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Nantucket Historical Association Officers
COUNCIL 1981 - 1982
Walter Beinecke, Jr., Chairman Mrs. Bernard D. Grossman, Vice Chairman Leroy H. True, President-Chief Executive Officer
Albert F. Egan, Jr., Vice Pres. Mrs. R. Arthur Orleans, Vice Pres. Albert G. Brock, Vice Pres. Richard C. Austin, Secretary
Alcon Chadwick, Vice Pres. George W. Jones, Vice Pres. John N. Welch, Treasurer Edouard A. Stackpole, Historian
Donald E. Terry Miss Nancy Ayotte David D. Worth Mrs. Helen W. Chase Miss Dorothy Gardner Robert D. Congdon H. Flint Ranney Harold W. Lindley
STAFF
Renny A. Stackpole, Director of Museums Edouard A. Stackpole, Editor "Historic Nantucket" Mrs. R. Arthur Orleans, Assistant Editor Mrs. Elizabeth Tyrer, Executive Secretary
Oldest House Curator: *Mrs. Kenneth S. Baird
Mrs. Margaret Crowell, Mrs. Abram Niles Hadwen House-Satler Memorial Curator: 'Mrs. P. Prime Swain
Mrs. Richard A. Strong, Mrs. Everett B. Merrithew,
Mrs. Kathleen D. Barcus, Deidre Richards, Alice Metzdar Whaling Museum Curator: * Renny A. Stackpole Rev. Frank J. Pattison, Manager; James A. Watts,
Mrs. Robert E. Campbell, Alfred N. Orpin, Glenn Boornagian, Rose Stanshigh, Anita Dougan, Ann Albrecht, Mary Lou Waterman,
James Greenleaf, Karen Scott Greater Light: Dr. Selina T. Johnson Peter Foulger Museum Director: * Edouard A. Stackpole
Asst. Director: Peter S. MacGlashan
Mrs. Reginald F. Hussey, Librarian; Mrs. Norman A. Barrett,
Miss Marjorie Burgess, Miss Helen Levins, Alcon Chadwick,
Mrs. Ann Warren, Lorie Rawlinson, Andrea Lane, Everett Finlay Macy-Christian House Curator: *Mrs. John A. Baldwin
Miss Dorothy Hiller, Mrs. Edna Docca, Mrs. Helen S. Soverino Old Goal Curator: Albert G. Brock Old Mill Curator: "John Gilbert
Millers: John A. Stackpole, Edward Dougan, Thomas and Mary Seager Fair Street Museum Curator: Albert F. Egan, Jr.
Rachel Lukens Lightship "Nantucket" Curator: "John Austin
Richard Swain, Robbie Mooney, Daniel Nelson, Terry Ellis Hose Cart House Curator: * Francis W. Pease Archeology Department Chairman: *Rev. Edward Anderson
Vice-Chairman: Mrs. John D.C. Little Building Survey Chairman: *Rev. Robert G. Metters Old Town Office Curator: *Hugh R. Chace *Ex-officio members of Council
H I S T O R I C N A N T U C K E T
Published Quarterly and devoted to the preservation of Nantucket's antiquity, its famed heritage and its illustrious past as a whaling port.
Volume 30 July, 1982 No. 1
C O N T E N TS
Nantucket Historical Association Officers
Editorial: Protecting Tradition is an Insurance
The Whaling Museum's new "True Hall"
Mrs. Louise R. Hussey, Librarian, receives Honorary Degree
The Journal of Eliza Brock - At Sea on the Lexington by Sherri Federbush
Miss McCleary Solved the Puzzle
"Nantucket'' by W. Frederick Brown
The Falkland Islands and Nantucket by Edouard A. Stackpole
Address Changes/Bequests 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 SI.00 each. Membership dues are — Annual-Active S7.50; Sustaining $25.00; Life — one payment $100.00; Husband and Wife $150.00 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.