ROBERT H. GARDINER ROBERT H. GARDINER, JR. CABLE ADDRESS ROBGARD, BOSTON WM. TUDOR GARDINER BARRISTERS HALL. WESTERN UNION CODE PAYSON DANA PEMBERTON SQUARE, BOSTON. MASS. UNIVERSAL EDITION P. o. BOX 1647. February 1, 1918. Messrs. Deasy & Lynam, Bar Harbor, Maine. Gentlemen:- I ought to have taken more time to explain the proposed changes in the procedure as to the Cochrane-Sullivan land at Bar Harbor. I enclose duplicates of deeds by Lynde Sullivan, et al. - one to the Hancock County Trustees and one to the Kebo Valley Club and one by Mrs. Cochrane to the Kebo Valley Club. Lynde Sullivan has signed the two deeds, and I have sent them to his brother for signature. I have not sent the deed from Mrs. Cochrane to the Club, because I was waiting to get the form of her deed to the Hancock County Trustees settled. I also return the deed which I believe you drew from Mr. Dorr to the Hancock County Trustees which I had changed into a deed from Mrs. Cochrane to those Trustees. I will see if she will execute it with the omission of the words stricken out in red ink in the insert "A", which I proposed to add to the habendum. I hope that it will not be necessary to re-write the deeds which Lynde Sullivan has already signed, but, if you think it is, please make such changes as you think are necessary. It is, therefore, proposed that there shall be two deeds to the Club and two to the Trustees of Public Reservations. The Club will pay $250. for its two deeds and the Trustees of Public Reservations will 2- Messrs. Deasy & Lynam pay $1,000. for the deed from Lynde Sullivan, et al. paying nothing for the deed from Mrs. Cochrane. Please return all these deeds, for I have kept no copies. Yours truly, RHG/B Encs. ROBERT H. GARDINER ROBERT H. GARDINER, JR. CABLE ADDRESS ROBGARD, BOSTON WM. TUDOR GARDINER BARRISTERS HALL. WESTERN UNION CODE PAYSON DANA PEMBERTON SQUARE, BOSTON. MASS. UNIVERSAL EDITION P. O. BOX 1647. January 25, 1918. Messrs. Deasy & Lynam, Bar Harbor, Maine. Gentlemen:- I am writing directly to you instead of through Mr. Hamlin, for I suppose that he is pretty nearly as tired of this - business as I am. Mrs. Cochrane absolutely declines to sign any deed to Mr. Dorr; moreover, she insists that her grantees shall have no power of alienation. I took your draft of deed from Dorr to the Hancock County Trustees, which I enclose herewith, changing it to make it a deed from Mrs. Cochrane to the Trustees and submitted it to Mr. Dorr in Washington. He replied by telegraph and by letter (which are not identically the same ) adding to my pencil words in the habendum a line in pencil in brackets. Over the habendum I have pinned an insert which I propose to use instead of the pencil words written by Mr. Dorr and me. I understand that Mrs. Co chrane will sign this deed so drawn, but I thought it better to submit it to you, as well as to Mr. Dorr, before making the final draft. I enclose also copies of Dorr's telegram af the 21st inst. and letter of January 23, 1918. Please return to me this deed, making on it such changes as you desire. If I submit the deed with the pencil changes to Mrs. Cochrane, she can see more readily exactly what is proposed. I am also drawing a deed from the Messrs. Deasy & Lynam -2- Sullivans, who own two-thirds of the Kebo Mountain lot,to the Hancock County Trustees, using the form proposed for the deed by Dorr to those Trustees, without inserting the additions which I am suggesting to you for the deed from Mrs. Cochrane. The Sullivans are to be paid cash, so they have no particular right or desire to insist on the terms on which the property shall be held. I note from your letter of January 12th to Mr. Dorr that there is one course left blank because it was blank in the deed from which you took the description. Yours sincerely, RHG/B Encs. Mr. Alexander Cochrane has writer's cramp very badly, SO that it is quite painful and difficult for him to sign. I suppose you would not like his signature by stamp. I propose, therefore, to execute for him under power of attorney of which I enclose a copy. I shall expect to record the original, of course, with the deed. / W. E. BAKER & co. ENGINEERS W. E. BAKER 27 WILLIAM STREET H.R. BISHOP NEW YORK Description Registration of the S.S. of Lynde seeds office estate Ellaworth oftaned from the Beginning lot at a stone post in the South East line of back West of line of F.J. alley land and runs 55.30'W following the C.J. How S.K. the whiting John Harden 2744 feet, then of formerly owned by E.Leland now following to n.w line of land of It.s. Radick S48.30'N 1634feet an iron bolt in a rock in the centre of the Brook, thence following the centre of said Brook N 28° 15' E 72 feet thence N 8° E 194 N 21 . 30 E 55 N 1/2° E 61 " N32°.25'W the 106 feet to the centre of old road thence on Centre of said road N. 2805 E 103 feet N 13:50'E / 64 N 25.50 E 99 N 12. 50 E 92-" N 2°-10' E 157 N 5° 10 W 139 N 19: E 47 N 39: 5 E 54 N 19° 10' E 56 N 7: 45E 75 " N 22° 30'E 51/2," N 16 45 E 117=" N 30° 50'W 130 N 7° E 121 N 22°25'E 74 N 7°. 45 E 84 N 9: 5 w 116 N 14°E 712 N 40°E 150 " N 19° 15' E on page 2 Continent from sheet ne W. E. BAKER & CO. 2 ENGINEERS 27 WILLIAM STREET NEW YORK W. E. BAKER H.R. BISHOP N 5 - 30' E 76 feet N8°W 93," N 20-30'E 65/2" N 25-15E 70 " N.42° 30'E 108" N 23 - 25'E 482" N 12°E 132" N 27° 55'E N 14° - 10' E 85 N 1° 40' E 74" N 10° 20'E 95 N 33° 30'E 62" N 48°E 151/2" N 66:30 E E 35 feet thence S 40 E.8 feet to a stone post I.J. on the alleys east South side like of old 5.40° road E 166 shence feet following a stone post said corner; said alleys alleys South East South line East N thence following first to a mentioned spotted oak found thence containing N 48°15'E 49°45' 142 64 E feet 428 feet the 0 acres. EDWARD B. MEARS COUNSELLOR AT LAW, BAR HARBOR, MAINE. 202 South 15th Street, Philadelphia, Pa., March 12, 1917. George B. Dorr, Esq 18 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Mass. Dear Mr. Doir: - In re: Kebo Mountain tract. I have heard nothing from you in reference to the above matter since December 15th when I received your telegram, which reads as follows:- "Grateful thanks in Trustees name. Important Kebo accomplishments. Please close. Will write concerning payment." Since receiving the above telegram, I notified Mr. Gardiner in reference to the matter and he has since written me under dates of January 5th and February 3rd, asking what progress I had made in the matter. I have been obliged to tell him that I have heard nothing from you since your telegram of December 15th. Please let me know what I shall write Mr. Gardiner in reference to this matter. I wish to congratulate you on your re-election as a member of the Board of Selectmen of Bar Harbor. Yours very truly, EBM/M E.B. Mears EDWARD B. MEARS COUNSELLOR AT LAW BAR HARBOR, MAINE May 25, 1917. George B. Dorr, Esq . , Cosmos Club, Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Dorr: In reference to the Kebo Mountain tract of land for the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations, I would Bay that I have received a letter from Mr. Gardiner, in which he tells me if the matter were closed now, he believes Mrs.Cochrane would donate her share to the Trustees. As she owns a third interest, this would reduce the purchase price from $1500. to $1000. so if you could raise the $1000. we could close the matter at this time without further delay. It would not be possible to create a mortgage for the owners of this lot to take, as there are quite a number of owners and the mortgage would have to be divided into very small parts, and it would not be worth while to the owners to bother with a sale on this basis. I arrived in Bar Harbor this morning for the summer, so please communicate with me direct here and not to Philadelphia. If you can possibly telegraph me on receipt of this letter, I wish you would do so, as I would like to close with Mr. Gardiner and take advantage of Mrs. Cochrane's generous offer. Yours sincerely, Dic.M. E.1. Mean ROBERT H. GARDINER ROBERT H. GARDINER, JR. CABLE ADDRESS ROBGARD, BOSTON WM. TUDOR GARDINER WESTERN UNION CODE BARRISTERS HALL. PAYSON DANA PEMBERTON SQUARE, BOSTON, MASS. UNIVERSAL EDITION P. O. BOX 1647. February 14, 1918. Messrs. Deasy & Lynam, Bar Harbor, Maine. Gentlemen:- I am getting the Cochrane-Sullivan deeds signed, so that I will be glad to know whether the drafts which I sent you are correct. If changes have to be made, it would be better for me to make them before I get many more signatures. I dare say you are waiting to hear from Mr. Dorr. In that case, please let me know, and I will see if I can stir him up. Yours truly, RHG/B January 26. 1918. Robert H. Cardiner, Req., Barrister's Hall, Boston, lass. Dear Sir: lie have your fevor of January 25th, with enclosures. Lir. Dorr is, WO believe, in Washington. is do not imon his address and cannot immodiately communicate with him. Answering your specific inquiries: We should be antisfica to have you sign a8 Mr. Cochrane's attorney, the Power of Attorney to be recorded. The form of the doed from Mrs. Cochrene to the Trust- ees of Public Reservations as suggested by you is satisfactory, 0X- cept possibly 88 follows: (i) No have made a few pencil alterations in the description which in the interest of precision ought to be incorporated. (2) life do not like the conditional limitation for the reason that we learn from some corresponience with the department it Tash- ington that the Government is indisposed tc take over property sub- ject to a right of reversion. However, we understand fully that the Trustoes of Public Reservations are not in position to make terms, 80 that if Mrs. dochrane thinks it west to insert such a condition the Trustees will he:vo to take the deed in that form note thstending there may be some eubarrassament when the property is offered to the Government as a part of the National Park. The changes in the procedure create some difficulty, 89 shown by the following explanation of the situation as we understand it: We enclose a sketch showing the Lynde Estate Lot, A-13-C-D, January 26, 1918. R.H.C. #2- the old road forming the western boundary. We understand that Mrs. Cochrano owns one-third and the Sullivans two-thirds of this property; that Mrs. Cochrane is will- lag to donate her one-third for park purposes and that the Sullivans are willing to soll their part for $1250. The Trustees of Public Reservations are rich in land but poor in monoy. They have $1,000 derived from a bequest which can be used for this pur- pose. To raise the balance of the money required, $250, they have arranged to let the Kebo Valley Club have a small corner, being the part of the lot shown on enclosed plan north of the red line. This part is not necessary for the purposes of the Trustees. It would be useful to the Kebo Valley Club and the Club 18 willing .to take it. The draft of deed enclosed does not include the small parcel north of the red line. It does include everything south 01 it. The end which it is desired to attain is to have the land Bouth of the red line conveyed to the Trustees for public purposes and the little piece north of the red line convoyed to the Kebo Valley Club for its purposes. You will be able to dotermine better than we can whether this can be brought about and what the best method is. Hro. Cochrane is not asked to give anything to the Kobo Valley Club. If she would be willing to join in a deed of this small January 26, 1918. R.H.G. #3- paroel to the Club for the purpose of enabling the Trustees to acquire for public purposes the whole of the balance of the property the Trustees would very much appreciate it. This smell triangular parcel was included in the deed to Mr. Dorr 88 original- ly drafted. A description of this small parcel is contained in the draft of deed from Dorr to the Kebo Valley Club, which you have. You will understand that we are not authorized to speak for Mr. Dorr in this matter and are simply giving you our own ideas about it. Your 8 truly, LBD/MC Sompreet Club, Boston. Mac121"1918 Wean m Lynam " I went in to su M Gardine din affilion about the Kebs lauds and agreed init live that we would pay for om par- tion of them the $1000 agreed after, and leave the Kibo holf Club lot, 250, to buid for late the Club theyau-alley luncry in makes delay he the matter Their links happley able without this lot and if Nine were asked they still Would have to pay itN go only business M G. Malizer this du tilley of let am transactive J. through Do aily ym Ju that the chief m payment is forwarded al one to nu Mamber to we Can close it up I 11 expect to get off Somerset Club, Boston. then Young and Washington Than been hay ill, Khene at theur list afad cold fre ballet the Citis that him few in its have quite bud Our Mt; and the have Than CO had to do has made it dy ficult get our W the late Write weather you have butter the the about the Cutting forder sheam W Pnd it's al the Pond but on its throm Don't take the this & Mm our if throd au bad, N other NU proter Car not handy But ) would like to make Juli that Cutting w Hill going On- And that you Can do by Wephon, Garm March a , 1918. Fon. p. E. Hamlin, Ellsworth, Maine. Bro. Hamlin: In reply to my telegram, Mr. Mears writes briefly as follows: "My recollection is that Mr. Dorr arranged with Mr. Ketter- linus for the payment of the $250., from the Kobo Valley Club, for its share of the Kebo Mountain Lot." Yours very truly, LBD/MC Form 1207 CLASS OF SERVICE DESIRED Fast Day Message WESTERN UNION Receiver's No. Day Letter Night Message WEST ERN UNION Check Night Letter X Pazrons should mark an X oppo- TEL a to the class of service desired: CORAM / THERWISE THE TELEGRAM Time Filed VILL BE TRANSMITTED AS A FAST DAY MESSAGE. NEWCOMB CARLTON. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. E. ATKINS, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT 5. d the following telegram, subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to March 15th, 1918. 191 o E. B. Nears. Bag., 1818 Dilancey Place Street and No. 202 South 15th Street, Place Philadelphia, Pa. Hamlin has Lynde Cochrage deeds to Reservations and Kebo Club. We have thousand from sorvations. Lynam has 110 authority to nev two fifty for Club. Goor pe Robbins writes him that' no vote anthony authorizing payment and no meeting till April. Hamlin's clients very urpant. Can you do anything. 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Day Letters may be forwarded by the Telegraph Company as a SPECIAL-TERMS APPLYING TO NIGHT LETTERS: deferred service and the transmission and delivery of such Day Letters In further consideration of the reduced rate for this special "Night is, in all respects, subordinate to the priority of transmission and Letter" service, the following special terms in addition to those delivery of regular telegrams. enumerated above are hereby agreed to: B. Day Letters shall be written in plain English. Code language A. Night Letters may at the option of the Telegraph Company is not permissible. be mailed at destination to the addressees, and the Company shall C. This Day Letter may be delivered by the Telegraph Company be deemed to have discharged its obligation in such cases with respect by telephoning the same to the addressee, and such delivery shall be a to delivery by mailing such Night Letters at destination, postage compléte discharge of the obligation of the Telegraph Company to prepaid. deliver. B. Night Letters shall be written in plain English. Code language D. This Day Letter is received subject to the express understand- is not permissible ing and agreement that the Company does not undertake that a Day No employee of the Company is authorized to vary the foregoing: March 4, 1918. Hon. H. E. Hamlin, Ellsworth, Maine. Bro. Hamlin: We herewith return the five papers referred to and listed in your letter of February 28 th. These seem to be connect, except that on the third page of each of the two deeds to the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations the word "northwest" does not seem to be strictly correct. The lot is triangular and the corner in question is really the west corner. It would be correct to call it the southwest corner. It seems not entirely accurate to describe it as the northwest corner. The parcel has no northwest corner strictly speaking. However, from the corner in question the call is "following the south line" of the lot to the point of beginning. There can be no possible doubt as to the intent or effect of the deed. We merely call your attention to this, not insisting on the making of any change unless you think it best. (See copy enclosed). We have $1,000 in our hands. For tho rest we shall have to wait for Mr. F. C. Lynam who is on his way from Florida and who is expected in a few days. As soon 88 he comes to will send you check for the whole. You will then kindly stamp the deeds and file them for record, directing the register to charge registration to this office. We have not been asked to examine the title to this property, but have noticed that Helen Sullivan (apparently a different person March 4, 1918. H.E.H. #2- from Helen L. Sullivan) had some interost in the property. We assume that the grantors in these deeds succeeded to her title but do not know. In one of our letters to Mr. Gardiner we asked about this but he apparently overlooked that part of our letter and made no reply. Do you know about this ? Yours very truly, LBD/MC February 13, 1918. Robert H. Gardiner, Esq., Barrister's Hall, Boston, Mass. Dear Sir: We enclose the four drafts of deeds which you sent us. A, B and C seem satisfactory, except: 1- we note that Helen Sullivan WE one 01 the owners. Perhaps L.S., J.A.S. and H.L.S. have succeeded to hor titlo. You will know about this. 2- The word "said" in fourth line of description should be "the". The Kobo Club isnot mentioned above. This is obviously of trivial consequence. If deeds have been signed do not bother to make any change. AS to D we make the following suggestions: After the word "Park" in your addition to the amendment add the words "or Monument". The reason for this is that the federal act authorizing the Prosident by proclanation to establish public re- servations uses the torm Monument and not Park. As we understand it Congress establishes National Parks by special act. The President, by proclamation, establishes l'omments. The deed of one of the California Parks, which we ha :0 used as a precedent, contains this habendum: "NO HAVE AND HOLD unto the United States of America, for the public good and as a National Monument forever." For these reasons we should like to have you add the words "or Monument". The description contained in D is satisfactory, or you can put in the deed D the same description as in C. As Mrs. Cochrane is February 13, 1918. R.H.G. #2- to convey her interest in the small percel to the Kobo Valley Club and 38 we have satisfied ourselves that the description in the deed C includes everything intended to be conveyed the insertions which we suggested in pencil and by attached rider are not necessary. Either description includes same land. Yours very truly, LBU/MC SAMPLE EUGENE HALE LAW OFFICES AT HANNIBAL E. HAMLIN ELLSWORTH AND BAR HARBOR HENRY M. HALL MAINE hale & Gamlin Attorneys and Counselors at Law, Ellsworth, Maine Feb. 26, 1918. Messrs. Deasy & Lynam, Attorneys-at-Law Re : Sullivan, Cochrane et als Bar Harbor, Me. to Hancock County Trustees etc. and Kebo Valley Club. Bros. Deasy & Lynam:- We mailed to Mr. Gardiner power of attorney from Mr. Cochrane to him, asking, as you desired, the attachment of the usual certificate showing capacity of the Judtice of the Peace taking the acknowledgment. I am in receipt this morning of a letter from Mr. Gardiner dated the 25th inst. of which I am enclosing to you copy. It explains itself. Hope the power of attorney may be back here all right by Friday next when you expect to be here, that you may have received the necessary funds, and we can close matters all up. Hastily but very truly yours, HEH/C COPY Robert H.Gardiner, Jr. ROBERT H. GARDINER Cable Address Wm. Tudor Gardiner Robgard, Boston Payson Dana Barristers Hall Western Union Code Pemberton Square, Boston, Mass. Universal Edition P. O. Box 1647 February 25, 1918. Messrs. Hale & Hamlin, Ellsworth, Maine. Dear Mr. Hamlin:- I think I forgot to say the other day, in enclosing the Kebo Mountain deeds, that Mr. George B. Dorr came in just as I was mailing them to you, so I showed them to him, and he said they were satisfactory. That may save a letter from Deasy & Lynam to him. Yours sincerely, RHG/B (sgd) Robert H. Gardiner. LAW OFFICES AT EUGENE HALE ELLSWORTH AND BAR HARBOR HANNIBAL E. HAMLIN MAINE HENRY M. HALL Sale & Hamlin Attorneys and Counselors at Law, Ellsworth, Maine February 27th, 1918. Messrs. Deasy & Lynam, Attorneys-at-Law, Bar Harbor, Me. Bro. Deasy:- The power of attorney from Alexander Cochrane to Robert H. Gardiner has been returned to us with certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts attached showing the capacity of the acknowledging magis- trate, and I hope now everything on the part of the grantors is ready. Shall expect therefore to be able to close mat- ters up with you when you come here on Friday. Mr. Gardiner has written me authorizing me to stamp the deeds I think in accordance with your views. If for any possible reason you have to change your plans about coming here, or the closing must for any reason be delayed beyond Friday, will you kindly telephone me. Hastily but very truly yours HEH/C DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Washington Dear Mr. Gardiner, I return the deeds in accordance with your telegram. The only point is the importance of leaving the Reservations free to deed the land to the United States, when it is ready to accept it along with other, - this being a matter involving a fresh proclamation by the President, which could not effected immediately. The deed to the Gov't. would run "for Park purposes & no other" & contain a clause, as an additional safeguard, returning the land to the Public Reser- vations should the U.S. at any time no longer wish to retain it. a general clause I had inserted in our earlier deeds as well, with the Secy of the Interior's Concurrence, but simply as a "counsel of perfection " in this case. As this land is essential to the Park's good boundary on the Bar Harbor side - The legal approach to this land, the possibility of buildings being placed on it apart, lies, by the way, directly across the Kebo Valley links, which it would ruin if enforced - It has not been used since the links were built. I have secured opportunity instead for a park approach up a long the brookside, skirting the links up from another road; but this of course would be available only as a park approach. Yours sincerely, (Signed) George B. Dorr Jan. 23rd, 1918. Washington D.C. Jan. 21-18 Robert H. Gardiner Barristers Hall Pemberton Square Boston, Mass. Letters Recd Modification of Dies entirely satisfactory except that reservations will need power to deed land for park purposes to United States when ready to accept Suggest alteration as follows without power of alienation other than conveyance to United States for park purposes and no other If satisfactory telegraph assent to Cosmos Club Washington and will have deeds redrafted ac- cordingly Geo B Dorr March 11, 1918. Hon. H.E. Hamlin, Ellsworth, Maine. Bro. Hamlin: Cochrane et als matter. We found upon Mr. Lynam's return that he had received no specific authority to make the payment. He has applied for authorization. Undoubtedly he will receive it. As soon as we have the funds in hand WO will remit. Regretting delay, we are Yours truly, LBD/MC EUGENE HALE LAW OFFICES AT HANNIBAL E. HAMLIN ELLSWORTH AND BAR HARBOR HENRY M. HALL MAINE hale & hamlin Attorneys and Counselors at Law, Ellsworth, Maine March 9th, 1918. Messrs. Deasy & Lynam, Attorneys-at-Law, Bar Harbor, Me. Bro. Deasy:- In the matter of Cochrane and Sullivan et als to Hancock County Trustees, and Kebo Valley Club, it seems Mr. Fred C. Lynam returned to Bar Harbor on Tuesday last. He was here on yesterday, but I understood from him that you had not said anything to him about the money for the Kebo Valley Club. Is there any further difficulty about this matter? I forwarded the deeds from Mrs. Cochrane and from Sullivan et als to the Trustees, to Mr. Gardiner, with your sug- gestion about the changing of the word northwest to southwest, and Mr. Gardiner has returned the deeds with these changes made. I think his original description was copied from the one prepared by you. Inasmuch as under the will of Helen Sullivan the executors have a certain power of sale, following my recent letter to Mr. Gardiner I expect he will forward to me at once some releases on the part of the executors under the power of sale noted. These Mr. Gardiner regards as only confirmatory, and thinks they should not be stamped. In this I hope you may concur., As you know, I would like much to get this matter cleaned up, as while we don't feel that we have been responsible in this office for the delays, yet it seems to us as though the Boston end has been charging the delays very much up to us. Hastily HEH/C but very truly yours, EUGENE HALE LAW OFFICES AT HANNIBAL E. HAMLIN ELLSWORTH AND BAR HARBOR HENRY M. HALL MAINE Sale & Bamlin Attorneys and Counselors at Law, Ellsworth, Maine March 16, 1918. Hon. L. B. Deasy, Attorney-at-Law, Bar Harbor, Me. Dear Mr. Deasy:- Many thanks for your telephoning me and wiring Mr. Mears as to the authority of Mr. Lynam to pay over the money for the Kebo Valley Club. When Mr. Mears went away I think he felt that this matter was in some way sufficiently fixed. Mr. Mears also ad- vised me that a copy of the proposed deed from Mr. Dorr to the Kebo Valley Club had been placed with Mr. Fred C. Lynam. At that time however it was supposed that the present vendors were to convey all the property to Mr. Dorr, and then Mr. Dorr was to make conveyances, one to the Kebo Valley Club and the other to the Trustees of Public Reservations. Since then apparently the plan has changed, and the present vendors are to convey directly to the Kebo Valley Club and to the Trustees. Sincerely hope your telegram to Mr. Mears may accomplish results. In the meantime will you kindly examine the deeds from the executors under the will of Helen Sullivan, and ad- vise me if they are satisfactory, so that matters may not have to be further delayed on account of any possible change you may desire made in these deeds. I passed these deeds to you, as you will re- call, when you were here in Ellsworth the other day. If satisfac- tory you can send them up, and I will keep them with the others. If you desire any changes, let me know and I will at once take mat- ters up with Mr. Gardiner accordingly. Hastily HEH/C but very truly yours, Venish Metropolitan Club, Washington, D.C. March 18, 1918. Deasy & Lynam, Philadelphi Da Bar Harler one Dear Sirs: Your telegram has been received, forwarded from Philadelphia. My recollection is that Mr. Door arranged with Mr. Ketterlinus for the payment of the $250. from the Kebo Valley Club for its share of the Kebo Mountain Lot of the land. Very truly yours, E.B. Mean EBM/G. EUGENE HALE LAW OFFICES AT MANNIBAL E. HAMLIN ELLSWORTH AND BAR HARBOR HENRY M. HALL MAINE Gale & Gamlin Attorneys and Counselors at Law, Ellsworth, Maine March 22d, 1918. Hon. L. B. Deasy, Attorney-at-Law, Bar Harbor, Me. Bro. Deasy:- Thanks for your note of the 21st inst. telling me of the reply of Mr. Mears to your telegram relative to the Kebo Valley Club money, $250. Will thank you to let me know if further steps are to be taken to get this $250, and how soon I may tell Mr. Gardiner there is a prospect of our getting it. Will you kindly look over the deeds which I gave you from the executors of Helen Sullivan, and advise me whether or not they are sat- isfactory. I would like very much to be able to report to Mr. Gardi- ner on this matter. If these deeds are satisfactory and no changes are made it would seem as if the only remaining thing will be your securing the $250 from the Trust Co., which I supposed was all fixed by the officials of the Kebo Valley Club so that Mr. Lynam should pay it. If the officials cannot authorize Mr. Lynum to pay this money in such a way that he is satisfied he will be protected, and we must await some further meeting, I will thank you very much if you will let me know approximately how long we must wait for this, as best you can tell. While I am not to blame for this delay, I have no doubt Mr. Gardiner is still charging it all up against me, and if matters cannot be closed immediately the next best thing I can do is to ex- plain the cause of the delay as best I can, although I don't expect this will change Mr. Gardiner's feelings altogether over my real responsibility for the delay. Hope I will be able to hear from you 2- Hon. L. B. D. at once about the form of the executors deeds, and as to other matters so soon as you can tell me anything of importance. Again thanking you for telling me about Mr.-Mears reply, believe me Sincerely yours, HEH/C Hanniral E H amhin C Above letter dictated by Mr. Hamlin, but he was called away before it could be transcribed. 2 - Hon. L. B. Deasy. P. S. Please let me know the outcome of your efforts with Mr. Mears. Cannot sufficient directors of the Kebo Valley Club assure Mr. Lynam he will be protected in paying over the money, so that he will feel safe in doing so, and without waiting for any meeting? April 18, 1918. Hon. TH. E. Hamlin, Ellsworth, Maine. Bro. Hamlin: I have not at the present time any further information in respect to the consideration for the Kebo Valley Club. There is nothing else that I can do at present about it. I fully expect that when the parties interested roach here they will want to close the transaction and will provide the funds, but at this writing we are helpless. Yours very truly, LBD/MC BOKD EUGENE MALE LAW OFFICES AT MANNINAL E. HAMLIN ELLSWORTH AND BAR HARL HENRY M. HALL MAINE hale & Hamlin Attorneys and Commerlors at Law, Ellsworth. Maine April 17th, 1918. Messrs. Deasy & Lynam, Attorneys-at-Law, Bar Harbor, Maine. Bro. Deasy:- Can you tell me anything new as to when we can complete the transfer between Sullivan et als and the Kebo Valley Club? As you will recall, the deeds already recorded from Sullivan et als to the Hancock County Trust- ees of Public Reservations refer to deed to the Kebo Valley Club of even date, so I suppose in a way it is for the ben- efit of both grantees to have matters cleaned up, and get all deeds recorded etc. In addition, as you know, I am anxious to get our end of it closed up with Mr. Gardiner. If you can give me any news about the situation, or if there is anything I can do to forward matters, by commun- icating with Mr. Mears or anybody else, will you kindly let me know. Hastily but very truly yours, HEH/C January 12, 1918. George B. Dorr, Esq., Somerset Club, Boston, Mass. Dear Mr. Dorr: As requested by your letter of January 11th, we are enclosing draft of dead from yourself to the Trustees of Public Reservations and also a copy of the deed which has previously been executed from yourself to the Kebo Valley Club. The deedsfrom th Estate to you were drafted, as we understand it, by Mr. Hamlin and arenow in the hands of Mr. Gardiner. having been sent by Mr. Hamlin to him. We should not be able to draft a deed from the Estate as we have no data with reference to the grantors and as the dead has al- ready been prepared it would seem unnecessary. We will send you either with this or under separate cover particulars in reference to the organization of the Trustees' of Public Reservations, including a copy from the confirmatory act f the legislature which will show clearly its public character and that any property put in its name is dedicated to perpetual public use. This we have no doubt will be quite as well as to have the same particulars inserted in the deed. Yours truly, P.S. If this draft of deed to the Trusteesetc., . should be executed by you in Boston you will note that there is to be filled in the dates of the deeds to you from Lynde Sullivan et als and from the January 12, 1918. G.B.D. #2- Estate of uelen Sullivan. There is also one course left blank. This was blank in the instrument that we copied the description from and we have no means of knowing what the course is. You will also note that the distances are given in words in all except two cases, where they are given in figures. In this respect the enclosed is an exact transcript of the instrument from which we copied the description. Giving distances in figures is not very good practice but is, of course, just as effectual. As we want to pet the instruments off to you tonight we have not time to rewrite it. March 16, 1918. George B. Dorr, Esq., Somerset Club, Boston, Mass. Dear Mr. Dorr: We are having difficulty in locating the $250.. to be paid by Ke bo Valley Club. The enclosed copy of letter explains itself. Mr. Hamlin's clients seem to be impatient to have the matter closed. We wired Mear's to see if he could do anything to forward the matter. We have one thousand dollars already. Hamlin has the deeds ready to deliver for $$250., but the balance of the money we cannot seem to find. Yours very truly, Johnson 11th "(9/8 Samuel Club Dear M Lynaw. 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Hatfield from any 1.1917 Nov 2 P,M 29,1917. to Nothing attach 9 March 23, 1918. Hon. H. E. Hamlin, Ellsworth, Maine. Bro. Hamlin: We boy to enclose herewith deed from the Executors of the will of Holen Sullivan, also check for $1,000.. and extract from letter of George 3. Dorr, which explains itself. You have probably received instructions in accordance with this letter. Please file the three deeds to the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations for record. Have the recording charged to this office. We presume the deeds to the Kobo Valley Club will be retained by you for the present and have no doubt the money will be forth coming. Yours very truly, LBD/MC