Volume 31 January, 1984 No

HISTORIC NANTUCKET

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

Volume 31 January, 1984 No. 3

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I Nantucket Historical Association Officers and Staff Editorial: Peering into the Future About Our President A Little Model with a Long History by Wesley N. Tiffney, Jr. Peter Foulger — What We Have Discovered About a Most Remarkable Man by Kim Downs-Watson Address Changes An Interesting Find by Anita Coffin Dammin A New Curator Established by John Welch Dr. Samuel Gelston — Medical Pioneer by Edouard A. Stackpole A' 'Nantucket House" in Nova Scotia Bequests Noah's Legacy by Marian Gleason "Pea Soup" Humors of Election Day in Old Nantucket by Henry S. Wyer 2 5 7

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Historic Nantucket (USPS 246460)is published quarterly at Nantucket, Massachusetts by the Nantucket Historical Association. It is sent to Association members and extra copies may be purchased for $3.00 each. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Nantucket Historical Association, Box 1016, Nantucket, Ma. 02554. Membership dues are — Annual-active $7.50; 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.

Photo by Larry Cronin On December 7, 1983, the Nantucket Historical Association Council honored Edouard A. Stackpole, Honorary President, Historian, Director of the Peter Foulger Museum and Editor of Historic Nantucket, at a reception held at the Peter Foulger Museum. The occasion? It was his eightieth birthday.