fiet TO LEAVE THE OFFICE Probably these will be found in the actual adverse owner- ship of others who should have released if that is the case. But if abandoned under adverse titles, it would be good for the county to have these the property of the reservations, In my opinion after one has excluded the Cranberry marsh and the Schooner Head Road property;candyery small sum if any would amply compensate the Bingham Trustees. I believe they take part and Mr. Hamlin takes part of the consideration of each release deed. I do not believe that the Bingham part of those release deeds more than pays for the cost of keeping up the organization and taking care of the papers and knowing what is going on about Hancock County, Maine. Professor Samuel Eliot Morison, who goes to Seal Cove in the summer and is one of the active men in the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, is ready to make progress with the development of these records when they are available. For instance, he would be likely to require a research student to camp in Ellsworth during the summer season and write a thesis upon the Bingham Trustees, the Captain Black agency, or even perhaps the relationship of Colonel John Black to the Ashburton treaty and the international boundary disputes. I submit that for a very moderate expenditure for building, perhaps additional endowment, and the Bingham records a public service could be thesie of romantic interest and importance. FILE NO. HALE AND DORR ORIGINAL FILE COPY NOT TO LEAVE THE OFFICE A. H. Lynam, Esq. 7. The panic of 1837 can be traced in many interest- ing developments in Colonel Black's letter book and other papers. Your a very truly, RICHARD W. HALE Richard #. Hale. B. E.K. MAR 24 1933 Lymom copy 2 THE BAR HARBOR TIMES WEDNESDAY MARCH 26, 1924 GOVERNMENT APPROVED PARK What Are the Wild Wa c. ROAD PLANS IN 1922 Report of Assistant Director of National Park PERKINS, WHAT ARE YOU on Service Approving Lafayette Park Plans DOING? TUNING Made Public for First Time Today-- IN ON ONE OF Document of Timely THEM CABARETS the the Interest ing oad The hearing that opened in Washington this morning is called erb to see if the National Park Service shall be allowed to complete the ved road work in Lafayette National Park as outlined in a plan approved for by the Department of the Interior in 1922. This plan was approved nse after a careful study of the park by Stephen T. Mather, Director of uld the National Park Service and his assistant, Arno B. Cammerer. Director Mather was here two days and left Assistant Director for Cammerer to complete the inspection and to fully go over the plans [ar- on the ground with Superintendent Dorr. Mr. Cammerer's report of ica. that inspection trip is a document of exceeeidngly great interest at at this time and is made public for the first time today. Its reference to ven 'Exhibit A" and "Exhibit B" are references to blueprints showing of road diagrams. These blueprints THE TIMES can not reproduce in ht- this issue. The report says: mo- rity Memorandum for Director Mather: or two days would be content with that You and I left Washington on the Fed- short space of time but will wish to re- hat eral Express at 7:30 o'clock on the even- main and extend it. This will not be a ago. ing of June 1, 1922, arriving in Boston park for "trippers" but a place for visi- ap- on the morning of the 2d. We left tors spending not less than a week or two. ave Boston on the evening of the 2d, arriving It is to be borne in mind that the great Mt. in Ellsworth, Maine, at 6:40 the next mass of visitors to a national park do not que- morning, motoring from there to Bar desire walking trips over rugged territory wise Harbor, where we were put up by Super- or strenuous climbs; for such, youth and intendent Dorr at his home. Mr. Dorr activity, the habit and love of exercise, pre- had met us in Boston and accompanied are necessary. For the older, the less seen from either above or below and could have accomplished what has been and us to the Park. strong and active, or less strenuously inclined, who are the vast majority, along these rockslide sections boulders done and is being done and will be done reat Saturday, the 3d, was raihy, with low- and other weathered-rock which are and that he has established for all time means must be provided making reason- hanging fog clouds obscuring all except abundant along the route can be so ar- the creation of Lafayette National Park ably accessible the features of special his the immediate distance. With Super- interest and, beauty in the Park. Were ranged that the road will scarcely appear, as it eventually will leave his hands, in is intendent Dorr and his assistant, Mr. at all, in evidence. splendid example for the American people these, in such a system as Superintend- Lynam, I made an automobile circuit of of what a public spirited man, supporte here. ent Dorr has now planned, to be added The roads, with the exception of a the eastern section of the Island and small section of the system flanking by a group of public spirited citizens, in bred to the Park's already extensive foot-trail walked over a path of new construction system, I venture to predict that Lafay- Bubble Pond which will run close to the spired by his initiative and ideals, can de nity along the eastern side of Jordan Pond. to reserve for all time a great scenic are ette National Park will become the most shore of the Pond are surveyed at ele- ad- It was impossible even to see the further for the health, recreation and pleasure popular place of resort for lovers of nature vations sufficiently high to be out of shore of the pond on account of the fog, the American people. He has done this will and landscape to the eastward of the sight from the trails and planned to bring which, however, enabled me to give day Great Lakes and Mississippi. out to the utmost beautifuls reflection and modestly and inconspicuously, wit wholehearted endeavor toward one end more attention that day to the path con- struction and the beauty of the natural Before proceeding to a discussion of the light effects of the lower-lying ponds. as ates. they are termed locally but which are In conclusion, I feel that no elemen as a ground covering. road projects I wish to state that the true lakes. Not until these roads have entering into a thoughtful consideration trail work carried on from early times and ghly The next two days were bright and been built, affording the general public of these road projects seems to have beer recently with fresh energy since the the sunny, and you and I were occupied from such a view as this of these exquisite overlooked. The plan shown in Exhibit Park's creation has resulted in something morning until evening folowing woodland clear, and beautifully shaped bodies of B, in my opinion, shows the reasonabl de- very fine. There are two hundred miles trails and climbing the mountains. On water will it get a true appreciation of solution of handling the practical prob dous of well-kept trails, carefully marked so the 4th we circuited the Amphitheatre their great charm and beauty I am lems of traffic control and distribution that a boy venturing forth for the first head to Jordan Mountain, passing Sar- confident that the future will see 1 de visitors, coupled with fire and game pre- time into the Park area would have no the gent Mountain Pond upon the way. mand rather for the cutting of vistas at tection, and is imperative to meet the trouble to find hie way, Locations have n his The next day we climbed Champlain well-chosen places to open the views to inflowing hosts of visitors the coming Mountain by the Precipice Path, descend- been carefully chosen for the than for vegetation to hide the years will bring The Park is one that land. bring out the greatest scenic value in the ing by the Beehive to Sand Beach, where road CORRFUL personally verified must be enjoyed at leisure. It is smal round areas traversed, and exquisite taste is we bathed and lunched. We then this in following the surv the uno in comparison with our other major apparent alike in the selection of routes S, by motored over to Beech Cliff. posed motor road running along the THIS is rich in its offerings and the care of waysides people flank of Pemetic Mountain, and also the Eventually licensed operators will have and the care way You had to leave on the evening of the Hank of Pemetic Mountain, and also the to be installed to furnish saddle horse High 5th: I remained, to continue my inspec- The original plan for motor roads and section of the road trail system on the untr trail roads tentatively suggested by and light buggy service at reasonable tion and to make preparation of this re- side of Jordan Pond. Neither you nor I prices, eman port, until the evening of June 8th, when Superintendent Dorr is shown, as stated, had time to follow the route of the pro- I left for Boston on the 9 'clock ferry. by Exhibit A. We next come to Exhibit I therefore recommend that the plan urve posed motor road to the top of Cadillac The special purpose of my inspection B. which is a revision of Exhibit A with receive your approval as basic for a motor Mountain, or to climb that mountain, was to study the road and trail system enmination, when you laid before us in Washington recently by visable, of certain extensions or duplica- but anyone who has climbed any one of the major mountain masses will come to Superintendent Dorr on a tentative pro- tions of the road trails. This map shows the sure conviction that a road for motor- tem for Lafayette National Park ject-map which he had prepared and one main, park line for motor travel from ists should lead to the top of at least one I may add that the demand for a devel- which was the result of long study on his the town road now ending blindly near of the mountains 80 that those who can part directed to securing a basic com- the Jordan Pond House to the Bar Har- opment such as Superintendent Dost pro- munication system for the Park. This bor-Somesville road, with a road to the not climb may get opportunity to receive poses to be strong in the State. the inspiration and feel the exaltation of accorded happily with our recent in- summit of Cadillac Mountain springing not only in the immediate region from it opposite Eagle Lake. Road spirit that come with an hour spent on Park, but throughout the whole exten- structions to the superintendents to pre- trails available for foot, horseback, or the breeze-swept hills with their superb sive resort section of Maine which has pare maps, estimates, and other data views over sea and island, losing them- come to regard the Park as an important covering road projects to be submitted horse-drawn vehicle, but closed to motors to Congress as the basis for a general and constituting a separate park system selves in far distance. If one good asset. motor road to the top of Cadillac Moun- road program. enclose in two great, connecting loops the Penobscot-Sargent Mountain mass and tain is not provided in this plan, it will Superintendent Dorr has been study- that of Pemetic Mountain, The Triad inevitably come through popular insis- ing for years the needs of the Park in tence in the future. In fact, every one regard to roads and paths, to link it with and The Bubbles, passing four lakes- of the roads now shown on Exhibit B, the residential sections of the Island and Eagle Lake, Jordan Pond, Hadlock Pond in my opinion, is essential and should be to afford interesting ways of travel and Bubble Pond-upon its course, safely established on this basic plan. In through it, his study including also that Northward it is linked with road-trails my opinion a road up Cadillac Mountain of means to efficient fire control and game of similar character already constructed R will not he equalled anywhere in the protection. Superintendent Dorr's orig- in the Paradise Hill and Witch Hole Pond United States for its combination of inal plan, tentatively laid out, is attached section above the Bluffs on Frenchman's mountain massing, valleys, inland lakes, hereto as Exhibit A. It shows two - Bay. These road-trails have been plan- it and ocean and should be given when tems of ways, one of which, marked in ned along easy grades, affording, when n built a distinctive name that will identify 1, red on the attached blue print, is plan- constructed, to the splendidly wooded it as a national scenic road and give it ned for motor roads; the other, shown in slopes of half a dozen mbuntains absol- !) individuality throughout the world, even yellow, for a system of road-trails for utely necessary lanes for fire and game as the Corniche and other old-world e use on foot or by horse, motors being protection. drives are world famous. S excluded from them. I think it impressed you as it did me, it Exhibit B has been prepared as the Before referring to Exhibit B, which and as was emphasized by Superintend- t, result of an hour's conference between shows conclusions arrived at in confer- ent Dorr, that these sections of the Park ie Mr. Dorr, you and myself, shortly before ence between you, Superintendent Dorr covered not only by yellow lines showing your leaving. Comparison with Exhibit and myself, I want briefly to register road trails, but by the red lines showing in A shows that road details have been d certain impressions that the Park and motor roads, are practically inaccessible eliminated. The map as now altered Island have made on me. except under the most strenuous exer- e shows a simple communicating and feeder I had not been in Lafayette Park be- tions for such protection work or for en- ie system laid out so as to serve the most fore and was surprised at the large scale joyment. I personally traversed the important administrative requirements of the Island. From the point where one thickly forested western slope of Pemetic es of fire fighting and game protection pa- enters it from the mainland, by the bridge Mountain with great difficulty, and from is trols while at the same time affording at the Narrows, to Seal Harbor, is six- the fire protection standpoint, roads of views of the best scenic exhibits of the teen miles by road, while from the head such a character, properly located, are Park without invading other and exten- of Somes Sound to Schooner Head is an absolute necessity. The great value. sive sections which can be reserved to nineteen miles. This constitutes only of a road for fire protection was obvious the walker. the eastern half of the Island which is in the Beech Hill section of the Park, more compact and less extended than where an old, rough road served not only I am returning from this inspection trip the western half and is the section that as a patrol lane for a forest fire that with a true realization of the wonderful you and I covered in such portion as we burned over Beech Mountain two years work Superintendent Dorr has done and d had opportunity. This extent of the ago, creating a scar hundreds of acres in I am confident I can speak for you sim- Island is increased further and empha- extent that will be many years in healing, ilarly in putting this on official record. sized by the bold, abrupt character of but acted as a barrier to that fire when No one can appreciate, until he has been ix the mountain masses, while the wonder- it reached the road; on one side we now on the ground and viewed the immense he ful views of the ocean dotted here and see the native tree growth and plant life tracts of valuable lands turned over to rs there with islands, give a sense of vast- in all its freshness, while on the other side the Government through his efforts, and W ness that eliminates all feeling of narrow- the charred trunks of trees covering the detailed construction work already III ness or restriction. One ;may, indeed, hundreds of acres were in horrible con- done, what a stupendous undertaking it y regard the broad expanse of water, lis- trast. has been. This achievement is quite le landed and stretching away into the without parallel elsewhere. In his splen- In order to ascertain to what extent in horizon, as an extension of the Park, did accomplishment, Superintendent Dorr the roads would be visible from the available for recreational uses. has been ably supported by many other mountains tops when built special atten- It would be difficult to say which of public spirited men in the free and gen- 11 tion was paid to the proposed locations the remarkable opportunities the Park erous donation of lands and money: and I of those along Pemetic and Jordan offers for enjoyment and recreation are in fact, as soon as the road projects Mountains. On Tuesday I circled Jor- the more attractive-woodland walks shown on Exhibit B are approved, dona- dan Pond, partly by the new survey and and rides, walks along well-planned, well- tions of large sums not from one but partly-where such existed-by foot kept trails that lead over the mountains number of public-spirited individuals trails and then followed the motor road and up the precipitous cliffs, affording will be available, not only to build the a through the woods along the western constant succession of grand and besu- motor road from the Bar Harbor-Somes- slope of Pemetic Mountain from the foot tiful, views, or motor trips, or boating ville road to the Jordan Pond road but of Jordan Pond to the northern end of e and sailing, or bathing. To the lover of for the acquisition of thousands of acres Bubble Pond, distance of about three :0 nature the appeal of the woods is irreals of land, not yet in the Park, but so miles. Surveyor Simpson, who made tible. Along the trails on every side the survey, and Mr. Lynam accompan- Estragetically located as to be absolutely objects of fresh interest in plant and an- led Superintendent Dorr and me. The essential for the complete rounding out imal life constantly arising. The road is throughout of the Park and its enjoyment by the lakes are filled with fish and the ocean/is with? maximum five percent grada people. In reviewing these achieve linities in. its- offering for deep With the exception of one for two places ments the conclusion is inevitable that fishing No visitor coming to spend one where it will rockitides cannot Dorr THE OLD LYNAM FARM HOUSE AT SCHOONER HEAD Sketch by William van Dresser, The Widely Known Pertrait Artist, Who is Living in The House This Season It is not generally known, but the Church, Gifford, Hart, Parsons, War- landscape painter that became fam old Lynam Homestead at Schooner ren, Bierstadt, Brown, Colman, the ous, and was the first artist to record lead, has an artistic heritage and pupils of the great William Morris on canvas the grandeur of our scenic background that is equalled by few Hunt, and others. But while no west. His paintings of the Grand rivate homes in this country. It is sketches enrich the walls about the Canyon and the Rocky Mountaine ndeed a shame that the many famous humble domicile at Schooner Head, done in heroic size, today hang in the irtists who have lived in the little there rare stories and memories of Metropolitan Museum of Art. white farm house in the past century artists and artistic adventure which The Cole, referred to in the fifty lid not leave more tangible evidence will make it interesting for a long nine year old article, was probably of their visits than their bare memor- while to come." Timothy Cole, who died recently, He es. If these men had been moved to It is to he regretted that none of was one of the most celebrated wood utograph the walls of the house, it the artistie adventures referred to engrayers in the world, as well as a could show as celebrated a collection were related in the article. It is in- painter of note. of names as Millet's famous dottage teresting to point out the difference F. S. Church, who spent several it Barbizon in the forest of Fontaine of opinion concerning the word summers at Schooner Head during the pleau, whose walls have been made "picturesque". The bygone writer in past century, was one of America's priceless by the sketches and studies Harper's declares that the place is earliest "poet-artists." His work, both which have been painted upon them "not specially picturesque" Ideas paintings and drawings, was fanciful by the greatest names in French art certainly change, for today the Lynam and delightful. history, such as Decamps, Delacroix, Homestead is considered one of the Brown was one of the most popular Delaroche, Rosa Bonheur, Troyon, most attractive spots on Mt. Desert artists of his time. "Brown's News- Corot, and many others. Island. The house faces a mountain, boys," that he painted in the slums It was only by a piece of good for- covered with pines, while almost at of New York City, have made for him ame that the writer discovered that the back doorstep, the restless Atlan- a reputation that is known wherever he homestead was so closely connect- tic beats on the rocks of Schooner artists and things artistic are dis- ed with the artistically great in Head. cussed. America. A copy of Harper's Monthly The withered tree in the yard, re Gifford was a landseape man. The Magazine published in 1872, and care- ferred to, still stands. It is a gnarled Parsons referred to was undoubtedly ully preserved by Mr. Richard W. and hoary apple tree, but it is still €. Parsons who illustrated in wood. Tale, devotes eighteen pages, now bravely putting out green leaves and cuts the Harper's story of Mt. Desert rellow with age, upon the beauty and shoots, and there is still enouzh life Island. Pupils of the great William divertissements to be found upon Mt. in its riven trunk to produce an apple Morris Hunt made their summer Desert Island. The article Is not or two. The old well-sweep no longer headquarters at the Lynam Home ginned, so we do not know who wrote exists, Its tomb is marked by a huge stead. but it is illustrated by Parsons, grindstone, salvaged some years ago With a heritage like this, Mr. van ittingly so, because this renowned from a wrecked vessel. Dresser feels as if he were treading on artist has lived at the Lynam Home- This year ushered in the one hum holy ground. Such a background IS tead and was familiar with the dredth of the Lynam Homestead's inspiring and he attacks etching beauty of Schooner Head, Bar Harbor, istence. The house was built in 1831 plate and drawing board with solemn Somes Sound, Seal Harbor, Northeast which is a tribute to the staunch con vigor. The portrait artist intends to Harbor, and the like. struction of those times. It was origin do what, unhappily, none of his pre- To quote Harper's in Part: "An ally painted red, a somewhat universal decessors have done to leave a object in this vieinity to which is at- color for farms and barns in New tangible momento of his visit. He ached more of human interest is the England, but its present owner, Mr. probably will leave a sketch or an dd Lynam Homestead'. The house Hale, has voted in favor of white, etching or two on the walls, and will tself is not specially pieturesque, and while the barns and outhouses still most certainly inscribe the names of ;he surrounding country is bleak and are dressed in their red garb. the famous artists who have visited bare, while an old well-sweep and a William van Dresser, while he the old homestead in the past. withered tree in the yard givé the etches busily in the garage, which has So, in the future, if the artists come place a look of loneliness and neglect. been made over into his studio, has to the Lynam Homestead as they have But it is the artistic associations of the given bits of history about the famous done in the past, the little white house old house which will make it cele- artists who have preceeded him in the at Schooner Head can point with pride orated, for within its walls have been Lynam Homestead. He says that and say to the chance visitor, 'See, gathered many of the names most Bierstadt was probably the biggest of I have sheltered within my walls, celebrated in American art-Cole, them all. He was America's earliest such and one, and such an one BAR HARBOR TIMES 12/19/34 Albert Harry Lynam Died Monday In Pasadena, California Bar Harbor Attorney Was Very Active In The National Park Albert Harry Lynam, 63, for Austin Richardson of Dedham, many years a member of the Han- Mass. Officials and employees of the cock County Bar and a most high- ly regarded citizen of Bar Harbor, Park paid the following tribute to died Monday in Pasadena, Califor- Mr. Lynam today: nia, where, with Mrs. Lynam and All who are connected with daughter, Miss Marie Lynam, he Acadia National Park will feel had gone to spend the winter. Mr. Lynam was a native of keenly the death of Mr. A. H. Tremont, was admitted to the bar Lynam who was intimately as- in 1395, and has been in active sociated from the beginning with practice here for sometime. At the work of its creation and de- the time of his death he was a velopment. He was a true friend, member of the firm of Deasy, a wise counsellor and an expert Lynam, Rodick and Rodick. authority of the highest order in his legal field. He was regarded as an expert conveyancer and a title authority. In personal relation no kinder He was a director of the Bar Har- or more loyal friend could exist bor Banking and Trust Company than he, and Bar Harbor never and assistant to the superinten- had a better citizen. His mem- dent of the Acadia National Park. ory will stay fresh and green with During the past twenty years he all who worked with him or shar- has been an active participant in ed his friendship as long as they all Park or Rockefeller projects. themselves survive." He was high in Masonry and a Funeral services will be held member of Anah Temple of the at the St. Saviour's Church at Mystic Shrine. 8:45 a. m. Tuesday, December Besides his widow and daughter 25th and interment will be at the he is survived by a sister Mrs. Hulls Cove Cemetery. 5/17/2016 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size Re: A. Harry Lynam discovery From : Ruth Eveland Tue, May 17, 2016 10:41 AM Sender: ruth eveland Subject Re: A. Harry Lynam discovery To : Ronald Epp Cc Bill Horner , Pauline Angione Intriguing - will read more closely when I'm not as briskly scheduled. Fred Lynam is one of the Jesup's benefactors - we receive $1,000 per year from his will, and are often recipients of grants from their trust as well. Thanks, Ruth Ruth A. Eveland Director Jesup Memorial Library 34 Mt. Desert Street Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 207/288-4245 (library); 207/610-2355 (cell) reveland@jesuplibrary.org www.jesuplibrary.org Jesup Memorial Library: "Anchor to the Past; Chart to the Future" On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 8:16 PM, Ronald Epp wrote: Hi, Below you will find a wealth of information about the elusive A. Harry Lynam, courtesy of the present owner of the Hulls Cove home (called the "Covened") that Harry once called his own. I was contacted by Norm Beamer who is a client of Doug Chapman. In late April Norm and his wife visited Doug from their year round Palo Alto (CA) residence and my Dorr biography was on the edge of Doug's desk. One thing led to another and Doug encouraged the Beamers to contact me since he thought that our team might have uncovered additional information about Lynam in our archive inventory process. We talked yesterday by phone and this email I just received. This information holds great promise. I am only beginning to process the array of data at hand but I immediately wanted to share it with all of you in part to tease from you possible implications. The Beamers plan to return to MDI in October which might be an opportunity for us to meet with them after we have had time to assimilate their findings. Your thoughts? Ron From: "Norman Beamer" To: "Ronald Epp" Cc: "Diane Tasca" Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 6:26:35 PM Subject: Harry Lynam info We enjoyed talking to you yesterday. I am enclosing some information that may be of interest: ttps://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=370401&tz=America/New_York&xim=1 1/2 5/18/2016 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size - Re: Harry Lynam info From : Ronald Epp Wed, May 18, 2016 08:17 PM Subject : Re: Harry Lynam info To : Norman Beamer Cc : Bill Horner Dear Norman & Diane, I too enjoyed our talk last weekend. I was overwhelmed by the content in your most recent email and shared it with three other researchers that Doug Chapman permitted to mine the archives of the Deasy/Lynam firm. Speaking of law firms, I researched your names on the Internet and found that Norman had been employed by the Ropes & Gray firm. I expect that you knew the deep history of that firm, including perhaps Dorr's linkage with one of its founders John Chipman Gray. I did extensive research on the Gray family of Lynn (MA) since George Dorr's mother (as you may know) was a Gray, a cousin of JCG which makes Acadia's founder a relative, once removed. The memoir of JCG by Roland Gray (1917) reveals a personality with much overlap with that of George B. Dorr. Given the extensive documentation provided, I too am led to the conclusion that you two own the Lynam property. It remains most curious that the obituary in the Bar Harbor Times (12/19/1934) makes no mention of his former Hancock County residence, noting only that he died at the home of his daughter, Miss Marie Lynam, in Pasadena; further describing him as a native of Tremont, he was survived by a sister Mrs. Austin Richardson of Dedham (MA). Do you have a copy of this obituary? If not, I'll send a copy; you will also find value in Bill Horner's excellent essay "Deasy, a Maine Man," Chebacco XI (2010) which I or Bill (see my cc) can mail along with a photo of Lynam. There is also an article in the BHT (8/19/31) on "The Old Lynam Farm House at Schooner Head which discusses at length the interest of Hudson River School artists in the property but skirts the issue of ownership (Deb Dyer at the Bar Harbor Historical Society [207-288-3807] may be able to shed light on a possible connection). The Fred C. Lynam (1861-1942) obit in the 4/16/42 BHT credits the birth of the 81 year old to the homestead, serving as treasurer of the BH Banking and Trust Co., where A.H. Lynam had leadership roles as well; his community service activity is rarely equaled by his peers during the 1890-1935 time frame. As I mentioned on the phone, there is exploratory work that needs to be done with the Fred Lynam real estate firm but that will have to wait until the summer months; similarly, with this new information there may be new strategies that we can develop to find out more about the personal and professional life of A,.H. Lynam, akin to what Bill Horner has https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=370741&tz=America/New_York&xim= 1/3 5/18/2016 XFINITY Connect accomplished with Lynam's partner. The key question remains: what was the character of the relationship between the two Lynams? I hope this conversation continues. Your research is much appreciated! All the Best, Ronald Epp 532 Sassafras Dr. Lebanon, PA 17042 From: "Norman Beamer" To: "Ronald Epp" Cc: "Diane Tasca" Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 6:26:35 F Subject: Harry Lynam info We enjoyed talking to you yesterday. I am enclosing some information that may be of interest: As I explained, we own a property in Hulls Cove that we believe was owned and lived in by Harry Lynam. We have fixed it up and are using it for our vacation house and are also renting it out as a vacation weekly rental. Here is a link to the rental page, which includes current pictures: https://www.vrbo.com/575549 Here is a link to a bunch of photos we took when we bought the house in Dec. 2013: https://picasaweb.google.com/Ih/sredir?uname=101678527614569667561&target=ALBUM&id=6285121741890832865 I did some research on Ancestry.com, and found: In the 1910 census, A. Harry Lynam lived at 17 Federal St. with his wife Lena May, daughter Marie, father-in-law Eri Bunker, and 2 "boarders." His profession was "lawyer." Enclosed is the census page, the Ancestry summary, and a Google street view of that address. In the 1920 census, Albert H. Lynam lived at 19 High St. with his wife Lena M., and daughter Marie. His profession was "sawyer [sic - lawyer]". Enclosed is the census page, the Ancestry summary, and a Google street view of that address. o Also, Fredrick Lynam lived at 8 High Street with his wife Hattie A. Lynam. He was an "Insurance Agent." (I didn't enclose that page of the census.) In the 1930 census, Albert H. Lynam lived at Hulls Cove with his wife Lena M., and daughter Marie Fritsch, and a "servant." His profession was "attorney at law". Enclosed is the census page and the Ancestry summary. o Fredrick Lynam still lived on High St. The 1904 Atlas of the Bar Harbor Summer Residents Asscn. in Jessup Library shows a tract that includes our property owned by Margarette Bidle Porter. I enclose a photo (filename "Covend.jpg') I took of that part of the map, with our property circled. Another part of the map (filename "Lynam.jpg'), just up the road away from town, shows a small parcel owned by "A.H.Lynam." In tracing the deeds to our property over the years, I found that Margarette Porter sold the above plot to William H.L. Lee. Later, on 9/25/1926, his heirs sold a part of that property, which included our property, to Fred C. Lynam (copy of deed attached). Four days later, Fred sold our portion of the property to Lena M. Lynam (copy of deed attached), and the other portion of the property to his wife https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=370741&tz=America/New_York&xim= 2/3 5/18/2016 XFINITY Connect Hattie (deed not enclosed.) In the early 1940's, Lena Lynam, then widowed, sold the property to our seller (Austin), and we bought it in Dec. 2013. All this leads me to conclude that Harry and Lena Lynam lived in the house we bought. I don't know the relationship of Fred to Harry - Ancestry.com has family tree info on Fred which does not show Harry as related, and there is no family tree info on Harry. But it seems they had some relationship, and Fred sold our property to Harry's wife, and Harry and his wife show up in Hulls Cove in the 1930 census. I don't know the story behind the other parcel mentioned above owned by Lynam shown on the 1904 atlas - don't know whether Lynam still owned that as of the 1930 census. I hope this is of interest, If you are aware of any records in the archive that Doug Chapman provided which relates to our property, please let me know. As mentioned above, I have done considerable research tracing back the deeds to our property, but there are still a number of gaps in the timeline, as I try to go back to the original De Gregoire deed in 1792. https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=370741&tz=America/New_York&xim= 3/3 5/18/2016 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size Re: Harry Lynam info From : Bill Horner Wed, May 18, 2016 09:42 PM Subject : Re: Harry Lynam info To : Ronald Epp Cc : Norman Beamer , Pauline Angione , Sheldon Goldthwait Ron, et al. Sheldon Goldthwait and I have gone extensive research on AHL. He was indeed born in Tremont, but of the surname Murphy. For reasons unclear, he was adopted by a Mrs. ? Lynam of Sullivan, ME. Thus he has no familial relationship to Fred C Lynam. He was educated in the "common schools" of Bar Harbor, worked for a while at the Bar Harbor Record, served as superintendent of schools for the Town of Eden/Bar Harbor, read law in Ellsworth and set up a law practice in Bar Harbor in the 1890's. LB Deasy began his law practice in 1884, initially solo, but soon joined by John Higgins. Unfortunately, Higgins had tuberculosis, moved to Colorado and died there. Deasy and Lynam subsequently created a partnership and the rest, as they say, is history. The Federal Street house was owned by the Mrs. Lynam formerly of Sullivan, I believe. I, too, have seen the real estate transactions that resulted in the Lynams' purchase of the Hulls Cove property and it's subsequent sale to Gerard Austin by Lynam's widow, Lena. AHL's final whereabouts remain frustratingly elusive. His body was shipped home from Pasadena--I have seen the bills for his transport in my researches--and a funeral was held at St Saviour's. The newspaper article says he was buried in the Hulls Cove cemetery but efforts to find him have been futile. Albert Harry Lynam appears to have possessed an uncommon intelligence and skill in clearing titles to the lands that ultimately became Acadia National Park. As Deasy became increasingly involved with state politics and his judicial ascent, Lyman's essential legal relationships with Dorr and Rockefeller become all the more astonishing to me. And to see examples of his work, as we have, is all the more impressive. He was, and remains, a most important figure in the human story of the pioneering creation of a national park from privately held land that Acadia represents. He deserves a higher order of recognition. All of this is off the top of my head at 9:30 PM and may thus be subject to unintentional error. Happy to get more deeply involved when time allows. Bill On May 18, 2016 8:17 PM, "Ronald Epp" wrote: Dear Norman & Diane, I too enjoyed our talk last weekend. I was overwhelmed by the content in your most recent email and shared it with three other researchers that Doug Chapman permitted to mine the archives of the Deasy/Lynam firm. Speaking of law firms, I researched your names on the Internet and found that Norman had been employed by the Ropes & Gray firm. I expect that you knew the deep history of that firm, including perhaps Dorr's linkage with one of its founders John Chipman Gray. I did extensive research on the Gray family of Lynn (MA) since George Dorr's mother (as you may know) was a Gray, a cousin of JCG which makes Acadia's founder a relative, once removed. The memoir of JCG by Roland Gray (1917) reveals a personality with much overlap with that of George B. Dorr. Given the extensive documentation provided, I too am led to the conclusion that you two own the Lynam property. It remains most curious that the obituary in the Bar https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=370743&tz=America/New_York&xim=1 1/3 5/18/2016 XFINITY Connect Harbor Times (12/19/1934) makes no mention of his former Hancock County residence, noting only that he died at the home of his daughter, Miss Marie Lynam, in Pasadena; further describing him as a native of Tremont, he was survived by a sister Mrs. Austin Richardson of Dedham (MA). Do you have a copy of this obituary? If not, I'll send a copy; you will also find value in Bill Horner's excellent essay "Deasy, a Maine Man," Chebacco XI (2010) which I or Bill (see my cc) can mail along with a photo of Lynam. There is also an article in the BHT (8/19/31) on "The Old Lynam Farm House at Schooner Head which discusses at length the interest of Hudson River School artists in the property but skirts the issue of ownership (Deb Dyer at the Bar Harbor Historical Society [207-288-3807] may be able to shed light on a possible connection). The Fred C. Lynam (1861-1942) obit in the 4/16/42 BHT credits the birth of the 81 year old to the homestead, serving as treasurer of the BH Banking and Trust Co., where A.H. Lynam had leadership roles as well; his community service activity is rarely equaled by his peers during the 1890-1935 time frame. As I mentioned on the phone, there is exploratory work that needs to be done with the Fred Lynam real estate firm but that will have to wait until the summer months; similarly, with this new information there may be new strategies that we can develop to find out more about the personal and professional life of A,.H. Lynam, akin to what Bill Horner has accomplished with Lynam's partner. The key question remains: what was the character of the relationship between the two Lynams? I hope this conversation continues. Your research is much appreciated! All the Best, Ronald Epp 532 Sassafras Dr. Lebanon, PA 17042 From: "Norman Beamer" To: "Ronald Epp" Cc: "Diane Tasca" Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 6:26:35 PM Subject: Harry Lynam info https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=370743&tz=America/New_York&xim= 2/3 5/18/2016 XFINITY Connect We enjoyed talking to you yesterday. I am enclosing some information that may be of interest: As I explained, we own a property in Hulls Cove that we believe was owned and lived in by Harry Lynam. We have fixed it up and are using it for our vacation house and are also renting it out as a vacation weekly rental. Here is a link to the rental page, which includes current pictures: https://www.vrbo.com/575549 Here is a link to a bunch of photos we took when we bought the house in Dec. 2013: https://picasaweb.google.com/Ih/sredir?uname=101678527614569667561&target=ALBUM&id=6285121741890832865 I did some research on Ancestry.com, and found: In the 1910 census, A. Harry Lynam lived at 17 Federal St. with his wife Lena May, daughter Marie, father-in-law Eri Bunker, and 2 "boarders." His profession was "lawyer." Enclosed is the census page, the Ancestry summary, and a Google street view of that address. In the 1920 census, Albert H. Lynam lived at 19 High St. with his wife Lena M., and daughter Marie. His profession was "sawyer [sic - lawyer]". Enclosed is the census page, the Ancestry summary, and a Google street view of that address. o Also, Fredrick Lynam lived at 8 High Street with his wife Hattie A. Lynam. He was an "Insurance Agent." (I didn't enclose that page of the census.) In the 1930 census, Albert H. Lynam lived at Hulls Cove with his wife Lena M., and daughter Marie Fritsch, and a "servant." His profession was "attorney at law". Enclosed is the census page and the Ancestry summary. o Fredrick Lynam still lived on High St. The 1904 Atlas of the Bar Harbor Summer Residents Asscn. in Jessup Library shows a tract that includes our property owned by Margarette Bidle Porter. I enclose a photo (filename "Covend.jpg") I took of that part of the map, with our property circled. Another part of the map (filename "Lynam.jpg'), just up the road away from town, shows a small parcel owned by "A.H.Lynam." In tracing the deeds to our property over the years, I found that Margarette Porter sold the above plot to William H.L. Lee. Later, on 9/25/1926, his heirs sold a part of that property, which included our property, to Fred C. Lynam (copy of deed attached). Four days later, Fred sold our portion of the property to Lena M. Lynam (copy of deed attached), and the other portion of the property to his wife Hattie (deed not enclosed.) In the early 1940's, Lena Lynam, then widowed, sold the property to our seller (Austin), and we bought it in Dec. 2013. All this leads me to conclude that Harry and Lena Lynam lived in the house we bought. I don't know the relationship of Fred to Harry - Ancestry.com has family tree info on Fred which does not show Harry as related, and there is no family tree info on Harry. But it seems they had some relationship, and Fred sold our property to Harry's wife, and Harry and his wife show up in Hulls Cove in the 1930 census. I don't know the story behind the other parcel mentioned above owned by Lynam shown on the 1904 atlas - don't know whether Lynam still owned that as of the 1930 census. I hope this is of interest, If you are aware of any records in the archive that Doug Chapman provided which relates to our property, please let me know. As mentioned above, I have done considerable research tracing back the deeds to our property, but there are still a number of gaps in the timeline, as I try to go back to the original De Gregoire deed in 1792. https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=370743&tz=America/New_York&xim= 3/3 5/16/2016 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size - Harry Lynam info From Norman Beamer Mon, May 16, 2016 06:26 PM Subject Harry Lynam info 1 attachment To : Ronald Epp Cc : Diane Tasca Reply To : Norman Beamer We enjoyed talking to you yesterday. I am enclosing some information that may be of interest: As I explained, we own a property in Hulls Cove that we believe was owned and lived in by Harry Lynam. We have fixed it up and are using it for our vacation house and are also renting it out as a vacation weekly rental. Here is a link to the rental page, which includes current pictures: https://www.vrbo.com/575549 Here is a link to a bunch of photos we took when we bought the house in Dec. 2013: https://picasaweb.google.com/Ih/sredir?uname=101678527614569667561&target=ALBUM&id=6285121741890832865 I did some research on Ancestry.com, and found: In the 1910 census, A. Harry Lynam lived at 17 Federal St. with his wife Lena May, daughter Marie, father-in-law Eri Bunker, and 2 "boarders." His profession was "lawyer." Enclosed is the census page, the Ancestry summary, and a Google street view of that address. In the 1920 census, Albert H. Lynam lived at 19 High St. with his wife Lena M., and daughter Marie. His profession was "sawyer c-lawyer]". Enclosed is the census page, the Ancestry summary, and a Google street view of that address. o Also, Fredrick Lynam lived at 8 High Street with his wife Hattie A. Lynam. He was an "Insurance Agent." (I didn't enclose that page of the census.) In the 1930 census, Albert H. Lynam lived at Hulls Cove with his wife Lena M., and daughter Marie Fritsch, and a "servant." His profession was "attorney at law". Enclosed is the census page and the Ancestry summary. o Fredrick Lynam still lived on High St. The 1904 Atlas of the Bar Harbor Summer Residents Asscn. in Jessup Library shows a tract that includes our property owned by Margarette Bidle Porter. I enclose a photo (filename "Covend.jpg") I took of that part of the map, with our property circled. Another part of the map (filename "Lynam.jpg'), just up the road away from town, shows a small parcel owned by "A.H.Lynam." In tracing the deeds to our property over the years, I found that Margarette Porter sold the above plot to William H.L. Lee. Later, on 9/25/1926, his heirs sold a part of that property, which included our property, to Fred C. Lynam (copy of deed attached). Four days later, Fred sold our portion of the property to Lena M. Lynam (copy of deed attached), and the other portion of the property to his wife Hattie (deed not enclosed.) In the early 1940's, Lena Lynam, then widowed, sold the property to our seller (Austin), and we bought it in Dec. 2013. All this leads me to conclude that Harry and Lena Lynam lived in the house we bought. I don't know the relationship of Fred to Harry - Ancestry.com has family tree info on Fred which does not show Harry as related, and there is no family tree info on Harry. But it seems they had some relationship, and Fred sold our property to Harry's wife, and Harry and his wife show up in Hulls Cove in the 1930 census. I don't know the story behind the other parcel mentioned above owned by Lynam shown on the 1904 atlas - don't know whether Lynam still owned that as of the 1930 census. I hope this is of interest, If you are aware of any records in the archive that Doug Chapman provided which relates to our property, please let me know. As mentioned above, I have done considerable research tracing back the deeds to our property, but there are still a number of gaps in the timeline, as I try to go back to the original De Gregoire deed in 1792. Lynam.zip 11 MB https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=370291&tz=America/New_York&xim= 1/1 Ropes & Gray LLP: Norman H. Beamer Page 1 of : ROPES&GRAY NORMAN H. BEAMER RETIRED PARTNER Norman Beamer retired in 2013 with 35 years of experience representing patentees and those accused of infringement in all aspects of patent litigation relating to cellular telecommunications technologies, digital electronics, semiconductor processing, microprocessor architecture, software and Internet technology, and related technologies. He handled contractual agreements, licensing, re-examinations, patent applications, and copyright and trademark litigation. 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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. https://www.ropesgray.com/normanbeamer 5/16/2016 BOOK 603 583 KNOW ALL MEN THESE PRESENT S:- 9/25/26 That We, Ethel McLane Hoffman, of Stevenson, Baltimore County, State of Maryland, and Katharine Lee warfield, of Woodbine, Carroll County, State of Maryland, Lee(Hoffman being the daughters and only surviving heirs of, and the sole devisees taking Warfield) under the will of William H. L. Lee, late of the City, County and State of New York, deceased, in consideration of one dollar and other valuable consider- to Fred Lynam ations paid by Fred C. Lynam of Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine, the receipt Lot 1 + whereof we do hereby acknowledge, do hereby REMISE, RELEASE, BARGAIN, SELL AND CONVEY, and forever QUIT CLAIM unto the said Fred C. Lynam, and his heirs and Nerghening lot assigns forever, a certain lot or parcel of land situated at Hulls Cove in the Town of Bar Harbor, and bounded and described as follows, to wit:- Beginning at a stone post set in the ground at the northwest corner of Lot No. 1 shown on "Map of land at Hulls Cove Point, belonging to W. H. L. Lee et als, Nov. 1883," and filed in the office of the Register of Deeds of Hancook County September 19, 1885, it being also in the southern line of a private way two rods wide; thence south twelve degrees forty-five minutes west (old course south ten degrees forty-five minutes west) but always follow- ing the western line of said Lot No. 1 eighteen rods to a. stone post set in the ground; thence continuing the same course, to wit, south twelve degrees forty-five minutes west one and forty-two hundredths rods to an iron bolt at the shore; thence by the shore westerly to a point ten feet south twelve degrees forty-five minutes east from a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground at the foot of the bank, said iron pipe bearing north eighty-five degrees twenty minutes west and is two hundred forty and five tenths feet distant from the stone post set in the ground last above mentioned as being one and forty-two hundredths rods from the iron bolt at the shore; thence north twelve degrees forty-five minutes west ten feet to said piece of iron pipe driven in the ground at the foot of the bank; thence on the same course, to wit, north twelve degrees forty-five minutes west ninety-two and seventeen hundredths feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground in the easterly side line of the County Road at its intersection with the north line of the home lot formerly of Alden Hamor; thence northerly by said County Road two hundred fifteen feet more or less to said private way two rods wide; thence easterly by said private way two hundred forty-one feet more or less to the place of beginning. Together with the shore lying adjacent to and in front of said above.desoriced lot. Together also with a right of way, for all purposes of a way, in, through and over said private way two rods wide from the eastern line of said above described lot westerly to said County Road. TO HAV AND TO HOLD the same, together with all the privileges and appurt- enances thereunto belonging, to him the said Fred C. Lynam, and his heirs and assigns forever. BOOK 603 584 AND WE DO COVENANT with the said Fred C. Lynam, and his heirs and assigns, that we will WARRANT AND FOREVER DEFEND the premises to him the said Grantee, his heirs and assigns forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons claiming by, through, or under us. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We, the said Ethel McLane Hoffman and Katharine Lee Warfield, and we, R. Curzon Hoffman, Jr. husband of the said Ethel MoLane Hoffman and Edwin Warfield, Jr. husband of the said Katharine Lee Warfield, joining in this deed as Grantors, and relinquishing and conveying our right by descent and all other rights in the above described premises, have hereunto set our hands and seals this 25th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six. Signed, Sealed and Delivered in presence of D F Wacker Ethel McLane Hoffman (L.S.) D F Wacker Katharine Lee Warfield (L.S.) D F Wacker R Curzon Hoffman Jr (L.S.) D F Wacker Edwin Warfield Jr (L.S.) STATE OF MARYLAND City of Baltimore SS. September 25th 1926. Personally appeared the above named Ethel MoLane Hoffman and acknowledged the above instrument to be her free act and deed. Before me, Gertrude C Warns Notarial Seal. Notary Public. Rec'd Sept. 29, 1926 at 5h. m. P. M., and entered by George R. Hadlook, Reg'r. BOOK 603 585 KNOW ALL MEN THESE PRESETS, 9/29/26 THAT I, Fred C. Lynam of Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine, in consideration of one dollar and other valuable considerations paid by Lena M. Lynam of said Faed LYNAM to Bar Harbor the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby REMISE, Lena Lynam RELEASE, BARGAIN, SELL AND CONVEY, and forever QUIT-CLAIM unto the said Lena M. Lynam, and her heirs and assigns forever, a certain lot or parcel of land Lot I situated at Hulls Cove, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine, bounded and described as follows, to wit:- Beginning at a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground in the southern line of a private way two rods wide at a point one hundred thirty-five feet westerly from a stone post set in the ground at the north-west corner of lot No. 1 shown on "Map of land at Hulls Cove Point, belonging to W.H.L. Lee et als, Nov. 1883" and filed in the office of the Register of Deeds for Hancock County Sept. 19, 1885; thence south nine degrees west two hundred seventy-two feet more or less to a piece of iron pipe at the shore; thence by the shore westerly one hundred twenty-four and one-fourth feet, more or less, to a point ten feet south twelve degrees forty-five minutes east from a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground at the foot of the bank; thence north twelve degrees forty-five minutes west ten feet to said piece of iron pipe driven in the ground at the foot of the bank; thence on the same course, to wit, north twelve degrees forty-five minutes west ninety-two and seventeen hundredths feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground in the easterly side line of the County road at its intersection with the north line of the home lot formerly of Alden Hamor; thence northerly by said County road two hundred fifteen feet more or less to said private way two rods wide; thence easterly by said private way one hundred six feet more or less to the place of beginning. Together with the shore lying adjacent to and in front of said above described lot. Together also with a right of way, for all purposes of a way, in, through and over said private way two rods wide from the eastern line of said above described lot westerly to said county road. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same, together with all the privileges and appurt- enances thereunto belonging, to her the said Lena M. Lynam, and her heirs and assigns, forever. AND I DO COVENANT with the said Lena M. Lynam, and her heirs and assigns, that I will WARRANT AND FOREVER DEFEND the premises to her the said Grantee, and her heirs and assigns forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons claiming by, through, or under me. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the said Fred C. Lynam, and I, Hattie A. Lynam wife of the said Fred C. Lynam joining in this deed as Grantor and relinquishing and conveying my right by descent and all other rights in the above described premises, have hereunto set our hands and seals this 29th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six. 586 BOOK 603 Signed, Sealed and Delivered in presence of Fred C. Lynam (L.S.) Hattie A. Lynam (L.S.) STATE OF MAINE, Hancock ss. Bar Harbor Me Sept 29 1926. Personally appeared the above named Fred C. Lynam and acknowledged the above instrument to be his free act and deed. Before me, Guy E. Torrey Notarial Seal. Notary Public. Rec Sept. 29, 1926 at 5h. m. P. M., and entered by George R. Hadlock, Reg'r. KNOW THESE PRESENTS, THAT I, Fred C. Lynam of Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine, in consideration of one dollar and other valuable consideratione paid by Hattie A. Lynam of said Bar Harbor, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby REMISE, RELEASE, BARGAIN SELL AND CONVEY, and forever QUIT-CLAIM unto the said Hattie A. Lynam and her heirs and assigns forever, a certain lot or parcel of land situated at Hulls Cove, Bar Harbor, Hancook County, Maine, bounded and described as follows, to wit:- Beginning at a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground in the southern line of a private way two rods wide at a point one hundred thirty-five feet westerly from a stone post set in the ground at the northwest corner of Lot No. 1 shown on "Map of land at Hulls Cove Point, belonging to W. H. L. Lee et als, Nov. 1883* and filed in the office of the Register of Deeds for Hancock County Sept. 19, 1885; thence south nine degrees west two hundred seventy-two feet more or less to a piece of iron pipe at the shore; thence by the shore easterly one hundred sixteen and one-fourth feet to an iron bolt at the shore in the west line of said Lot No. 1; thence north twelve degrees forty-five minutes east (old course north ten degrees forty five minutes east) but always following the western line of said Lot No. 1, one and forty-two hundredths rods to a stone post set in the ground thence continuing the same course, to wit, north twelve degrees forty-Tive minutes east eighteen rods to the stone post at the northwest corner of said Lot No. 1; thence westerly, by said private way one hundred thirty-five feet to the place of beginning; Together with the shore lying adjacent to and in front of said above described lot. Together also with a right of way, for all purposes of a way, in, through and over said private way two rods wide from the eastern line of said above 1930 United States Federal Census - Ancestry.com - Page 1 of 2 ancestry Albert H Lynam in the 1930 United States Federal Census Name: Albert H Lynam Birth Year: abt 1872 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Maine Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Home in 1930: Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine Map of Home: View Map Street address: Hulls Cove House Number in Cities or Towns: 30 Dwelling Number: 347 Family Number: 387 Home Owned or Rented: Owned Home Value: 12,000 Radio Set: Yes Lives on Farm: No Age at First Marriage: 27 Attended School: No Able to Read and Write: Yes Father's Birthplace: Maine Mother's Birthplace: Maine Able to Speak English: Yes Occupation: Attorney - At - Law Industry: general rastial practice Class of Worker: Working on own account Employment: Yes Household Members: Name Age http://search.ancestry.com/search/collections/1930usfedcen/7057021/printer-friendly?_phs 5/15/2016 1950 United States Federal Census - Ancestry.com Page 2 of 2 Name Age Albert H 58 Lynam Lena M 51 Lynam Marie L 28 Fritsch Augusta M 40 Zande Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: Bar Harbor, Hancock, Moine; Roll: 832; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0003; Image: 1110.0; FHL microfilm: 2340567 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census (database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Description The 1930 Census contains records for approximately 123 million Americans. The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of Americans in 1930, and contains information about a household's family members and occupants including: birthplaces, occupations, immigration, citizenship, and military service. The names of those listed in the census are linked to actual images of the 1930 Census. Learn more c 2016, Ancestry.com http://search.ancestry.com/search/collections/1930usfedcen/7057021/printer-friendly? p phs 5/15/2016