Book/Printed Material Campobello.
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Image 1 of Campobello. CAMPOBELLO NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION MRS KATE GANNETT WELLS- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 3 of Campobello. CAMPOBELLO NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION fo Rae OA NE To WELLES- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 5 of Campobello. RA 1068 For those who are desirous of exact knowledge concerning the Story of the Boundary Line and the political history of Eastport and its vicinity there is no more comprehensive work…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 7 of Campobello. CAMPOBELLO HE n mysterious charms of ancestry and yellow parchment of petitions to the Admiralty and royal grants of land of wild scenery and feudal loyalty of rough living and knightly etiquette…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 8 of Campobello. ADMIRAL WILLIAM OWEN While the Island was thus slowly growing in population its destiny for the next hundred years was fixed by an untoward accident to Capt William Owen RN As naval…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 9 of Campobello. pleased to direct something to be done for me either by Gratuity Pension or Preferment such as their Lordships may deem me to deserve In November of the same year he wrote…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 10 of Campobello. where he led a wandering life until August 28 1769 when he called a meeting of his friends to consider settling cultivating and improving his Nova Scotia property It was to be…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 11 of Campobello. Indians returned to their camp his Excellency the Governor and his whole suite dined at my house Sundays were days of large dignity for Owen Then he baptized preached and read the…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 12 of Campobello. rupture with France and Spain Owen decided to return to England and on June 14 embarked with his family servants and baggage taking command of the Snow Owen and leaving Captain Plato…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 13 of Campobello. DAVID OWEN William Owen had left his share of Campobello to his young children therefore in 1789 David Owen in holy orders Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge and Senior Wrangler left England…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 14 of Campobello. husbands lawyer and he with some other gentlemen chartered a sloop and brought the family to St Andrews where a house was already pre pared for them Here they remained a year…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 15 of Campobello. to American vessels waiting there Slaves from Norfolk Virginia were sent to some neutral island from there transported to an English ship again out on the lines and then carried to the…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 16 of Campobello. in vain did he offer to the Crown his lands for cash on hand Regardless of British authority wood cutters came on Dudley Island to get a number of sticks to repair…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 17 of Campobello. which they promised to pay onehalf dollar to the poor of Moose Island and that it was Campobellians who had been the great plunderers Nevertheless it was Owens own hired man an…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 18 of Campobello. David who feared that through its effect he might lose possession of another neck of land So he hastened home from the court outstripping his rival and told a squatter who lived…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 19 of Campobello. ADMIRAL WILLIAM FITZWILLIAM OWEN The life of this sole owner of Campobello was curious and pathetic from the time when a boy five years old an inmate of the artillery bar racks…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 20 of Campobello. that they were sent by God Almighty himself as a simple way of assur ing me that as I was under his eye he would himself take care of me So he…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 21 of Campobello. northern end of the present hotel he planted two or three English oaks He placed the sun dial of his vessel in the garden fronting his house and put a section of…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 22 of Campobello. i years speaking of herself My gineral price was three dollars hut when folks was no better off than I I turned in and asked nothin An Indian gave five dollars if…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 23 of Campobello. King of Prussia The long curved mahogany sofa the carved chairs and other pieces of furniture are now owned by the Islanders The library table the coach the Admirals hat pistols and…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 24 of Campobello. was the jubilee among the domestics when a box arrived from England with fabulous dresses ready made Once a year the maids and men of the great house had a ball the…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 25 of Campobello. obtain their share of treasuretrove if ever it were found One bright morning every digger had fled leaving a deep excavation in the ground but far down on its side marked out…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 26 of Campobello. Admiral for the town records for the parish of Campobello date from April 15 1824 James M Parker town clerk At the General Session of the Peace holden at St Andrews the…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 27 of Campobello. _ decreed that neither swine nor boarpig should go at large unless suff ciently ringed and yoked sucking pigs excepted on pain of five shillings for each beast Then the sheep began…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 28 of Campobello. _ and cattle should be impounded Then peace by midnight and safety by day rested over the Island For it was even resolved that all dogs of six months old and upward…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 29 of Campobello. son and William Owen the youngest son let to John Gregg for ten _ years on his life at the rate of 61s six shillings and sixpence On ti the oldest map…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 30 of Campobello. dollars in gold paid down to Captain Robinson as the proceeds of the efforts of sewingcircles and ladies teas Blown down in the renowned Saxby gale it was rebuilt within two years…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 31 of Campobello. the Admirals daughter and her children and their friends as an offering of selfconsecration and of devotion to the building up of a higher life among the Islanders These too brought their…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 32 of Campobello. draw up a form of Prayer for public service for those so exposed to be used at the discretion of the clergy In 1863 the Deans approved of employing a Bovk hawker…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 33 of Campobello. medium of all exchanges with all the population which now amounts to six hundred only Alas the Admirals dreams have never been realized The sawmills which were built long ago fell into…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 34 of Campobello. THE ADMIRALS GREATGRANDSON Tradition and fact still invest the Owen name with tenderness and homage as was shown on July 10 1890 when the greatgrandson of the Admiral revisited Campobello Never has…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 35 of Campobello. In the afternoon a game of baseball was played in his honor and never did his greatgrandfather watch more eagerly for victory over the pirates than did this descendant watch that the…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 36 of Campobello. CAMPOBELLO AS IT IS TODAY In 1881 the Island was purchased of the Owen heirs by a few New York and Boston gentlemen who organized the Campobello Land Com pany The Owen…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 37 of Campobello. Admiral Owen first read the church service Fittingly is the hall named in memory of Sister Portia his granddaughter The parish and friends especially Mrs Travers Cochran of Philadelphia contributed to its…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 38 of Campobello. BENEDICK ARNOLD Among Allans customers when he lived on the island was Benedick Arnold for Allan spelt the name with a 4 as his account book shows Arnold at that time though…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 39 of Campobello. a DRIVES AND SAILS Lubec owes its existence to the attempt of five citizens of Eastport to avoid the payment of duty bonds to the British It is more picturesquely situated than…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
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Image 40 of Campobello. pull up the water lilies by their long stems buy rag mats and enjoy the quiet and beauty of the lake and its shores On Campobello itself the most lonesome and picturesque…- Contributor: Wells, Kate Gannett
- Date: 1902
About this Item
Title
- Campobello.
Names
- Wells, Kate Gannett, 1838-1911.
Created / Published
- [n. p., pref. 1902]
Headings
- - Campobello Island (N.B.)
Notes
- - Also available in digital form.
Medium
- 46 p. 20 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- F1044.C2 W4 1902
Library of Congress Control Number
- 48043504
Online Format
- online text
- image