From collection Mount Desert Island Historical Society - Samuel Atkins Eliot Collection
Petition of J. C. Cockle of Mount Desert , 1785
3 typed pages Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages document a petition on behalf of John Benard to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to obtain another copy of the deed to his land and to confirm ownership of said lands after they were stolen from him.
