Volume 23 January, 1975 No

HISTORIC NANTUCKET

Published quarterly and devoted to the preservation of Nantucket's antiquity, its famed heritage and its illustrious past as a xvhaling port.

Volume 23 January, 1975 No. 3

CONTENTS

Nantucket Historical Association Staff and Officers Editorial — "A Maritime Community" Report of the Administrator 2 5 6

The Nantucket Macys, by E. A. Stackpole " 'Twas the Folger in Him," by E. A. Stackpole 8 12

"To a Gallant Ship," by Theodore C. Wyman The Weymouth Logbook

14 17 The Old Town Building, by E. A. Stackpole 18 Captain Coffin and His Interesting Career, by E. A. Stackpole 21 "Shadowy Reflections," by Henry Hagny 24 An Appeal for Abolition of Slavery on Nantucket 27 By The Late Clarence King "Whales and Destiny," a Book Review 30 Legacies and Bequests 32

Historic Nantucket is published quarterly at Nantucket, Massachusetts, by the Nantucket Historical Association. It is sent to Association Members. Extra copies $.50 each. Membership dues are — Annual-Active $5.00: Sustaining $25.00; Life — one payment $100.00. Second-class postage paid at Nantucket, Massachusetts. Copyright, 1975, Nantucket Historical Association Communications pertaining to the Publication 3hould be addressed to the Editor, Historic Nantucket, Nantucket Hstorical Association, Nantucket, Massachusetts 02554.