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Nantucket Historical Association Officers and Staff
NANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION OFFICERS
President, Leroy H. True Vice-Presidents, Albert G. Brock, George W. Jones, Alcon Chadwick,
Albert F. Egan, Jr., Walter Beinecke, Jr., Mrs. Merle T. Orleans Secretary, Richard C. Austin Treasurer, John N. Welch Councillors, Leroy H. True, Chairman
Robert D. Congdon, Harold W. Lindley, terms expire 1979; Miss Barbara
Melendy, term expires 1980; Donald Terry, Mrs. H. Crowell Freeman, terms expire 1981; Miss Dorothy Gardner, David D. Worth, terms expire 1982. Historian, Edouard A. Stackpole Editor: "Historic Nantucket", Edouard A. Stackpole; Assistant Editor,
Mrs. Merle T. Orleans
STAFF
Oldest House: Curator, Mrs. Kenneth S. Baird
Receptionists: Mrs. Margaret Crowell, Mrs. Elsie Niles Hadwen House-Satler Memorial: Curator, Mrs. Phoebe P. Swain
Receptionists: Mrs. Irving A. Soverino, Mrs. Richard Strong, Mrs.
John Stackpole, Mrs. J. B. Ord 1800 House: Curator, Mrs. Clare Macgregor
Receptionist: Mrs. Donald MacGlashan Old Gaol: Curator, Albert G. Brock Whaling Museum: Curator, Renny Stackpole
Receptionists: Frank Pattison, James A. Watts, Patricia Searle,
Rose Stanshigh, Alice Collins, Clarence H. Swift, Mary Lou Campbell,
Anita Dougan Peter Foulger Museum: Curator and Director, Edouard A. Stackpole
Receptionists: Mrs. Clara Block, Everett Finlay, Mary J. Barrett,
Mrs. Ann Warren, Suzanne Zobel Librarian: Mrs. Louise Hussey Nathaniel Macy House: Curator, Mrs. John A. Baldwin
Receptionists: Miss Dorothy Hiller, Mrs. Gertrude Petzel Archaeology Department, Curator, Mrs. Roger Young Old Town Office: Curator, Hugh R. Chace Old Mill: Curator, John Gilbert
Millers: John Stackpole, Edward G. Dougan Folger-Franklin Seat and Mem'l Boulder: Curator, Francis Sylvia Friends Meeting House-Fair Street Museum: Curator, Abert F. Egan, Jr. Lightship "Nantucket": Curator, John Austin
Shipkeeper: Richard Swain
Receptionists: Martin Foley, Barbara Nathan Greater Light - Receptionists, Dr. Selina Johnson, Florence Farrell Building Survey Committee: Chairman, Robert G. Metters Hose Cart House: Curator, Francis W. Pease
HISTORIC NANTUCKET
P u b l i s h e d q u a r t e r l y a n d d e v o t e d t o t h e p r e s e r v a t i o n o f N a n t u c k e t ' s a n t i q u i t y , i t s f a m e d h e r i t a g e a n d i t s i l l u s t r i o u s p a s t a s a w h a l i n g p o r t .
Volume 27 July, 1979 No. 1
CONTENTS
Editorial—"The Old Fair Street Rooms"
Henry B. Coleman—Nantucketer
The Mysterious Ledger of Asa G. Bunker by Blue Bafiiett
Legacies and Bequests / Address Changes
Notes on Tuckernuck by Diana Walker
Finding the Origins of Nantucket's Portuguese Bell by the Rev. Edward B. Anderson 2
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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 $7.50; Sustaining $25.00; Life—one payment $100.00 Second-class postage paid at Nantucket, Massachusetts Communications pertaining to the Publication should be addressed to the Editor, Historic Nantucket, Nantucket Historical Association, Nantucket, Massachusetts 02554.
