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Recent Accessions The Nantucket Historical Association has been the recipient of a number of valuable gifts during recent months which have added to the interesting collections maintained by the Associa tion. The variety of the material adds to the interest and range. One of the outstanding paintings on display at the Peter Foulger Museum is the Eastman Johnson canvas "Embers," which was loaned by I. Austin Kelly, III, in 1969. In December, 1971, Mr. Kelly made a gift of the painting, and thus it becomes the permanent possession of the Association. When the painting was first acquired from Mr. Kelly it was called Man at a Win dow, Nantucket," but it is now to be identified as "Embers.' It is a fitting example of the work which the great American artist accomplished during his residence in Nantucket in the last decades of the 19th century. Mr. Kelly is the thoughtful contributor who, two years ago, presented our Library a first edition of Melville's classic, MobyDick.
From the Nantucket Historical Trust we have received an unusually complete collection of papers from the Family of Captain Paul Pinkham, Jr., who moved from Nantucket to Maine at the turn of the 19'th century. Bills of sale of shares in Nantucket whaleships Hope, Be&vev and Uyiiovi, an account of the of the schooner Codfish, wrecked on Great Point in 1791; insur ance policies and deeds, and documents and letters relating to Capt. Paul Pinkham, Sr., first Keeper of Great Point Light house, are included. A portion of the logbook of the bark So.ct avxcTito, Captain Thaddeus C. Defriez, and a framed photograph of Captain Defriez after he became Judge of the Probate Court, have been received from Mrs. Chauncey Gray, a great-granddaughter ot Captain Defriez. On display at the Peter Foulger Museum is a collection of whaling craft once owned by the late Aletha Macy. The group was purchased by Mr. H. H. Kynett, of 118 Main Street, Nan tucket and Philadelphia, and presented the Association for disnlav at the Peter Foulger Museum. Two native spears from Sumatra were also given by Mr. Kynett, and are on exhibit, also. \s an important addition to our Library, the donor has also presented a first edition of Captain Scammon s The Marine Mammals of the Northwestern Coast of North America.
