The Map Thief (40 page)

“Hey, neighbor!”
 . . . “beaded wine skirt”:
Sebec Village Shops, www.sebecvillageshops.com (site discontinued; accessed through the Internet Archive, www.archive.org).

Smiley opened a restaurant
:
Jessica Lee, “Café, post office, and farmers market coexist in a quaint country general store,”
The Piscataquis Observer,
August 20, 2003; Slater interview; Sebec Village Shops website.

“He was Robin Hood”
:
David Mallett, interview with the author.

$600,000 on the renovations
:
Lee, “Café, post office, and farmers market.”

“sometimes he went by my house”
:
Anonymous, interview with the author.

Smiley tried to convince them
:
Finnemore interview.

Bill and Charlene Moriarty
 . . . free of charge:
Martineau, “From life among the elite.”

Moriartys purchased a home
 . . . rowdy boaters it would attract:
Sarah Macllroy, “Land use continues to spur debate in Sebec,”
The Piscataquis Observer,
August 7, 2002; Smiley, Slater, Mallett, and Jayne Lello, interviews with the author.

word “marina” in their application
:
William Moriarty, Application for Building Permit, Town of Sebec, April 24, 2001.

specified “that it stays as it is”
:
Town of Sebec, Permit No. 2009, issued to William Moriarty, April 24, 2001.

permit “pertains only to the use of the buildings”
:
Missy Small, letter to Bill and Charlene Moriarty, May 21, 2001.

“stop work” order
:
William Murphy, letter to William Moriarty, June 5, 2002.

“stick it up your ass”
:
Jayne Lello, interview with the author.

“allowed to remain ‘unclear’”
:
Susan Dow, “A problem in Sebec,”
The Eastern Gazette,
July 20, 2002.

“resorted to a more tribal approach”
:
David Mallett, “Sebec needs to be mindful of its community responsibilities,”
The Piscataquis Observer,
July 31, 2002.

residents approved every one
:
“Sebec holds town meeting,”
The Piscataquis Observer,
August 14, 2002.

alleged violations at Smiley’s shops
:
Charlene Moriarty, Request for Code Enforcement Officer Investigation Due to Citizen Complaint, Town of Sebec, October 7, 2002; Jessica Lee, “Town aims for closure on village permit confusion,”
The Piscataquis Observer,
October 23, 2002.

C
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number is more like forty-five
:
“Congratulations to these staff members celebrating 45-years of service to Yale,” Working @ Yale, http://working.yale.edu/congratulations-these-staff-members-celebrating-45-years-service-yale.

worked with the first curator
 . . . “calls me his mentor”:
Margit Kaye, interview with the author.

John Seller’s 1675 “Mapp of New England”
:
John Seller, “Mapp of New England,” London, 1675, Sterling Memorial Library Map Collection, 76 1675.

dark smudge
 . . . shouldn’t have been missing:
Kaye interview; “John Seller. A Mapp / of New England,” E. Forbes Smiley III website, www.efsmaps.com/map01.html (site discontinued; accessed through Internet Archive, www.archive.org).

Kaye printed out the page
:
“John Seller. A Mapp / of New England,” E. Forbes Smiley III website, printout, July 11, 2002.

took it to the head curator
 . . . keep a closer eye on Smiley:
Kaye interview. (Fred Musto did not respond to interview requests.)

Smiley was in the Sterling often
:
Kaye interview; Abe Parrish, interview with the author.

Smiley sat in the reading room
 . . . no one gave him a second look:
Smiley interview.

thefts started in the spring of 2002
:
Defendant’s memorandum in aid of sentencing (20), US v. Edward Forbes Smiley III, September 18, 2006, 28.

brought the map to his friend Harry Newman
:
Newman interview.

Osher
 . . . bought it from him:
Harold Osher and Bill Reese, interviews with the author; Smiley website; Restitution Order (29), US v. Smiley.

stealing became easier
:
Smiley interview.

Kaye began to carefully watch
 . . . turning over pages:
Kaye interview.

discovered four maps
:
“Reading Howell, A / Map / of the / State / of / Pennsylvania,” Smiley website, printout, October 22, 2002; “John Wilson, A Map / of / South Carolina,” Smiley website, printout, October 23, 2002; “Samuel Thornton, A Generall chart of the / South Sea,” Smiley website, printout, October 23, 2002; “William Darby, A / Map / of the State of Louisiana,” Smiley website, printout October 23, 2002.

Henry Pelham map of Boston
:
“Henry Pelham, A Plan of Boston in New England,” Smiley website, printout February 21, 2003.

found the image of the card
:
“Henry Pelham, A Plan of Boston in New England,” catalog card in microfilm.

John Bonner map of Boston (1743)
:
“John Bonner / William Price,
A New Plan of Ye Great Town of Boston,” Smiley website; Krieger and Cobb,
Mapping Boston,
45–46.

brought the map to Harry Newman
:
Newman interview; Harry S. Newman, ed.,
The Old Print Shop
Portfolio
, Volume LXII, Number 1, September 2002.

International Conference on the History of Cartography
:
“International Conferences on the History of Cartography,” Maphistory, http://www.maphistory.info/ichcintro.html.

special label of beer
:
“The Shipyard Brewing Co debuts summer ale as promotion for international cartographic conference,”
Modern Brewery Age,
June 23, 2003; photo on Kris Butler’s photostream, Flickr.com, http://www.flickr.com/photos/kris_butler/1409516238/.

“2-row British Pale Ale”
 . . . “seafood”:
“Summer Ale,” Shipyard Brewery, www.shipyard.com/taste.

list of complaints
 . . . dismissed:
Code Enforcement Officer Bill Murphy, memorandum to Town of Sebec Board of Selectman, October 21, 2002.

planning board
 . . . also filed a complaint:
Request for Code Enforcement Officer Investigation due to Citizen Complaint by Mary Downs/Walter Emmons, Town of Sebec, November 18, 2002.

“obligation to uphold the laws”
:
“Planning board members seek review of Sebec Village Shops plan,”
The Piscatiquis Observer,
November 27, 2002.

“a shot across Mr. Smiley’s bow”
:
Edmond J. Bearor, letter to Gregory Cunningham, October 25, 2002.

Glen Fariel resigned
:
Jessica Lee, “Sebec selectman resigns from post,”
The Piscataquis Observer,
November 20, 2002.

denied by the remaining two selectmen
 . . . investigation into alleged violations:
Jessica Lee, “Sebec signs pact to end marina dispute,”
The Piscataquis Observer,
December 4, 2002.

“overwhelmed with all of our plans”
 . . . “handling local land-use issues”:
Jessica Lee, “Sebec saga continues,”
The Piscataquis Observer,
December 18, 2002.

filed a new appeal
 . . . “evidence in the record”:
Complaint, E. Forbes Smiley III v. The Inhabitants of the Town of Sebec, Piscataquis County, Maine and William and Charlene Moriarty, d/b/a Sebec Village Marina Piscataquis
County Superior Court, Docket No. AP-02-02, December 18, 2002; Jessica Lee, “Appeal of Sebec marina goes to superior court,”
The Piscataquis Observer,
January 1, 2003.

Buzz Small and Susan Dow
 . . . “don’t like to lose”:
Kim Martineau, “From life among the elite to charges of theft,”
Hartford Courant,
October 25, 2005.

violation of exceeding the permitted amount
:
Jessica Lee, “Code officer finds violations at Sebec Village Shops,”
The Piscataquis Observer,
February 5, 2003.

grandfathered parking on 41 percent
:
Gregory Cunningham, Draft Consent Agreement between E. Forbes Smiley III and the Town of Sebec, April 3, 2003; Jessica Lee,
The Piscataquis Observer,
April 2, 2003.

stood over a desk
 . . . selectmen said:
Jessica Lee,
The Piscataquis Observer,
April 9, 2003.

solidly split into two camps
:
Kim Martineau, “Casting words: on the library crimes beat,” GSLIScast, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, February 26, 2007, http://gslis.simmons.edu/podcasts.

Big Bear Snowmobile Club
 . . . discrimination:
Jessica Lee, “Private status of snowmobile club irks selectman,”
The Piscataquis Observer,
February 5, 2003; Town of Sebec, Selectmen’s Meeting Notes, July 28, 2003.

sign prohibiting any boater from docking
:
Martineau, “From life among the elite.”

speedboats began buzzing
 . . . windows had been shattered:
Smiley interview; Mallett and Lello interviews.

left on his blazer
:
Ron Grim, “For the record,” notes from phone conversation with Steve Kelleher, July 8, 2005; handwritten notes from phone conversation with Steve Kelleher, July 8, 2005; both from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center (LMC) archives at the Boston Public Library.

greeted the librarians warmly
:
Susan Glover, interview with the author.

writing only “SMILEY MA”
:
LMC archives.

checked out a copy of
:
Speculum Orbis Terrarum
Cornelius de Jode,
Speculum Orbis Terrarum,
1593, Boston Public Library, Atlas 10.4.1593; “De Jode, Cornelius,” Smiley Inventory #107, LMC archives.

de Jode double-hemisphere map
:
Shirley, Mapping of the World, (184, Pl. 149); Baynton-Williams and Baynton-Williams,
New Worlds,
49; Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc., “Cornelis De Jode: [World],” http://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/36263ct; Richard B. Arkway,
Catalog 54: World Maps
 (24).

de Jode map of North America
:
Burden,
Mapping of North America
(81, Pl. 81), 103–105; Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. “Cornelius De Jode:Americae Pars Borealis,” http://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/26258/; Richard B. Arkway, Inc.,
Catalog 59: Antique Maps, Manuscripts, Atlases & Illustrated Works
(10).

made at least a half-dozen trips
:
LMC archives.

Samuel de Champlain
:
Burden,
Mapping of North America
(160, 161), 196–200; Schwartz and Ehrenberg,
Mapping of America,
85–89; Fite and Freeman,
Book of Old Maps,
120–123.

Smiley looked at Boston’s copy
:
“Champlain, Samuel de,” Smiley inventory #65, LMC archives.

had only rarely come up for auction
:
Antique Maps Price Record
database search.

When one finally did appear
:
Randy Boswell, “Rare early maps of Canada hit the auction block,” Canwest News Service, April 5, 2010.

copy sold at a Bloomsbury auction
:
“Rare travel book & map of the day,” Graham Arader blog, June 30, 2011, http://grahamarader.blogspot.com/2011/06/map-of-day-carte-geographique-de-la.html.

Smiley requested a ten-volume set
:
Theodor de Bry,
Collections,
1591, Boston Public Library, G.281.51; “Bry, Theodor de,” Smiley inventory #35, LMC archives.

Theodor de Bry
:
Burden,
Mapping of North America
(76), 96–98.

Jacques Le Moyne
:
Jacques Le Moyne, “Floridae Americae Provinciae Recens,” in Theodor de Bry,
Collections, Segunda Editio,
vols. 6–7, part 2, 1591, Boston Public Library, G.281.51 vol. 6; Burden,
Mapping of North America,
(79), 101–102; Fite and Freeman,
Old Maps
, 67–70; Cohen & Taliaferro Inc. and Richard B. Arkway Inc.,
Catalog 62: Fine Antique Maps
(25).