Primary source · book
An Historical Sketch, Guide Book, and Prospectus of Cushing's Island
[DOC]Documented
The backbone source for this site's colonial chain of title, naming history, and resort-era description. Sargent is a promoter as well as a historian — the prospectus half of the book has an interest in the island being attractive.
Provenance
- Date
- 1886
- Creator
- William M. Sargent
- Held by
- Not recorded
- Identifier
- Not recorded
- Rights
- Not recorded
Follow this evidence
- 01Stand at Levett's Cellar & Spicer's CovePlace · Levett's Cellar & Spicer's Cove — Colonial · 1623
- 02Who was Wm. M. Sargent, A.M.?Person · Wm. M. Sargent, A.M. — Author of the 1886 Historical Sketch — this site's primary source
- 03Read the whole layer: Levett's IslandLayer · Levett's Island — Layer 02 · 1529 → c. 1700
- 04What happened in 1886?Event · Sargent publishes the Historical Sketch — 1886
- 05Stand at Ottawa House GroundsPlace · Ottawa House Grounds — Resort · 1858–1917
- 06Who was Harrison Bird Brown?Person · Harrison Bird Brown — Painter of White Head and the Cliff, engraved for Sargent (1886)