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Important Accessions Received by the Nantucket Historical Association during the Past Three Years
IN THE SUMMER Issue of Historic Nantucket an article listing some of the more recently recorded accessions appeared. This has intrigued some of our members who have requested additional listings of other interesting accessions received over the past three years. Realizing how extensive such a compilation would be, and the space necessary, a selection has been made of the items or collections over this period. As a number of the outstanding have been described in previous issues, the new list follows: A diversified group of items came to us in 1975, including a set of dishes from the Allen Coffin family, presented by Mrs. Isabel (Worth) Duffy; an 1845 Nantucket quilt from Mrs. L. H. Taylor; a macrame doll, which has been exhibited all over the country in craft shows, given by its maker, Reginald Reed; a volume on the paintings of' the famous marine artist, J. E. Buttersworth, the gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Brown; three old coins, from Mrs. Clara Block; a medallion portrait of John Jay Cisco, from John Jay Cisco, III; a framed chart of whaleship signals from Mrs. H. Marshall Gardiner; an inlaid wooden plaque of the Old Mill, made by Thomas Ceely, presented by James E. Spear; an oil painting by Gerald Taber of the Nantucket Railroad, as a gift of Henry Willard; a pamphlet on the cruise of the schooner Julius Webb received from the Nantucket Historical Trust; a silver coffee urn which belonged in the Elizabeth Starbuck home, presented by Mrs. H. Crowell Freeman; the printed score of the opera The Pariahs, given by Walter Beinecke, Jr., and the holograph letter to Dr. William Sturgis Bigelow by Theodore Roosevelt, presented by Kermit Roosevelt, Jr. Robert M. Waggaman, whose gifts in the past have included such valuable paintings as the Thomas Birch oil painting of the "Town of Sherborn-1800" and "Grandmother's Garret," by Elizabeth R. Coffin, has continued his interest by presenting an intriguing collection of old Nantucket items, which include an oil painting of a Nantucket fireplace by James Walter Folger; a number of old books and pamphlets; a collection of Nantucket silver spoons—both tablespoons and teaspoons, mostly by such Nantucket silversmiths as H. A. and E. G. Kelley, James Easton, J. Kelley, Easton & Sanford, and S. Barrett; the Journal of the
