Historic Nantucket Summer 2021, Vol. 71, No. 3 by Nantucket Historical Association

SUMMER 2021 VOLUME 71, NO. 3

The Nantucket Historical Association presents

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Lead image architecture by Pietro Cicognani. Photo by Francesco Lagnese.

Schedule of Events Opening Keynote Design Luncheon

Design Panel

Thursday, August 5 at 12pm

Friday, August 6 at 1pm

White Elephant Ballroom

(In person and via Zoom)

With award-winning interior designer Nate Berkus, in conversation with Stacey Bewkes.

(In person and via Zoom)

Steele Marcoux, editor-in-chief of Veranda magazine, will moderate an engaging discussion with Philip Gorrivan, Philip Mitchell, and Joy Moyler.

Sponsored by Nantucket Looms. Nate Berkus

Chaired by Bill Richards and Gary McBournie.

Decorating with Antiques

(Discussion will be available online to all ticket holders)

Thursday, August 5 Renowned interior designer Alexa Hampton will join in on a discussion about how to incorporate antiques into modern interiors with Arie L. Kopelman, former NHA Board Chair. Alexa Hampton

The Nantucket Summer Antiques Preview Party Thursday, August 5 5 – 6:30pm Leadership Tickets 6:30 – 8pm General Admission Nantucket Boys & Girls Club Enjoy an exclusive preview of the Nantucket Summer Antiques Show. Managed by The Antiques Council. Co-sponsored by Kathleen Hay Designs, Magellan Jets, and Chip Webster Architecture. Honorary Chair’s Coco & Arie L. Kopelman.

Architecture and Design Discussion (In person and via Zoom)

Friday, August 6 at 10am White Elephant Ballroom With respected architect and designer Pietro Cicognani and his dear friend and client, actress Isabella Rossellini. Pietro Cicognani

Isabella Rossellini

Sponsored by Eleish Van Breems.

Steele Marcoux

Philip Gorrivan

Philip Mitchell

Joy Moyler

Chair Emerita Susan Zises Green.

Closing Keynote Design Talk (In person and via Zoom)

Saturday, August 7 at 11am White Elephant Ballroom With nationally acclaimed interior designer Corey Damen Jenkins, in conversation with Chesie Breen.

Corey Damen Jenkins

Cocktails at the Museum Saturday, August 7 at 5pm Nantucket Whaling Museum Nantucket by Design ticketholders are invited to the Whaling Museum during cocktail hour to enjoy drinks and music while strolling through new exhibitions and iconic collections.

Fantastic As Nantucket opens back up, we see our old friends and acquaintances. They ask, “Hi, how are you?” and we tend to reply, “Good” or “Fine,” not really giving the question much thought. When people greet me, however, my response is, “Fantastic!” Usually this leads to a quizzical look, and they ask, “So how is it going at the NHA?” Again, I reply, “Fantastic—have you been to the Whaling Museum?” How could this be? During my first year as president of the NHA, the association has faced myriad challenges. But there have also been many things to be proud of. I am optimistic for where the NHA is and where it is going for two reasons. The first is the great programming and exhibitions offered this year at the Whaling Museum and Hadwen House. The second is the talented staff of the NHA. As for the staff, they obviously made the exhibitions at the Whaling Museum and Hadwen House possible. They also kept things running throughout the pandemic. But the most exciting aspects of the staff comes out when you talk with them. Spend some time with Mary Emery Lacoursiere and learn about the latest decorative arts workshops she is running. Or perhaps you will see Stacey Stuart and she will let you know how Nantucket by Design has changed from a fully virtual event to a mostly in person celebration. And then there is Jeremy Slavitz who can provide you with all the details about the skills and craftsmanship required to install an exhibit. And you might be lucky enough to bump into Amelia Holmes and Phoebe Boticelli Pohl and you can learn about what is happening at the Research Library and in our collections center. And they might suggest you find Ed Rudd and have him regal you with the new HVAC installation at the collections center. At the Whaling Museum you can view the exciting updates to the exhibits that have occurred over the last 18 months. These include the recently opened special exhibition Anne Ramsdell Congdon’s Nantucket Renaissance, masterfully guest curated by Anne Knutson. This exhibit of paintings is filled with vibrant color and light, and if the paintings fail to give your day a positive bump, here’s

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a fact about the artist Anne Congdon that is sure to give you hope—after raising a family and running a successful antiques business for decades, she restarted her career at age 52 and became one of the leading painters on Nantucket. At Hadwen House, the NHA’s recent affiliation with the Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum is on full display, with a new exhibition, Weaving Nantucket’s Past into Its Future, that presents baskets from the combined collections of the NHA and the NLBM. Expertly curated by basket weaver Kathleen Myers, this significant presentation was put together this spring by dedicated members of both organizations working tirelessly together. So I encourage you to visit our latest exhibitions and stop and talk to our staff. Thank them for all they do. And ask them about what they are working on or their favorite parts of the NHA. You, too, will love the answers, and the next time someone asks “How are you doing?” you can reply, “Fantastic—have you been to the Whaling Museum?”

Chip Carver President, Board of Trustees

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Board of Trustees 2020–21 Chip Carver, President Susan Blount, Vice President David Worth, Vice President John Flannery, Treasurer Sarah Alger, Clerk Nancy Abbey Patricia S. Anathan Lucinda Ballard William Boardman, Friends of the NHA President Olivia Charney Wylie A. Collins Amanda Cross Annabelle Fowlkes Cam Gammill Robert Greenspon Graham Goldsmith Wendy Hudson Carl Jelleme Carla McDonald Victoria McManus Ashley Gosnell Mody Britt Newhouse Valerie Paley Marla Sanford Janet Sherlund, Trustee Emerita Carter Stewart Melinda Sullivan Jason Tilroe Finn X. Wentworth Kelly Williams Alisa A. Wood

Table of Contents: Anne Ramsdell Congdon’s Nantucket Renaissance by Claire Jensen | pg. 6 Black Activism Before the Civil War by Barbara Ann White | pg. 14 Nantucket's Bid for Survival during the War of 1812 by Karl Jacob | pg. 19 Preserving the Prehistoric Pottery of Nantucket by Karl Wietzel | pg. 24 2020 Annual Report | pg. 32

Ex Officio Johanna Richard, Interim Executive Director HISTORIC NANTUCKET (ISSN 0439-2248) is published by the Nantucket Historical Association, 15 Broad Street, Nantucket, Massachusetts. Periodical postage paid at Nantucket, MA, and additional entry offices. For information visit nha.org. ©2021 by the Nantucket Historical Association. Editor: Ashley Santos, Associate Director of Marketing Designer: Amanda Quintin Design all photos by nha staff unless otherwise noted.

Cover: Old South Wharf by Anne Ramsdell Congdon, 1936, showing fishing boats tied up at along Old South Wharf and a portion of the fence and gantry at the Nantucket Gas and Electric Company's freight dock. NHA Purchase and partial gift from the Heidi and Max Berry Acquisition Fund, 2005 (2005.20.1). NHA.org | Nantucket Historical Association

Outgoing & Incoming Trustees

OUTGOING TRUSTEES William Boardman served on the NHA Board of Trustees from 2010 to 2021. During his tenure, he was Treasurer from 2011 to 2021. He was also a member of the Executive Committee, Housing & Properties Committee, Interpretation & Education Committee, ad hoc Strategic Planning Committee, and the Campaign Steering Committee. He chaired the Finance Committee and assisted with balancing the budget and overseeing the endowment. During the past two years, Bill served as President of the Friends of the NHA and one of the Friends’ representatives on the NHA Board. He and his wife, Susan, have generously supported the NHA through annual giving, campaigns, membership, and events.

Victoria McManus served on the NHA Board of Trustees from 2013 to 2021. During her tenure, she was Vice President from 2016 to 2020. She also co-chaired the Development Committee and the ad hoc Strategic Planning Committee, chaired the Housing & Properties Committee, and led the task force on committee structure. She was a member of the Executive Committee and the Committee on Trustees & Governance. Ms. McManus and her husband, John McDermott, have generously supported the NHA through annual giving, campaigns, membership, and events.

INCOMING TRUSTEE Robert Greenspon first came to Nantucket over 50 years ago when, as a college student, he taught swimming at the Cliffside Beach Club. He is a graduate of Columbia Law School and retired in New York as senior partner and head of the aircraft and equipment finance practice of Latham & Watkins LLP, an international law firm. Previously, Bob was the chief legal officer of the leasing division of Guinness Peat Aviation (GPA Group plc), one of the world’s largest aircraft finance and leasing firms based in Ireland. Bob lives in Darien, Connecticut and has also lived in Ireland and London. On Nantucket, he chaired the Atheneum board of directors for a number of years, and was also a board member of the Lightship Basket Museum and the Westmoor Club. Bob is a director, and on the executive committee, of the Humane Society of the United States. Bob and his wife Claire have been married for 50 years and have two grown children, five rambunctious grandsons and Miles, their wonderful dog. He is an avid reader and passionately bad golfer.

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Decorative Arts Workshops Take a class at the NHA’s Decorative Arts Studio held this summer at historic property, Greater Light. The Monaghan sisters turned this barn into their home and studio in the 1930’s and began decades of artistic exploration at the property with gatherings of artists of all disciplines. The house and grounds are the perfect setting to continue artistic pursuits that are in keeping with the Monaghan tradition.

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Straight Wharf, ca. 1930, 8 x 9½, oil on board. NHA Collection 1982.111.2.

“I begin my art career again!”

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ANNE RAMSDELL

CONGDON’S NANTUCKET RENAISSANCE An artist’s return to painting in her own words By Claire Jensen

Scrawled alongside a list of paintings Anne Ramsdell Congdon (1873–1958) planned to exhibit in 1925 was the declaration, “I begin my art career again!”1 This proud statement boldly encapsulates the theme of the exhibition opened in June 2021 in the Whaling Museum’s McCausland Gallery. After raising her sons and running an antiques business in Nashua, New Hampshire, the 52-year-old Congdon rediscovered her artistic voice on the sunlit wharves of the downtown harbor and the wild, windy fields of Polpis and Monomoy. Anne Ramsdell Congdon’s Nantucket Renaissance brings together approximately fifty paintings, watercolors, and drawings from her notable career, with a special focus on her second foray into art. 1 Anne Ramsdell Congdon Papers, “Memorandum,” vol. 3: Item MS563 DO-MS563/3 [Daybook, 1925–1928].

n 2019, the Congdon family lent to the NHA diaries, sketchbooks, and various accounting records kept by Anne Congdon to be digitized and transcribed.2 Thanks to the family’s generosity, the exhibition is able to contextualize the artist’s paintings with her own words for the first time. The exhibit includes many paintings, drawings, and oil sketches that have never been displayed publicly, made possible by loans from the Congdons and other private collectors. The exhibition five thematic sections are enriched with original quotations from the artist that provide insight into her artistic process and vision. A computer screen set up in the gallery also encourages visitors to peruse Congdon’s sketchbooks and further explore her daily life on Nantucket from the 1920s through the 1940s.

Massachusetts.3 At 18, she travelled to Europe with a group of friends to sightsee and enhance her artistic training at the Académie Delécluse in Paris.4 Returning to the United States, she studied in Boston, Maine, and New York State with British watercolorist Rhoda Holmes Nichols and New England Impressionist Charles H. Woodbury. She paused her artistic career in 1902 when she married Dr. Charles Everett Congdon in her family’s Nashua living room.5

Early Works

3 Biographical information comes from Margaret Moore Booker, “Anne Ramsdell Congdon (1873–1958)” in Picturing Nantucket: An Art History of the Island with Paintings from the Collection of the Nantucket Historical Association (Nantucket, Mass.: Nantucket Historical Association, 2000), 87–91.

The first section of the exhibition is dedicated to Congdon’s early works and training. A promising artist in her youth, she began taking art classes when she was only seven years old and continued painting at a private school in Worcester, 1 Anne Ramsdell Congdon Papers, “Memorandum,” vol. 3: Item MS563 DO-MS563/3 [Daybook, 1925–1928]. 2 See Collection MS563, Anne Ramsdell Congdon Papers, 1884–1948, on the Nantucket Historical Association website. https://nha.org/research/the-collections/ finding-aid/guide-to-the-anne-ramsdell-congdon-papers-1884-1948/

Although she never entirely stopped painting and crafting, Congdon spent approximately two decades focused on raising her sons, Robert Dinsmoor Congdon (1904–1989) and Allen Ramsdell Congdon (1906–1975) in New Hampshire.6 Always locally engaged, she regularly volunteered

4 Her European travels are outlined in Anne Ramsdell Congdon Papers, vol. 1: Item MS563 DO-MS563 [Daybook, 1891]. 5 For a summary of her first meeting with her husband at an army campground in New Hampshire, see “Winter Club’s Memorial Meeting to Dr. Charles Congdon” in The Inquirer and Mirror, December 9, 1944. 6 Her name can be found on the 1909–10 registry for the Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston. Booker, “Anne Ramsdell Congdon,” fn2.

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Mr. Chase gave me a fine

criticism on a sketch done outside, claims “It’s a crime for you not to go on with your painting” he said. “Keep on going & soon you’ll be exhibiting with the rest of us.” JULY 1925

Anne Ramsdell Congdon Papers, vol. 3, July 22, 1925, Item MS563. DO-MS563/3 [Daybook, 1925–1928].

Tuckernuck, 1909, 11 ⅝ x 14 ¾ watercolor. Collection of Stephen Langer and Margaret Hallowell.

at the Unitarian church and ran her own antiques shop in Nashua, which she closed in 1926 when she decided to pursue art in earnest.7 Her interest in antiques serves as evidence of her lifelong love of history, which appears in her later works. The business aspect of managing a shop also proved highly useful as she embarked on her second try at a professional painting career and arranged for the shipping of her works to exhibitions and buyers across the United States.8

active and celebrated member.9 The paintings in this section introduce Congdon’s new, broader style and explore the ways she seamlessly reflected Nantucket’s duel nature as both a vacation spot and a fishing port by placing sail and fishing boats side-by-side in her compositions. Such themes dovetailed nicely with the island’s tourism market, which was focused on enticing visitors with the promise of a tranquil, early-American summer escape during the anxiety and chaos of the Great Depression and World War II.

Harbor

When Congdon returned to painting in the later decades of her life, she brought the sharp business skills she had cultivated dealing in antiques. She paid attention to what sold well and often repeated popular motifs in her art. For instance, she called a painting of a two-masted schooner affectionately known to islanders as the Ada Sea Shell a “pot boiler,” because she knew it would sell quickly and boil the pot—pay the rent, so to speak.10

Anne Ramsdell Congdon made her triumphant return to art when she enrolled in July 1925 in an outdoor painting class with Frank Swift Chase, frequently hailed as the “dean of Nantucket artists.” This course re-ignited her love of painting en plein air and connected her with the productive Nantucket Art Colony, of which she quickly became an

7 “I’m giving up the antiques business.” Anne Ramsdell Congdon Papers, May 14, 1926, vol. 3. 8 Among the Anne Ramsdell Congdon Papers are two accounting books: volume 14, Item MS563 DO-MS563/14 [1925-1926]; and volume 15, Item MS563 DO-MS563/15 [1925-1929].

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9 For more information see The Nantucket Art Colony, 1920–45, a collaborative exhibition presented by the Nantucket Historical Association and the Artists Association of Nantucket. On view at the Whaling Museum, June–November 2007 and now available online. February 28, 1946, in Anne Ramsdell Congdon Papers, vol. 10, Item MS563 DO-MS563/10 [Daybook 1946]

ANNE RAMSDELL CONGDON

The Old Mill, 1940, oil on canvas. NHA Collection 1982.111.1.

In the studio this AM—I finished rearranging a 12 x 16 of the Ada C. Shull (Ada Sea Shell) at the Island Service docks—goodness knows how long ago of one I put in discard. At least it’s a “potboiler”—everyone who comes in exclaims

“wonderful.” FEBRUARY 1946

Anne Ramsdell Congdon Papers, vol. 3, July 22, 1925, Item MS563. DO-MS563/3 [Daybook, 1925–1928].

Anne Ramsdell Congdon Papers, vol. 10, February, 1946, Item MS563. DO-MS563/10 [Daybook, 1946].

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ANNE RAMSDELL CONGDON Lily Street, ca. 1940s, oil on board, 22 x 28’’, Collection of Maureen Bousa.

Town Anne Ramsdell Congdon was highly creative when painting downtown scenes. Many of her sunny streets seem like they were painted en plein air, but her diaries make clear that most were actually created indoors in her studio. Looking more closely at the artworks in this section, it’s clear that she sometimes removed powerlines, made roads appear more sandy and rustic, and even included diminutive figures that seem to be dressed in rural nineteenth-century attire. While it was certainly an important part of her artistic process to rework older sketches in her studio, her diaries also record a fair number of amusing mishaps that may have deterred her from painting outside in town. Struggling on Gardner Street one morning in October 1936, for instance, she writes, “my hat blew off & and landed in a tree.”13 Weather-imposed obstacles aside, Congdon’s tendency to add imagined, anachronistic elements in her town compositions aligned with American Regionalism and American Impressionism––two artistic movements that swept across the country in the first half of the twentieth century. Artists who worked in these styles typically focused on rural subject matter, conjuring nostalgia for a fictionalized, idyllic past. It’s quite possible that Congdon was actually in contact with at least one American Regionalist painter. Edwin Dickinson (1891–1978) traveled to Nantucket to be hosted by Nantucket patron and artist Esther Hoyt Saw13

October 30, 1936, in Anne Ramsdell Congdon Papers, vol. 5, Item MS563 DO-MS563/5 [Daybook 1934–1937].

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yer at her house on Hulbert Avenue in the 1920s through 1940s.14 The exhibition further explores the possibility of Congdon’s connections to Regionalism with a comparison between her Lily Street and a painting of the Nantucket Naval Air Base by Sawyer who studied with Dickinson.

Pastorals The next section of the exhibition is devoted to pastorals, a term that describes peaceful countryside themes in art and poetry. In the years between the two world wars, Impressionist and Regionalist painters across the United States turned to nature to find hope and solace in lush, fertile landscapes. Congdon’s pastorals similarly showcase a variety of rural views of the island’s farms and fields that probably served as tranquil antidotes to the ongoing stresses of modernization. Her diaries reveal that she was acutely aware of politics and the pressures of changing society, especially as it pertained to the growing presence of airplanes and the heartbreaking impact of World War II.15

Esther Hoyt Sawyer (1890–1971) was a member of the “‘45 Group” of Nantucket modern artists and arranged an important exhibition of Dickinson’s work at the Kenneth Taylor Galleries in July 1949.

Congdon essentially stopped painting the summer of 1942 in favor of volunteering for the Red Cross and British War Relief Society. Her friends’ son, Harry Gorman, was also reported MIA from the navy in April. See Anne Ramsdell Congdon Papers, vol. 8, Item MS563 DO-MS563/8 [Daybook 1942].

While we were sitting in the old cemetery on a hillside—

miles from a main road & in a carpet

of blackberries—surrounded by old moss covered gravestones—the sound of an engine broke the absolute stillness—& looking up one saw an airplane fly so gracefully down, out, & over Gregg Pond—“The old—& the very new” we said. SEPTEMBER 1925

“Memoranda,” Anne Ramsdell Congdon Papers, vol. 3.

Congdon may have also used pastoral compositions to engage with Nantucket history. Her diaries record that her husband, Charles, was very knowledgeable about island history and was often asked to speak at the Unitarian church and local gatherings for veterans.17 One notable admirer was the Detroit-based author Dr. William Oliver Stevens, who wrote and illustrated the popular 1936 book Nantucket: The Far-Away Island. After meeting Anne while working on his pencil drawings on a downtown wharf in summer 1935, Stevens proceeded to call on the Congdons on more than one occasion, “looking for Nantucket material” to enrich his book.18 The featured image of Top Gale, Quaise highlights at least one location Congdon may have selected because of its rich and storied past.19 The name Quaise comes from the Algonquin word “Uhquae” meaning “end point” and, as such, was seemingly highly favored by the seasonally mobile Native population who inhabited the island historically.20 In the seventeenth century, Englishman Thomas Mayhew noted the Indigenous appreciation for Quaise and specifically claimed it for himself when he sold his rights to the island to a group of investors, including Tristam Coffin, in 1659.21 A century later, the land was divided into farms, one of which was owned by Kezia Folger Coffin (1723– 1798), a famous and controversial island merchant of the

Revolutionary period.22 Another significant event in the area’s history occurred in 1822, when the town purchased land in Quaise to establish a poor farm and asylum to help the elderly, unemployed, and mentally impaired find stable footing on island.23 This civic reform effort was short-lived. After ten Asylum inmates perished in a devastating fire in 1844, the Asylum was disbanded, and two of its buildings relocated into town.24 It’s unclear if any trace of this history of Quaise existed when Congdon was painting Top Gale in the 1930s and 1940s. It seems likely she was aware, at least partially, of the legacy of the location. Her 1927 diary records that she visited the historic Miriam Coffin Tea House, which operated on the site of Kezia Coffin’s old Quaise farmhouse.25 Named for the protagonist of an 1835 novel by Joseph C. Hart based on Coffin, the Polpis tea house was an outof-town gathering spot for tourists in the 1930s, serving maple syrup that was cheekily advertised as smuggled.26 Congdon’s inclusion of the lone Quaise farmhouse perched high on the horizon line in her Top Gale, Quaise makes it tempting to ponder whether the land’s history inspired her popular pastoral. Maybe she was alluding to an imagined version of Thomas Mayhew’s last colonial hold,

“Memoranda,” Anne Ramsdell Congdon Papers, vol. 3.

Charles Congdon was a veteran of the Spanish–American War and World War I.

Congdon writes: “Dr. Stevens came in this morning as I painted on the sun porch.—Talked with me about a many matters. He is writing a history of Nant. & illustrating it by his pencil sketches.” November 6, 1935, vol. 5. The quote in the essay is from December 30, 1935, in the same volume.

For an overview of the history of Quaise see Betsy Tyler, “8 Quaise Pastures Road: A House History,” published by the Nantucket Preservation Trust in 2015 and available online at https://issuu.com/npt.com/docs/8_quaise_ comprehensive

In 1916, a Wampanoag burial site was discovered in Quaise. Recovered materials included a few clay pots and the remains of a human skeleton with a dog, “buried at the feet of its master.” Proceedings of the Nantucket Historical Association (1916), 53.

For more about Nantucket’s indigenous and colonial history, see the works of Nathaniel Philbrick: Abram’s Eyes (Nantucket: Mill Hill Press, 1998) and Away Off Shore (New York: Penguin Books, 2011).

Tyler, “8 Quaise Pastures,” 6. For more on Kezia and her exploits during the American Revolution: Eduoard Stockpole, Smuggler’s Luck (New York: William Morrow & Co, 1931 [reprint: Mill Hill Press, 2005] and Lisa Norling, Captain Ahab Had a Wife: New England Women and the Whalefishery, 1720–1870 (Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 2000), 42.

Alison M. Gavin, “The Asylum at Quaise: Nantucket’s Antebellum Poor Farm,” Historic Nantucket vol. 52, no. 4 (Fall 2003).

One Asylum building was moved to 144 Orange Street, where it was renamed “Our Island Home” in 1905 before becoming Landmark House in 1986. Another was used as the House of Corrections adjacent to the Old Gaol on Vestal Street until it was declared a fire hazard and torn down in 1952.

Congdon writes: “All went & had at Miss Hollister’s tea room at Polpis this P.M.” October 7, 1927, Vol. 3. The Hollister family owned the rebuilt Kezia Coffin farmhouse from 1912–1927 and the subsequent owner, Josephine Wherry, opened the “Miriam Coffin Tea House” to summer visitors circa 1930. Tyler, “8 Quaise Pastures,” 14.

Joseph C. Hart, Miriam Coffin, or The Whale-Fisherman. A Tale (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1835). Hart’s work was a major influence for Herman Mellville’s Moby Dick. A 1931 advertisement for the Miriam Coffin T. House appears in Tyler, “8 Quaise Pastures,” 15.

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ANNE RAMSDELL CONGDON

Alice [daughter-in-law] helped me—with my paintings for the “Encore” this morning—nailing most of them into Frames.

The stubborn one has to wait for Bob. AUGUST 1946

Her involvement and opinions about the Encore show at the Kenneth Taylor Gallery appears in the July and August entries of the Anne Ramsdell Congdon Papers, vol. 10. .

Kezia Coffin’s Revolutionary War-era farmhouse, or perhaps even a trace of the failed nineteenth-century Asylum when conceptualizing the composition. It’s difficult to prove any of these interpretations, but the wild, colorful landscape and nondescript farmhouses make Top Gale, Quaise and many of her other pastorals ripe for a variety of nostalgic interpretations.

Oil Sketches and Small Works The final section of the exhibition focuses on Congdon’s artistic process. Previous publications proposed that she exclusively painted outdoors, but her diaries record that she typically only created small-scale works en plein air. The collection of sketches done in pencil and oils included in the exhibition are some of her most expressive and enthusiastic works. She often had her husband, sons, and friends drive her around Nantucket in search of compositions––“cruising around looking for motifs” as she happily wrote in October 1928. Congdon painted outside briskly and with passion, exploring light and color effects in a range of landscapes and seasons. The oil sketch of Sankaty included in this section, generously lent by Dick and Mimi Congdon, is similar to a larger composition from 1936, lent by Pete Steingraber, also in the show. Although both feature her signature vibrant impasto, the brushstrokes in the oil sketch are more loose and energetic. A quote from her 1947 diary details that she returned more than once to this Sankaty scene, a motif that brought back memories of driving to ’Sconset with her friend Annie Alden.27 After moving to Nantucket in 1930, Congdon’s painting routine settled into a seasonal rhythm. She painted outside as long as the weather allowed, but by late November and December, she was working indoors. January and February were typically her most productive months for creating larger paintings; she chose which outdoor oil sketches she wanted to transform into bigger compositions and “rearranged” and “revamped” them in the attic studio at her home on Orange Street. She returned to painting outside on warm days in the spring, but also prepared her win-

ter works for the summer exhibition season. She searched for old frames at the Hospital Thrift Shop and enlisted her husband, sons, and daughters-in-law to help her refit and gild the frames and transport her finished works to shops and exhibitions during the summer.28 From approximately June to September, she went back to painting small works outside, but also took time off from art to run the book room at the Hospital Thrift Shop and bask in the summer season with her friends and family. Anne Ramsdell Congdon both restarted and transformed her artistic career on Nantucket. This was no small feat for a doctor’s wife in her fifties, but, as her diaries demonstrate, she was more than up for the task. She was relentless in her drive to paint every day and eager to broaden and improve her technique. She also painted all over Nantucket, seeking out compelling motifs and successful “pot boilers” that continue to be attractive to Nantucket tourists and collectors. Her professional painting career was also immeasurably aided by the support of her family and the many friends she made in the Nantucket Art Colony. Anne Ramsdell Congdon’s Nantucket Renaissance would not be possible without the support of the Congdon family, who preserved her sketches and diaries and have now generously made them available to the NHA for study and display. The opportunity to read her words and gain a sense of her lively personality while considering her paintings has provided invaluable insight into how Anne Ramsdell Congdon became one of Nantucket’s most successful and celebrated artists. Although she ultimately wrote that she wasn’t pleased with how her art was hung in the seminal Encore exhibition at the Kenneth Taylor Galleries in 1946— a show for Nantucket artists of “national importance” that is usually framed as the capstone of her rejuvenated career— we hope that the exhibition displays her bold and beloved paintings in a way she would have approved of, lit and contextualized to their fullest potential.

Anne Ramsdell Congdon Papers, vol. 11, January 21, 1947, Item MS563 DO-MS563/11 [Daybook, 1947].

See entries from May 1936 and 1937 in the Anne Ramsdell Congdon Papers, vol. 5.

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Her involvement and opinions about the Encore show at the Kenneth Taylor Gallery appears in the July and August entries of the Anne Ramsdell Congdon Papers, vol. 10.

In the studio this A.M.—working on an Autumn

canvas—

my “motif” an old oil sketch. I did one after many years ago when Annie Alden— dropped me off on the moors—looking

toward Sankaty—on our way

to our cottage at ’Sconset. JANUARY 1947

View of Sankaty, Collection of Dick and Mimi Congdon.

Anne Ramsdell Congdon Papers, vol. 11, January 21, 1947, Item MS563 DO-MS563/11 [Daybook, 1947].

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Black Activism Before the Civil War By Barbara Ann White

The Black community on Nantucket protested and mobilized against racism in a wide variety of ways before the Civil War. Their campaigns are familiar to protest movements today. Participated in by men and women, many whose names are unknown, their activism has been overlooked.

ne goal of the Black community was to educate their children, cognizant that education was the key to a better life for generations to come. Many were all too familiar with the problem of being illiterate. Nantucket was slow to establish public schools; hence, leaders in the Black community sought funding on their own, reaching off island. They asked the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Among the Indians and Others (SPG) to fund a school, hopeful because it had established a school on Martha’s Vineyard under the supervision of Frederick Baylies, a white man. Essex Boston, Jeffrey Summons, and Peter Boston asked the SPG for funding based on their Wampanoag heritage, writing, “there are among the coloured people of this place remains of Nantucket Indians, and that nearly every family in our village are partly descended from the original inhabitants of this and neighboring places.” Their letter was successful, and in 1823 the SPG sent Baylies to establish a school for the Black community, but which included a few white children, probably held at the Second Congregational Church. But the people of New Guinea wanted a school in the neighborhood under their ownership and supervision. The African Meeting House, at the corner of York and Pleasant Streets and built in 1824, played a central role. It was used as a school, a church, and place to congregate for a variety of purposes. When the land was deeded to the Meeting House, it the stipulated that the trustees would maintain a schoolhouse—“kept in it forever.” When the town established public schools in 1826, the African School was absorbed into the town’s budget. Fear was ever present in the Black community, especially for those who had fled enslavement. Federal laws

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View of the African Meeting House, circa 1880. F3970

supported their return, and Black leaders organized to ensure their safety. Free Blacks were also in danger of being kidnapped and transported to the South when they ventured off island. Black sailors faced danger whenever they docked in a Southern port. The community was alert and ready to resist. The most famous incidence of protecting fugitives from being returned to the South occurred in 1822, when bounty hunters came to Nantucket seeking Arthur and Mary Cooper along with their children, all born in the North. When the men showed up at the Cooper’s house on Angola Street, a defiant group was waiting for them to prevent the family’s seizure. They sought help from several prominent white men known to be sympathetic to their cause. Magistrate Alfred Folger delayed the bounty hunters by engaging them in a dialogue about the legality and authority of their documents. This gave the frightened family of six time to be spirited out through the back of the house disguised as Quakers. They were hidden for several weeks at the home of Ol-

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“Every man of humane convictions must decide on the protest that best suits his convictions, but we must all protest.” Martin Luther King, Jr., April 4, 1967.

iver and Hannah Gardner on Vestal Street, where Mary Cooper gave birth to a son. Anna Gardner, age six, never forgot how frightened the Coopers were when they were hiding in her house. She went on to teach at the African School as well as in freedmen’s schools in the South during and after the Civil War. Almost three decades later, the Compromise of 1850 included a stricter fugitive slave law. Alarmed, the people of New Guinea organized a vigilance committee to protect fugitives on Nantucket from being targets.

inhabitants on account of color.” Of particular interest is the signature of 15-year-old Eunice Ross, whose successful examination for admission to Nantucket High School two years later set off a six-year dispute about school integration that split the island community. Most petitions were signed by a cross section of reformers and abolitionists with signatures including Barneys, Gardners, and Macys as well as Pompeys, Rosses, and

Unsurprisingly, Black Nantucketers were involved in the Underground Railroad. An article in 1874 in the San Francisco newspaper The Elevator paid tribute upon the death of Lewis Berry, writing that he had been part of a team on Nantucket with Captain Absalom F. Boston, Captain Edward J. Pompey, and “Messrs. Godfrey, Harris, Young and Borden,” along with five men in New Bedford, a city renowned as a haven for fugitives. Black people exercised rights embodied in the First Amendment to further voice their complaints and concerns, including the right to petition. Dozens of petitions were submitted by Nantucketers during the decades before the Civil War. The majority were submitted to the Massachusetts legislature, largely because of the “gag” rule passed by Congress prohibiting petitions regarding issues involving slavery. It was a form of protest that included men and women, black and white, children and adults. A petition signed only by Black Nantucketers was submitted by “Absalom Boston and 53 others” in 1839. It called upon the legislature “immediately to repeal all laws in this state which make any distinction among its

Portrait of Arthur Cooper, 1825-35. Sarah (Sally) Gardner (1799-1862). Gift of Eliza Ann King, 1899.131.1.

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Bostons. One issue which prompted a number of petitions concerned adding territories, such as Florida and Texas, to the United States because it would increase the power of the slave states in Congress and open up more land to human bondage. The largest petition from the island was submitted in 1839 when an astonishing 773 Nantucketers pleaded for the abolition of the slave trade in Washington, D.C. Petitions related to discrimination included one in 1842 which protested inequities on the railroads “on the sole difference of Colour.” The issue, however, that spurred the most petitions concerned Nantucket’s long refusal to admit Eunice Ross to the high school and the restriction of Black children to a one-room schoolhouse built on York Street. (The African Meeting House denied the town use of their building once the town’s segregation policy became clear.) Tempers flared when the school committee, dominated for one year by abolitionists, ordered the schools integrated against the explicit vote of the annual town meeting. The integration precipitated a backlash, and the next year, 1844, segregationists were overwhelmingly elected to the committee. Within a week, Black students were publicly ejected from the two grammar schools and escorted back to the school on York Street. One of the boldest examples of Black activism occurred in response to their children’s expulsion. Rather than send the children back to the segregated York Street School, the Black community boycotted the school system entirely, a very early example of that method of protest. The boycott of almost two years was so successful that it left the York Street School vacant, forcing the teacher to give “lessons to bare walls and empty benches.” The school committee reluctantly sent white children to the school to keep it open. Volunteers taught some Black children at a rented schoolroom. As the boycott dragged into its second year, students trickled back in as parents did not want to sacrifice their children’s learning. It seemed that the town had won the battle to segregate the schools. The next step that was taken was to take the issue to the Massachusetts State House.

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“Edward J. Pompey and 104 others” from the Black community submitted the first of four petitions to the legislature testifying to the urgent need for a law ensuring all children an equal right to public education. The Pompey petition claimed that conditions on the island were similar to the “insults and outrages upon their rights” that could be found in a jail in South Carolina. They wrote that their children needed protection from “School Committees and those who assemble in town meetings.” Two petitions from white Nantucketers in support of the Pompey petition followed. The fourth petition submitted in support of integration was from Eunice Ross, who told the story of the refusal of the town to admit her to the high school even though she had been “found amply qualified.” Their petitions were successful, and Massachusetts passed a ground-breaking law in 1845 guaranteeing the right for children to attend any public school. The hard work of fighting the town had borne fruit. Those petitions were not the first time that Black Nantucketers exercised their rights to those embodied in the First Amendment – freedom of speech, press, and assembly. In February 1842, for example, a community meeting at the Zion Methodist Episcopal church was called to protest school segregation. A 1,622-word Address to the School Committee and Other Inhabitants of Nantucket was composed. The address stated that Massachusetts laws did not recognize racial distinction in education. Printed in the Inquirer, the address referred to their community as “oppressed,” writing that the school issue was one of other “wounds” it had suffered for “some years.” They expressed a strong desire to be part of the mainstream as “citizens of this great republic; our veins are full of republican blood,” and ended with the hope that the time was “not too far distance when…this republic will proceed to make its distinctions in society on just and reasonable grounds, not according to the color of skin.” This example was the longest letter to the newspapers, but there were others written over the years about a variety of injustices. The Black community organized political organizations which paralleled those in the community at large. They organized the first abolitionist group, the African Society at least as early as 1829 – its aim to work to end slavery and gain equal rights for all.

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The first motion to integrate Nantucket schools at an annual town meeting, made by Edward M. Gardner on June 3, 1840. His motion was “negatived.” Nantucket Town Records.

The white community organized abolitionist groups not long afterward. The women of Nantucket organized an integrated group at least by 1841. That year, the Nantucket Women’s Anti-Slavery Society stopped meeting at the North Congregational Church because the church had put “impossible” conditions on the group by requiring it to ban their Black members. The women offered a compromise by suggesting that the Black women sit separately, but that compromise was rejected by the church. The women’s organization wrote, “…our object is to improve and elevate…not to lend our aid…in oppression.” There were two Black churches in New Guinea, both gathering places for political meetings. The earliest reference to “a colored church” was in 1821, when the Inquirer reported a room had been “fitted up for the purpose.” The African Meeting House served as a Baptist church until 1888. The Zion Methodist Episcopal Church was built in 1832, located on what is now Upper York Street, down the hill from the windmill. In 1838, a letter from an anonymous white man described what he observed on the Fourth of July at that church. An anti-slavery speaker, he wrote, spoke to about 150 people

that day. The author noted that Independence Day was no cause for celebration—“no peace, no liberty for the colored man in these Independent States...” Black men also ran for political office, and, while none were elected, several persisted over several years, putting their names forth. The two most influential citizens of New Guinea were the whaling captains Absalom F. Boston and Edward J. Pompey, who ran for various offices. The first instance was when Absalom Boston ran for the Board of Selectmen in 1839, earning just one vote. He also ran that year to be one of 20 fire wardens from a field of 52, again garnering one vote. In 1842, when the school committee was in the hands of hard-line segregationists, an astounding 56 men ran for the 13 positions. Ten were Black—including Edward Pompey who got 55 votes. James Ross, father of Eunice, and eight other Black men earned votes in the single digits. The following year, Absalom Boston, Edward Pompey, and James Ross ran unsuccessfully to be one of the town assessors. In November of the same year, Edward

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Segments of the 1843 petition to the Massachusetts legislature from Nantucket’s black population protesting segregation on the states railroads. Digital Archive of Massachusetts Anti-Slavery and Anti-Segregation Petitions, Massachusetts Archives, House Unpassed Legislation, 1843. Docket 1230A, SC1/Series 230, Petition of Nathaniel A. Borden. Harvard Dataverse, V 5.

Pompey received 39 votes to represent Nantucket in the state Senate. (Maria Mitchell’s father was elected with 638 votes).

Court of Common Pleas which noted that the case had been transferred to another court. Meanwhile, schools continued to be segregated.

Finally, the Black community availed itself of the court system, most significantly in 1845, when it seemed that school integration would be forthcoming after the passage of the new law. However, Nantucket chose to ignore the law. Fortunately, the law granted parents the right to sue their towns for damages, which is exactly what Absalom Boston did, filing suit on behalf of his daughter, Phebe Ann, one of the children who had been ejected from a grammar school the previous year. In September 1845, a special town meeting convened to decide how to proceed against the suit and voted to defend itself. A month later the suit was recorded in the records of the

At the next annual town meeting, the school committee argued that it was improper “to agitate this exciting question” until the Boston case was decided. But, the town re-elected abolitionists to the school committee and the schools were re-integrated within one week, putting the issue at rest and eliminating the need for the suit.

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These examples provide ample evidence that Black Nantucketers were politically active and availed themselves of multiple strategies to advance their quest for abolition and civil rights.

Nantucket’s Bid for Survival during the War of 1812 By Karl Jacob

In the broad context of the rich history of Nantucket, the significant role its residents played in developing and controlling much of the global whaling industry during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries has defined the narrative of the island. Less known is an event that occurred in the early nineteenth century that, for a brief period of time, severely disrupted Nantucket’s whaling industry, exposing the island’s connection to, and total dependence, on the sea for its economic existence.

n late August 1814, at the height of the War of 1812 and in the midst of the Royal Navy’s blockade of America’s coastline, acting out of desperation, with no help from the federal or state governments, residents of Nantucket took matters into their own hands. Without consent from the Madison Administration, island representatives began negotiations with the Royal Navy which eventually led, late in the war, to a neutrality agreement between Nantucket and the United Kingdom. Nantucket’s flirtation with neutrality was nothing new. Closely tied to the British economy before the American Revolution, Nantucket showed little interest in supporting the Colonial cause for independence. During the winter of 1775, Nantucket residents successfully petitioned Parliament for an exemption from the New England Restraining Act,1 which was intended to punish the New England colonies for their belligerence by dramatically curtailing fishing in the region. The outbreak of fighting was immediately felt by Nantucket’s booming whaling business as many overseas markets for its whaling products were closed off. Being cut off from its primary market in London was especially devastating. With so many of Nantucket’s whaling merchants avowed loyalists, coupled with the loss of London as a major market for its whaling products, several influential community members proposed the island remain an independent or neutral state.2 As would

happen again thirty years later, Nantucket sought to isolate itself from war. Island representatives met with British commanders in New York and Newport, and an agreement was hammered out in which “depredations should cease, provided Nantucket observe strict neutrality.”3 Some thirty years later, history repeated itself. With the stirrings of another war with the United Kingdom, residents again panicked. On May 9, 1812, weeks before war was declared, a town meeting was called in which the impacts of another war were deliberated. A petition was drawn up and sent to Congress, pleading that the United States not to go to war with Britain. The petition detailed the harsh treatment and severe impact the American Revolution had on the island. It also addressed concerns regarding Nantucket’s isolated location and how defenseless it would be to invasion.4 The pleadings fell on deaf ears. A few days after Nantucket’s residents learned that war had been declared, noted resident Kezia Coffin Fanning wrote in her diary, “Sorrow and distress are on the minds of people in consequence of War. Many families have hurried off and left.” 5 Once war broke out, as residents predicted 3 Linda S. Hinchman and Lydia S. Hitchman, “William Rotch and the Neutrality of Nantucket during the American Revolution”, Bulletins of the Friends’ Historical Society of Philadelphia Vol.1, No.2 (2007): 52. 4 Town Meeting, 9 May 1814, Town and County of Nantucket, Town Clerk Archives.

1 Parliament Act: New England Trade and Fisheries Act 1775, 15 Geo. III (c.10). 2 Nathaniel Philbrick, Away Off Shore, Nantucket and Its people 1602-1890 (Nantucket: Mill Hill Press, 1994), 139-40.

5 “Keziah Coffin Fanning’s Diary,” Historic Nantucket, 5 (April 1958): 30.

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and feared, the impact on Nantucket’s whaling industry was felt almost immediately. On July 9, 1812, less than one month after war was declared, while on a whaling voyage in the Atlantic, Mount Hope, a whaling schooner from the island, was burned with its catch of 170 barrels of sperm oil and its crew held prisoners.6 And while the Royal Navy’s blockade was not yet fully in place, most of the island’s whaling vessels were well out to sea in the far reaches of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, in danger of sharing the same fate as the Mount Hope. When in February 1813 the British Parliament ordered the Royal Navy to begin blockading the United States (a tactic it had used so effectively in defeating Napoleon), the blockade order only covered the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay. New England was not subject to a strict blockade early in the war, due to its historic cultural and economic ties to Britain and because the British government hoped to pry New England away from the United States. A factor in the intentionally “porous” blockade of New England was the importance of its grain crop. With failed harvests becoming a common event in Britain in the early 1800s, much of grain which fed General Wellington’s armies in the Peninsular campaigns against Napoleon did not come from Britain but from the United States.7 The situation changed dramatically in the spring of 1814. With Napoleon defeated, British reinforcements began arriving to North America from Europe. Tired of the unnecessary war with the United States and weary from two decades of wars with France, Parliament in early 1814 ordered the Royal Navy to escalate the war with America at sea.8 Responding to War Secretary Bathurst’s orders and his desire to “make mercantile centers of New England feel the pressure of war,”9 Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane, commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy’s North Atlantic Station, issued a procla6 Alexander Starbuck, History of Nantucket: County, Island and Town (Boston: C.E. Goodspeed, 1924), 278. 7 NAM Rodger, The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815 (New York: W.W. Norton, 2004). 8 Barry J. Lohnes, “British Naval Problems at Halifax During the War of 1812,” The Mariner’s Mirror, 59:3 (1973): 317-333. 9 Letter from Bathurst to Sherbrooke, 6 June 1814, Public Archives of Nova Scotia, vol. 62, doc. 120; Lohnes, “British Naval Problems,” 327.

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Blockade Proclamation of Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane, 25 April 1814. Courtesy of Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington

mation in April 1814 extending the Royal Navy’s blockade to immediately include New England.10 The blockade straightaway impacted Nantucket disproportionately harder than the mainland. It effectively isolated the island it by shuttering its dominant employment and wealth-generating whaling industry, while cutting the island off from the mainland, from which it imported virtually all of its food and fuel. Adding to the desperation was a spiritual factor. The majority of Nantucket’s 7,000 residents were Quakers, who were strongly opposed to war. Blockading Nantucket proved to be a relatively easy assignment for the Royal Navy. Small in size (forty-eight square miles), and thirty miles from Cape Cod, Nan Proclamation dated 25 April, 1814 By the Honorable Sir Alexander Cochrane [S.1.:s.n.], 1814. Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington. Letter from Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane to John W. Croker, 28 April 1814, The National Archives (hereinafter TNA), ADM 1/506; Lohnes, “British Naval Problems,” 327.

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Graphite drawing by Edwin Hayes of fifth-rate frigates, the type of HMS Nymphe which blockaded Nantucket Harbor. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich London (PAD 9543). Transcribed letter dated August 23,1814, from Nantucket resident Matthew Clark to General Henry Dearborn, Boston. Courtesy of Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington

tucket was easy to isolate. Surrounded by shallow waters and shifting sandbars and having only one narrow, navigable channel leading to its only harbor made it easy for a small blockading force of warships or privateers to completely shut things down. The ease of maintaining the blockade was demonstrated in late June 1814, when a single tender, containing one gun and twelve sailors, from the frigate HMS Nymphe blocked the entrance to the island’s harbor, making access impossible.11 Nantucket historian Edouard Stackpole wrote, “the island’s whaling fleet and coastal vessels bringing supplies from the mainland were easy prey for a host of privateers and British cruisers.”12 On August 23, 1814, Nantucket resident Matthew Clark wrote a lengthy letter to General Henry Dearborn, customs collector for the port of Boston, describing the Royal Navy brig HMS Nimrod anchoring off the Bar and sending representatives to meet Horseman, “Nantucket’s Peace Treaty,” 186.

with town representatives. “The situation of Nantucket is truly critical; a single Gun Boat, could effectively Blockade the entrance to the Harbour, as utterly to prevent all manner of ingress and egress…the demolition of every Dwelling House and Building on the Island could be readily effected; without hazard to the enemy, as all sort of defence is utterly impracticable.”13 With their plight worsening and without much sympathy nor support from the federal or state governments, in the summer of 1814, the islanders chose to take action. In late spring of that year, the Washington Benevolent Society, a mostly federalist island group opposed to the war, sent a committee to meet with the Royal Navy Captain David Milne, who was in charge of blockading Boston Bay. After brief negotiations, an agreement was reached to allow the islanders to send vessels to

Edouard A. Stackpole, An Incident During The War of 1812, Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, War of 1812 files, blue file.

Letter from dated 23 August, 1814 from Nantucket resident Matthew Clark to General Henry Dearborn. War of 1812 mss, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington.

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Illustration by William Coffin in Obed Macy, A History of Nantucket (Boston: Hillard, Gray, 1835), iv.

the mainland to import only essential food and fuel. This didn’t last long. The agreement was rescinded on August 5, when it was found that the first vessel from the island stopped by the British squadron contained supplies being shipped for profit.14 After the failure of that effort, the islanders thought it best to deal directly with the new commander-in-chief in North America’s Atlantic blockade directly, Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane. On July 22, a petition signed by 225 mostly-Federalist residents of the island was sent to Cochrane seeking relief from the blockade. The appeal was based on humanitarian reasons, explaining the island’s isolation, lack of natural resources, and opposition by its dominant religious group, the Quakers, to the war.15 Not wanting to be out-done by the Federalists, town officials, mostly comprised of Madison Democrat-Republicans, called a town meeting on July 23 to discuss declining stores of supplies and how best to approach the British. The selectmen chose Silvanus Macy and Isaac Coffin to act as commissioners to negotiate with the British. They set sail aboard the sloop Hawk on July 28 for Bermuda to meet with Vice Admiral Cochrane, 14

Starbuck, Nantucket, 291-92

Letter from Inhabitants of Nantucket to Cochrane, 22 July 1814 TNA, ADM 1/507/260-61.

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where they believed he was stationed. The commissioners’ instructions from Nantucket’s governing body were explicit. They were to explain the urgent plight the blockade had placed them in and, for humanitarian reasons, plead that Cochrane grant them passports to import food and fuel from the mainland. They were also to seek permission to resume whaling and fishing, their only significant means of livelihood.16 Unbeknownst to the commissioners, when they finally caught up with and met with Cochrane in the Chesapeake in late August, he was aware of the situation and sought to exploit it. He had already directed one of his senior commanders, Rear Admiral Henry Hotham, to investigate. If the islanders’ claims were found to be true, Hotham was empowered to issue passports allowing the importation of necessary provisions. On August 23, 1814, a proposal from Hotham was delivered to the island under a flag of truce. If Nantucket’s residents were to declare themselves “absolutely neutral,” deliver up any military stores held on the island, and provide any surplus supplies to British ships, a specified number of vessels would be permitted to import wood,

Town Meeting, 23 July 1814, Town and County of Nantucket, Town Clerk Archives. It was at this special Town Meeting that a delegation was appointed by Nantucket’s governing body to seek out, under a flag of truce, a meeting with Vice Admiral Cochrane regarding relief for the Island.

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provisions, and other needed supplies.17 A town meeting was held that same night, and Nantucket residents officially agreed to the terms of Hotham’s neutrality offer.18 A contingent from the island set sail for Long Island, where Hotham was stationed. The neutrality agreement was signed in Hotham’s cabin aboard the HMS Superb on August 28. All of this occurred while the “official representatives” from the island were meeting with Cochrane in Chesapeake Bay. After hearing their issues, Cochrane gave the group messages to deliver to Hotham in New London. When they presented themselves to Hotham, they learned that they were behind the times. A neutrality agreement had already been negotiated. The neutrality agreement provided a degree of relief for the islanders but not nearly as much as they had hoped for. A limited number of safe-passage passports allowed Nantucket vessels to obtain provisions from the mainland, which alleviated some, but not all, shortages of food and fuel. Even with the passports, some of the island’s boats were reluctant to leave Nantucket for fear of being captured by the Royal Navy or pro-British privateers, not all of whom respected the passports’ authority. However, the key area where the Nantucketers sought relief—freedom to resume whaling—was met with a resounding rejection from Vice Admiral Cochrane. Since the neutrality agreement happened so late in the war and a peace treaty was signed on Christmas Eve 1814, the full repercussions of the agreement and how it would have withstood the delicate political balance the islanders had placed themselves in between the United States Government and Great Britain became a moot issue. So what were Vice Admiral Cochrane’s true intentions in offering neutrality to Nantucket? Some historians have suggested it was his way of embarrassing the Madison Administration and driving a wedge between

Letter from Cochrane to Croker, 5 October 1814 TNA, ADM 1/507/249-51.

Town Meeting, 23 August 1814, Town and County of Nantucket Archives; Letter from Hotham to Cochrane, 29 August 1814 TNA, ADM 1/507/252-55, 258). Hotham wrote to Cochrane notifying him of Nantucket’s neutrality agreement and his issuing a circular ordering ships of the Royal Navy and privateers to honor the passports he had issued.

Oil painting of Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane (Library of Congress LC-USZ62-69137).

the island and the U.S. government.19 Others believe he wanted to coax the skilled Nantucket whalers, with their lucrative whaling industry, to move their operations to British territories, preferably Nova Scotia.20 Or perhaps it was just a humane gesture from what many historians consider a cold and calculating man. In much of this bit of history, the United States Government remained indistinct and silent. This was due in part to its lack of a naval force sufficient to break the blockade. There was also little sentiment within the Madison Administration to aid the islanders given their pro-British and anti-war leanings. In the end, however, the overriding factor preventing the federal government from focusing on Nantucket’s plight was a much larger, immediate issue—its own survival.

Ellis, A Ruinous and Unhappy War, 193; Eric Jay Dolin, Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2007), 203; Willard Sterne Randall, Unshackling America: How the War of 1812 Truly Ended the American Revolution (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2017), 312-313; Horsman, “Nantucket’s Peace Treaty,” 180.

Dolin, Leviathan, 203; Horsman, “Nantucket’s Peace Treaty,” 180, 190.

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Preserving the Prehistoric Pottery of Nantucket By Karl Wietzel, NHA Collections Specialist

n a visit to the Whaling Museum, the first exhibit typically encountered is a display of Wampanoag artifacts. While these artifacts are a window to the many thousands of years of adaptation, technological expertise, and modes of settlement and subsistence by the island’s first peoples, they represent just a small fraction of Native American objects curated by the Nantucket Historical Association. Beginning in 2020, through funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the NHA team began a major update to how the rest of this vital collection is preserved, studied, and made accessible. Among the pieces on display at the Whaling Museum, one stands out: a beautiful, partially reconstructed pottery vessel. The use of pottery is an earmark of the Woodland period beginning around 3,000 years ago. On Nantucket, this was a time of environmental stabilization, as tidal estuaries, ponds, and salt marshes formed across the island. Archaeologists interpret the presence of pottery and its use on Nantucket archaeological sites as evidence of site use during the Woodland Period, coinciding with cultivation of indigenous plants, exploitation of salt marsh resources such as shellfish and grasses, and the establishment of community settlement areas and gardens. While people had been utilizing the island’s natural resources long before 3,000 Before Present Era (BPE) evidence suggests that during the Woodland Period, Native Americans were remaining on Nantucket on a permanent or semi-permanent basis. Early Woodland pottery is typically thick, grit-tempered, and undecorated. As ceramic and tool technology improved in the Northeast, so did the pottery forms, and by the Late Woodland period, vessels were typically stylized, sturdy, and refined, many having been shell-tempered and bearing distinctive decoration. For tribal historians, archaeologists, and museum staff, Pre-Contact period Native American pottery is valuable for research in a number of key areas. As a starting

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point, because pottery is not easily transported, a deposit of pottery sherds often suggests a nearby settlement. Pottery in general, and various pottery forms, relate to specific time periods, helping to refine the age of archaeological sites within the Woodland Period. Protein and lipid residue analyses can show what a piece was used for. For archaeologists in the sub field of ceramic archaeology, complete or partially reconstructed vessels provide data on the size and volume of containers, methods of construction, and cultural identity through craftsmanship and design. The list goes on, from migration and trade patterns, to cultural affiliations with neighboring communities, population density, discard behaviors, production methods, technological innovations, and linear connections to artisans today. Stone tools make up the bulk of Native American artifacts now stored at the NHA and rightfully garner much attention. They are, for the most part, complete and familiar; stone artifacts are difficult to break, and share many of the same functions as similar tools used today. The collection also contains research-rich materials from excavation sites, including soil samples, charcoal fragments, animal bone, and the field notebooks of dozens of archaeologists. Research and exhibition potential meet with the hundreds of pottery fragments, or sherds. These pieces represent dozens of vessels and clay pipes, and most were painstakingly labeled by archaeologists in the field so that they might someday be studied and reconstructed. Dr. Elizabeth Little, who over several decades spearheaded research on the pre-historic and early colonial periods on Nantucket, often discouraged further excavation and disturbance of Native American sites on the island. Little recommended that “the abundant available resources not requiring excavation form the basis for...thorough study.” Today, the collection is being migrated into long-term storage solutions based in part

The Cape and Islands at 9,000 BPE, before the Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds were formed due to sea level rise. Courtesy of Gray & Pape Heritage Management.

Partially reconstructed prehistoric pottery vessel. On display at the Whaling Museum, Nantucket.

Pottery sherds excavated by archaeologists on Nantucket, housed at the NHA’s collections management facility.

on the potential for future research. Ceramics bearing clear provenance are carefully wrapped in tissue and bagged according to where they were excavated. Even with this information, potential areas for study can be difficult to identify. As objects are taken out of an excavation site and grouped by material, context is lost. Years in storage makes residue analysis more difficult, and rather than working directly with the archaeologists who conducted the field work, there is a reliance on the records they left behind. Still, the collection can help answer some of the fundamental questions about prehistoric pottery on Nantucket: Was pottery made here, or brought from other places? Is there pottery on Nantucket that is stylistically unique? Can the pottery on Nantucket be sourced to Martha’s Vineyard or the mainland? How did pottery change on Nantucket? What was collected, stored, and cooked in Nantucket

pottery? There has never been a major study in these areas. The collection housed at the NHA contains thousands of artifacts, many associated with specific excavation sites, that have not been researched for decades, if ever. Preparing these artifacts for future research requires painstaking work, from record keeping and maintenance to careful handling and storage. From an exhibition perspective, the display of material types like pottery allows museums to interpret North American prehistory in new ways, with less emphasis on stone tools so familiar to audiences, and greater appreciation for the rich, textured lifeways of Native Americans from the distant past. The views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this article do not necessarily represent those of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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Congratulations to our 2021 NHA Scholarship Recipients!

Boden Corbett was born and raised on Nantucket by his parents Kelly (Michetti) and Scott Corbett. Along with his three siblings; Isaac, Porter, and Tatum, Boden is a 13th generation Nantucket native. During his time at NHS, he played on the varsity ice hockey team, acted as a Nantucket Community School summer camp counselor, and enjoyed making people laugh with his quick witted humor. With the strong belief that health is wealth, Boden will be attending Framingham State University with plans to pursue a career in psychotherapy.

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Bishaka Dhamala was born and raised in Nepal and moved to Nantucket at the age of eleven. Raised by her father, Bishnu Kumar Dhamala, her brother Sabin Dhamala and without a female figure, she learned to stand firm as a rock with a positive perspective despite the challenges. Throughout her time at NHS, she built various relationships with her teachers, counselors, community members, coaches, and friends. She is very thankful to Nantucket for giving her numerous opportunities to become who she is today, and in the future, she looks forward to giving back to the community by using her voice and knowledge to help other first-generation students like herself. She will be attending University of Massachusetts Amherst to study biochemistry and molecular biology.

NHA scholarships are awarded to graduating seniors of Nantucket High School who pursue a four-year college degree and have demonstrated a commitment to Nantucket’s community through volunteer time and initiatives.

Grace Hood has lived on Nantucket her whole life. She grew up with two siblings, Zak and Marin, and her parents Lisa and Andrew Hood. Grace has enjoyed the opportunity to travel to many places with her family, including Scotland (where her dad is from), Puerto Rico, Costa Rica and Mexico. One of her most memorable trips was when she traveled to China with her Chinese class to volunteer and also learn more about the culture. This past year, Grace mentored at the Nantucket Boys & Girls Club to help provide a safe and fun environment for young children. Throughout high school she has served as class secretary and financial director for the school newspaper Veritas. She has also played lacrosse and joined the new Nantucket High School girl’s hockey team. Grace’s interests involve current social, political and environmental issues. In the fall of 2021, Grace will be attending the University of New Hampshire to double major in the Justice Studies Program.

Madison Iller is a fifth generation Nantucket Native. She is proud to have over 150 hours of community service hours: serving for her church, Nantucket Dance Works and the Maria Mitchell Association. She plays Varsity Soccer and Swim, is an active member of the National Honors Society, bowhunts with her father, participates in NHS musicals, works for the Harbor Master during the summer and teaches dance classes to toddlers each weekend. She is excited to attend George Washington University in the Fall of 2021.

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2020 Gifts to the Collection 2020.1 The Northern Whale Fishery. Ship Harmony of Hull and other Ice-Bound Whalers on the Davis Strait between Baffin Bay, Canada and Greenland, by W.J. Huggins, 1835 NHA purchase, with generous gifts from Kaaren and Charles Hale, Caroline and Jeffrey Padduch, and Anonymous 2020.2 Spermaceti wax samples Gift of the Chemistry Students of Nimitz High School, Irving, Texas 2020.3 Brick from Nantucket street Gift of Harvey Deutsch 2020.4 Maritime artifacts Gift of Samantha Rand

2020.5 Pair of silver cufflinks made by Morton and Reva Schlesinger Gift of Judith Wodynski 2020.6 Winthrop silver-plated six-piece silver coffee and tea service Gift of Helen Marshall Hall Brown 2020.7 Sculpted bronze portrait of Lucretia Coffin Mott, Victoria Guerina NHA purchase 2020.8 (Below) Embroidered dinner napkin Gift of Cynthia Gallagher 2020.9 Pins pertaining to Ellen R. Ramsdell Gift of Frances Karttunen

2020.10 Engraved whalebone plaque Gift of Marcy Bartlett 2020.11 Model of the whaling brig Beaver NHA purchase, made possible with a gift from the H.L. Brown Jr. Family Foundation 2020.12 Odd Fellows regalia and rolling pin Gift of Frances Karttunen 2020.13 Three signs of various types Gift of Deborah D. Culbertson 2020.14 South Wharf, Nantucket, by Anne Ramsdell Congdon Gift of the Friends of the NHA 2020.15 Nantucket rush-seat ladder-back chair belonging to James Cary Gift of Jason Tilroe 2020.16 Murray's Toggery face mask Gift of Murray's Toggery Shop 2020.17 Historic paintings and scrimshaw Gift of James L. Dunlap 2020.18 Two sperm whale teeth Gift of the Irene Hatch Family Trust 2020.19 Road at Nantucket, Abbott Henderson Thayer, c. 1881 Gift of the Friends of the NHA 2020.20 Queequeg, Geddes Jones Paulsen, 2019 NHA purchase 2020.21 Two American Legion hats belonging to Alvin “Toppy” Topham Gift of Leigh M. Topham

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2020.22 Squam House artifacts Gift of Helen Marshall Hall Brown

2020.28 Side chair from the ship Beaver Gift of John DeCiccio

2020.23 Bobby Bushong poster Gift of Maurice Chaffee

2020.29 Handmade face mask Gift of Barbara Ann White

2020.24 Rigging thimble, wax-seal stamp, bodkin, small fid, drawer pull, and sperm-whale stamp Gift of Deborah Edmundson

2020.30 Beach at Cliffside, Nantucket, Frank Swift Chase Gift of the Friends of the NHA

2020.25 Abraham Quary plate Gift of Rebecca Hastings 2020.26 The Nantucket Atheneum Collection Gift of the Nantucket Atheneum 2020.27 Ten Sea Cliff Inn Nantucket porcelain dinner plates NHA purchase

2020.31 (Above) Fishing Fleet, Charles Green Shaw Gift of Margaret Hallowell and Stephen Langer 2020.32 Town candidate campaign buttons Gift of Sarah Alger 2020.33 Scrimshaw swift Gift of Hank Young

2020.8001 Line-O-Scribe machine printing press with four trays of type Gift of Lucile Hays 2020.8002 Nantucket scalloper Gift of Edward A. Stojak 2020.8003 Painted whale rib bone Gift of James L. Dunlap 2020.8004 Model of the frigate USS Essex Gift of Patricia Daly 2020.8005 David Lazarus mural Gift of James and Debra Treyz

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2020 Accessions at the Research Library RL2020.15 Six photographs and Ellen Ramsdell’s Garden price list Gift of Frances Karttunen

RL2020.21 Squam House "Chadwick's Folly" manuscript materials Gift of Helen Marshall Hall Brown

RL2020.16 Physics textbook owned by Lawrence S. Folger at the Coffin School, 1886 Gift of Norman W. Chaleki

RL2020.22 Family manuscript materials and Edward Coleman Gibbs Bible Gift of Frances Karttunen

RL2020.17 Items pertaining to Ellen Ramsdell Gift of Frances Karttunen

RL2020.23 Crew list for ship Barclay, 1832 NHA purchase, with a gift from Patricia and Thomas Anathan

RL2020.12 Nantucket Preservation Trust house histories Gift of the Nantucket Preservation Trust

RL2020.18 The Last Voyage of the Independence by Milo Calkin, 1953 NHA purchase

RL2020.24 Two Nantucket maps by the Killen Brothers, c. 1930 Gift of Susan Watkins

RL2020.13 Nathaniel Barney letter to Samuel Williston, 1847 Gift of Deborah Petite

RL2020.19 Oldest House watercolor postcard Gift of Mary Shannon

RL2020.25 William P. Ceely shop book and journal Gift of Adam Lincoln Ceely

RL2020.14 Sales receipt from Mendle Rothenberg's store on Main Street, 1878 Gift of Paul LaPaglia

RL2020.20 Geo. E. Eldridge's Chart C Vineyard Sound Lt. Ship to Chatham, 1909 NHA purchase, with a gift from Diane and Art Kelly

RL2020.26 Aerial Views of Nantucket, Mass., 1926 Gift of Chad Gifford

RL2020.1 Typed manuscript on shawls Gift of Helen Marshall Hall Brown RL2020.2 Photographs, aerials, and negatives Gift of Richard Austin RL2020.3 Anne Ramsdell Congdon Papers Gift of the Congdon Family RL2020.4 Old Mill photograph Gift of Woody Kay RL2020.5 Young's Bicycle Shop maps, 1964–2014 Gift of Young’s Bicycle Shop RL2020.6 Scans of Young's Bicycle Shop maps, 1977–2018 Gift of Young’s Bicycle Shop RL2020.7 Bill Haddon color photograph of Old Mill Gift of Joanne Polster RL2020.8 (Right) Pascaert van Nieu Nederland Van Hendrick Christiaens Eyland tot Staaten hoeck of Cabo Cod, by Arent Roggeveen, 1675 Partial gift of the Friends of the Nantucket Historical Association, partial gift of Elizabeth & William Guardeniere RL2020.9 From Shore to Shore, Phoebe Ann Coffin Hanaford NHA purchase RL2020.10 The Writ of Injunction, Labor Unions, Boycotts, Strikes, and Contempts, William Barnes NHA purchase RL2020.11 Columbian Centinel, 15 December 1790 edition NHA purchase

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RL2020.27 Eldridge’s New Chart from Chatham New Harbor to West Chop Light, 1894 NHA purchase, with support from Diane and Arthur Kelly RL2020.28 U.S. Coast Survey Map of Block Island, Buzzard Bay, Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, 1883 NHA purchase, with support from Diane and Arthur Kelly

RL2020.8002 The whaleman's experience in the golden age of whaling, 1814–1880, by Vincent Santapaga Gift of Vincent Santapaga

RL2020.8016 The Life and Times of Oswald Anthony Tupancy, by Paul R. Judy Gift of Paul R. Judy

RL2020.8003 A Thousand Leagues of Blue: The Pacific Whaling Voyages of Charles and Susan Veeder of Nantucket, by Betsy Tyler NHA publication

RL2020.8017 From the Forecastle to the Cabin; Five Years before the Mast Gift of the Los Angeles Maritime Museum

RL2020.29 Topham family photographs Gift of Leigh M. Topham

RL2020.8004 Tales & Legends of Early Nantucket: A Historical Treasure Hunt, by Julie Jensen NHA purchase

RL2020.30 Robert Farrier and Helen Locke marriage certificate Gift of Helen Marshall Hall Brown

RL2020.8005 Trees, Shrubs & Lianas of Nantucket, 2 volumes, by Yeshe Palmo NHA purchase

RL2020.31 Chafee family photos Gift of Maurice Chaffee

RL2020.8006 Last Call and The Last Bay Scallop? by John Stanton NHA purchase

RL2020.32 Coffin family Bible, 1785 Gift of Ruth R. Stober RL2020.33 Elizabeth Pinkham Crosby calling card Gift of Helen Marshall Hall Brown RL2020.34 William Rotch letter Gift of Mary Black RL2020.35 Ruth Haviland Sutton map, 1959 NHA purchase RL2020.36 Methodist Church framed document Gift of Jason Tilroe RL2020.37 Letters from Arthur Gibbs, 1918–19 Gift of Frances Karttunen RL2020.38 Gibbs and Sylvaro Family Collection Gift of Frances Karttunen RL2020.39 Stampless, folded letter to Catherine Gun, 1847 NHA purchase RL2020.40 Sarah Alger Campaign for Town Moderator Papers Gift of Sarah Alger RL2020.8001 Steamship Authority brochure with timetable Gift of Mike Fagan

RL2020.8018 Colonial Homes, Feb. 1998, Vol. 14 No. 1 Gift of Peter Greenhalgh RL2020.8019 Frederick Douglass: Portrait of a Free Man Gift of Kelly Williams RL2020.8020 Moby-Dick pop-up book NHA purchase RL2020.8021 PBA postcard Gift of Pat Anathan

RL2020.8007 Henry S. Wyer postcard Gift of W. Lee H. Dunham

RL2020.8022 Sea History, Autumn 2020 NHA purchase

RL2020.8008 "Agency: Married women traders of Nantucket, 1795-1865," by Mary Heen Gift of Mary Heen

RL2020.8023 Toward poem collection Gift of Moira Linehan

RL2020.8009 Figuring, by Maria Popova NHA purchase RL2020.8010 Tribe, Race, History, by Daniel Mandell NHA purchase RL2020.8011 An Innovation Story, by Stephen L. Yelon NHA purchase RL2020.8012 The Mapping of North American (2 vols.); New England in Early Printed Maps Gift of Arthur L. Kelly RL2020.8013 New England Prospect: A Loan Exhibition of Maps at the Currier Gallery of Art; Surveying the Shore Gift of Michael Buehler RL2020.8014 Sea History, No. 171, Summer 2020 Gift of the National Maritime Historical Society RL2020.8015 Sherburne to 'Sconset: A Nantucket Success Story NHA publication

RL2020.8024 Nantucket postcards Gift of Joseph W. Geldhof RL2020.8025 Straight Wharf Theatre schedule, 1952 Gift of Diane Tibbits RL2020.8026 Stereopticon and stereographs Gift of Elizabeth S. Jacobsen RL2020.8027 Nantucket Ropemaker’s Notebook, by Edward Cary, 1792 reprint Gift of Des Pawson RL2020.8028 Copy of ship Young Hero log, 1842 Gift of New Bedford Whaling Museum RL2020.8029 In Pursuit of Knowledge, by Kabria Baumgartner NHA purchase RL2020.8030 Marinmålarna NHA purchase

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Philanthropy 2020 Trustees and Staff thank the many individuals, foundations, businesses, and corporations that so generously supported the NHA in 2020. Annual Support The NHA is grateful for the generous annual support received from memberships, donations to the Annual Fund, corporate underwriting, grants, tribute gifts, and gifts for special programs, exhibitions, and special fundraisers. Unrestricted operating funds nurture every aspect of the NHA—from the care of the properties and collections to the delivery of public programs and educational outreach. Cumulative annual giving from these sources is reported for January 1 to December 31, 2020. $100,000 & Up Anne DeLaney & Chip Carver | Carver/ DeLaney Families Foundation, Inc. Institute of Museum & Library Services Diane & Britt Newhouse | Britt & Diane Newhouse Charitable Fund Melinda & Paul Sullivan Tupancy-Harris Foundation of 1986 $50,000 – $99,999 Connie & Tom Cigarran | Cigarran Family Foundation The H.L. Brown Jr. Family Foundation Ms. Franci Neely | Franci Neely Foundation Normandy Real Estate Partners Theodore Cross Family Charitable Foundation Kim & Finn Wentworth $30,000 – $49,999 Susan Blount & Richard Bard | Susan Blount & Richard Bard Charitable Fund Ritchie Battle | Margaret R. Battle Family Charitable Fund Amanda Cross Kelly M. Williams & Andrew J. Forsyth | The Williams Forsyth Family Fund Annabelle & Gregory Fowlkes The Nantucket Fund for Emergency Relief Helen & Chuck Schwab Jason A. Tilroe

$20,000 – $29,999 Anonymous Maureen & Edward Bousa Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Duncan | Bruce & Deborah Duncan Foundation Shelley & Graham Goldsmith Mark Hays Gottwald | 4G Foundation Mr. Richard W. Lowry Nantucket Golf Club Foundation Laura & Bob Reynolds Kathy Salmanowitz | Kathryn P. Salmanowitz Donor Advised Fund $10,000 - $19,999 Anonymous Nancy & Doug Abbey Dr. Patricia Nilles & Mr. Hunter Boll Anne Marie & Doug Bratton | Bratton Family Foundation Christy & Bill Camp Jenny & Wylie Collins Mr. & Mrs. Glenn M. Creamer John M. DeCiccio | John M. DeCiccio Charitable Fund Tracy & John Flannery Friends of the Nantucket Historical Association Nan & Chuck† Geschke | The Geschke Foundation Ashley Gosnell Mody Susan Zises Green | The Meyer & Jean Steinberg Family Foundation

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Kaaren & Charles Hale Mr. & Mrs. Zenas Hutcheson, III Carl Jelleme Diane Pitt & Mitch Karlin | Mitchell Karlin & Diane Pitt Charitable Fund Adrienne & Dillard Kirby Helen & Will Little Sharon & Frank Lorenzo Helen Lynch Massachusetts Humanities, Inc. Bonnie & Peter McCausland | The McCausland Foundation Victoria McManus & John J. McDermott | 2 Macs 1 Bloom Family Fund Nancy & Jay Nichols Carter & Chris Norton Mary & Al Novissimo Liz & Jeff Peek | Peek Family Foundation Mrs. Ella W. Prichard Mr. & Mrs. William M. Raveis, Jr. ReMain Nantucket, LLC Susan & Kennedy Richardson | Kennedy P. Richardson Fund Dr. Margaret B. Ruttenberg & Mr. John C. Ruttenberg Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Saul Janet & Rick Sherlund Mary & Don Shockey | Shockey Foundation Kathleen & Robert Stansky | Stansky Family Fund Harriet & Warren Stephens Stillwaters Charitable Trust Merrielou & Ned† Symes | Edward and Merrielou H. Symes Charitable Fund Ann & Peter Taylor Phoebe & Bobby Tudor Mrs. Louise E. Turner Liz & Geoff Verney | Elizabeth Thayer & E. Geoffrey Verney Fund Mr. & Mrs. Peter Zaffino

$5,000 - $9,999 Anonymous Aetna Foundation, Inc. Susan D. Akers | Akers Family Charitable Fund Patricia S. & Thomas J. Anathan Mrs. Mary Randolph Ballinger Pamela & Max Berry Susan & Bill Boardman Mr. Richard Bressler Laura & Bill Buck Mr. Donald A. Burns | Donald A. Burns Foundation Drs. James Burruss & Mary Fontaine | The Fontaine Burruss Family Fund Ms. Madeline Callahan Laurie & Bob Champion Olivia & Felix Charney Chubb & Son, a div of Federal Insurance Co. Mr. Marvin Davidson | The Marvin H. Davidson Foundation Robyn & John Davis Elizabeth Miller & James Dinan | The Dinan Family Foundation Jennifer & Stephen Dolente Eleish Van Breems Antiques Ana & Michael Ericksen Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Galvin Andrea & Ted Giletti Barbara & Ed Hajim | The Hajim Family Foundation Amy & Brett Harsch | Harsch Family Charitable Fund Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Holtman Barbara & Amos Hostetter Mrs. Wendy Hubbell | The Waldo Trust Jill & Stephen Karp Kathleen Hay Designs Diane & Art Kelly | The T. Lloyd Kelly Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Todd Knutson Coco & Arie Kopelman Jean Doyen de Montaillou & Michael A. Kovner

Mr. & Mrs. Bruce A. Lilly Mr. & Mrs. Mark Maisto Carla & Jack McDonald | Carla & Jack McDonald Family Fund Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Menschel | Charina Foundation Inc. Sarah† & Jeff Newton | Newton Family Charitable Trust Novation Media Mrs. Patrice A. Passaro Ms. Nancy Pfund & Dr. Phillip Polakoff Gary McBournie & William Richards Mr. & Mrs. Rich Richardson Mr. & Mrs. Francis Robinson Linda Saligman | The Linda and Harvey Saligman Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Smialowski | The Joseph and Deidre Smialowski Philanthropy Fund Tara Young Earley Garrett Thornburg The Vault Alisa & Alastair Wood Leslie Forbes & David Worth Carlyn & Jon Zehner $2,500 – $4,999 Mrs. Gale H. Arnold Lindsey & Merrick Axel Janet & Sam Bailey | The Warrington Foundation Ms. Linda Holliday & Mr. William S. Belichick Marianna & Chris Brewster Mrs. Nancy Broll | Tompkins-Broll Family Foundation Cape Cod Five Foundation Carolyn Thayer Interiors The Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Foundation, INC. Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Chesley Chip Webster Architecture Commmunity Foundation of New Jersey Congdon & Coleman Insurance Mrs. Martha W. Cox | Cox Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Jerry Dauterive Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Marcia Weber & James Flaws Mrs. Kathy Freeman | Moose Moss Mrs. Karyn M. Frist | Karyn McLaughlin Frist Fund

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Page & Arthur Gosnell Kim & Alan Hartman Hingham Institution for Savings Jockey Hollow Foundation Ann & Johnny Johnson Joseph Olson Interiors Inc. Mary Ann & Paul Judy | The Judy Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Douglass Karp Linda & George Kelly Kathryn L. Ketelsen Martha Dippell & Daniel Korengold Mr. & Mrs. J. Thomas Macy Debra & Vincent Maffeo Magellan Jets Mark Cutone Architecture Anne E. McCollum Mr. & Mrs. Martin McKerrow | The McKerrow Charitable Fund Meghan Elizabeth Interiors Mr. & Mrs. Peter deF. Millard Nantucket Bank, a division of Rockland Trust The Nantucket Hotel & Resort Nantucket House Antiques & Interior Design Studio Mr. & Mrs. Stephan F. Newhouse | S. & J. Newhouse Family Foundation Anne & Brec Obrecht Olivela, Inc. Mrs. Candace Platt R. C. Lilly Foundation Fund Maria & George Roach Ms. Janet L. Robinson Mrs. Nancy L. Romankiewicz Mrs. Bonnie J. Sacerdote | Bonnie Johnson Sacerdote Foundation Nancy & Joe Serafini Mr. & Mrs. Eric F. Silverman Rev. Georgia A. Snell Kate Lubin & Glendon Sutton | Richard K. Lubin Family Foundation Ms. Karen T. Butler & Mr. John Thompson Waterworks Mrs. Susan W. Weatherley Jan & Barry Zubrow $1,000 – $2,499 Anonymous (2) Mr. James W. Abbott

Carrie & Leigh Abramson | The Leigh J. and Carrie C. Abramson Fund Lisa & Michael Ahern Elizabeth & Lee Ainslie | Ainslie Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Seth W. Alvord Joanne & Michael Angelastro | Angelastro Family Charitable Fund Mr & Mrs. Chris W. Armstrong | Herbert D. Condie Jr. Family Foundation Atlantic East Nantucket Real Estate Audrey Sterk Design Anne Bailliere Lucinda Constable Ballard & Robert Ballard Mr. & Mrs. Barry Barksdale Beverly & David Barlow | David and Beverly Barlow Fund Bartlett's Farm Mr. & Mrs. Harold J. Baxter Jane Beasley Dennie Doran & Allan Bell Mr. & Mrs. Brian Berger Mrs. Martha C. Berlin Mr. & Mrs. Tom Bigony Mrs. Josette Blackmore Mr. & Mrs. James R. Boening Mrs. Joan M. Boening Jeanine & Alastair Borthwick Mrs. Edith S. Bouriez Margaret & William S. Brenizer Trish Murray Bridier Barbara Presta & Guy Bristow Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Broadus, III | The Elizabeth H. & Thomas H. Broadus Jr. Charitable Foundation Lissy Bryan Mrs. Julie Jensen Bryan & Mr. Robert Bryan Lisa & Don Callahan Centre Pointe Cheney Brothers Building & Remodeling, LLC Meredith & Gene Clapp Clear Pond Fund Beth K. Clyne Chris & Jim Cowperthwait Prudence & William Crozier Ms. Hilary H. Cunniff Kate & Kell Damsgaard Mr. George P. Davis

Ann & Stephen A. Davis | Stephen A. Davis Fund Lisa & Porter Dawson Ms. Amy E. Hauk & Mr. Scott M. Dehm Descendants of Cape Cod & the Islands Mr. Philip H. Didriksen Jr. Donna Elle Design Lori & Grady Durham Edgewater Landscape Design, Inc. Barbara & Michael Eisenson Jane & Richard Eskind | The Jane & Richard Eskind Family Foundation Robert D. Felch Mr. & Mrs. Stuart C. Fiertz Lisa & Peter D. Fitzsimmons Ms. Jennifer Fogg-Lickteig Jane & Charles Forman | The Forman Family Fund Cece & Mack Fowler Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Fox Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Freeman | The Racemaker Charitable Fund Karen & Chris Gagnier Julie & Cam Gammill Blewett S. & Jeffrey S. Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Justin L. Green | Slayton Green Family Foundation Ms. Toby A. Greenberg Robert F. Greenhill Sabine & Richard Griffin Joan & Philip Gulley | The Gulley Family Fund Karli & Jim Hagedorn Linda & Joe Hale Hanna D. Monaghan Trust Hatch’s Package Store Hehir Group Custom Builders Catherine & Richard Herbst Julia H. & John A. Hilton Jr. Ms. Leslie Wohlman Himmel | Leslie Wohlman Himmel Foundation Schuyler & Charles Hinnant Donna & Christian Hoffman Barbara & Richard Holt | Holt Family Fund Wendy & Randy Hudson Hy-Line Cruises The Inquirer & Mirror The Islander Package Store Elizabeth Jacobsen James Lydon, Sons & Daughters

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PHILANTHROPY 2020

Daintry R. Jensen† Ann & Charlie Johnson Claire Fraser & Jack Kammer Katie & Bob Keith Kathleen Cannon & Brian Kelly Mr. & Mrs. John J. Kennedy Lydia Zinzi Kennelley & Mark Kennelley Ms. Teresa Heinz & Hon. John F. Kerry | Heinz Family Foundation Carol Kindler Mr. Christopher Larsen Mr. & Mrs. David Lashway Lauren Marttila Photography Mr. & Mrs. Ernest J. Lawton, III Mrs. Kathryn C. Lieb Diane & David Lilly | Peravid Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Keith M. Lindgren Ms. Sandra M. Murphy & Mr. Charles W. Loeb Mr. & Mrs. John W. Loose | Loose Family Charitable Fund M. Sweeney Construction Inc. Katherine & Bob Maguire Sarah F. Alger & Bruce J. Malenfant Marine Home Center Mass Cultural Council Deedie & Ted McCarthy Susan McCollum Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin M. McGrath Darina & Allan McKelvie Ms. Abigail P. Johnson & Mr. Christopher McKown | Christopher McKown & Abigail Johnson Fund Mr. & Mrs. John W. McNear Patricia A. White & James F. Meehan Merida Bunny & Duff Meyercord Mr. & Mrs. Bruce D. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Marlin Miller Jr. Katherine & William Miller Miriam & Herb Mittenthal Ann & Craig Muhlhauser Mrs. Joanne R. Murphy Nantucket Island Resorts Sally & Peter Nash Susan & Scott Nelson Sharon & David Northrup | The Northrup Fund

Ann & Hardy Oliver | Thornburg Foundation Ms. Anne O'Neil | Cymaron Foundation Mark & Monique O'Neil The Orciuoli Family Ms. Maureen A. Orth Diana & Jeff Owen | Owen Family Fund Valerie & Jeffrey† Paley Kathe & William Pate Ellen Flamm & Richard Peterson Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Phelan Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Phelan Melissa & Nat Philbrick Mr. & Mrs. Scott Pidcock Martha & Charley Polachi Julia & Larry Pollock | Larry & Julia Pollock Family Philanthropic Fund Nancy & Bob Puff Karen W. Rainwater Suzanne & Sandy Rand Susan & Harry Rein Mr. & Mrs. J. Barton Riley | Gretchen & Jay Riley Gift Fund Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. F. Roberts Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Roby, III Mrs. Marion Rosenthal | The Marion & Robert Rosenthal Foundation Ellen & David Ross Mr. & Mrs. Mark E. Rubenstein Mr. & Mrs. James Russell Lisa Gustavson & Christopher Sales Ms. Sandra R. Holland & Mr. Alfred F. Sanford Marla & Terry Sanford Sara Roby Foundation Sarah F. Alger, P.C. Cary & John Schaperkotter Alison & Tom Schneider Pam & David Schofield Donna K. Cooper & Karl H. Schulz | The Donna K. Cooper Charity Fund Schwab Charitable Fund Denise & Robert Schwed Mr. & Mrs. Donald B. Shackelford | The Shackelford Family Foundation Mr. H. C. Bowen Smith Mrs. Lorraine C. Snell

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Mrs. Daisy M. Soros | Paul Soros Family Trust Mrs. Stephanie S. Speakman Ms. Katherine T. Wood & Mr. David T. Sprouls Susan Lister Locke Gallery TBS Factoring Service LLC Tharon Anderson Design, LLC The J.P. Morgan Charitable Giving Fund Mr. & Mrs. William J. Thompson Kim Walin Mr. & Mrs. James B. Wayman Ms. Julia Jensen-Weed & Mr. Timothy Weed Mary & Brand Whitlock Stephanie & Jay Wilson | Jay M. Wilson Fund Workshop/APD Mr. Robert A. Young Young's Bicycle Shop $500 – $999 Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Ancona | The Ancona Family Foundation Antiques Council Anne & Sandy Apgar A Taste of Nantucket Michelle & Bob Atchinson Mr. & Mrs. Louis Auletta Lili Baker Curtis L. Barnes Ms. Sarah Bateman Marcia & Bruce B. Bates | Et Manu Et Corde Fund Mr. & Mrs. C. Marshall Beale Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Beaugrand Leanne Bell Carole & Gary Beller Ms. Carol Bellmaine Kay & Peter Bernon Beverly M. Hall & David L. Billings Mr. & Mrs. Lee Black Ruth & Robi Blumenstein BNY Mellon, Wealth Management Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Boesel Botticelli & Pohl, P.C. Alison & Chris Bovard Mr. & Mrs. James A. Bowditch | JNC Fund Judith Ivey & Tim Braine

Cherise & Robert Bransfield Brass Lantern Inn Mr. & Mrs. Fred Bromenschenkel Mrs. Christina L. Brown Dr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Brown Kristen Sandifer & Charlie Bullock Eileen & Robert C.† Butler Calista West Cape Cod Express, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. James D. Carey Deirdre & Francis Carr Pamela & Jim Chapman Pamela VanHoven Clark CMC Construction Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Congdon Ms. Suellen Ward & Mr. John Copenhaver The Coscia Family Mrs. Carol M. E. Cross | Carol March Emerson Cross Fund Cynthia & John† Cross | John & Cynthia Cross Charitable Fund Current Vintage Virginia H. & Edward L.† Daisey Alexandra & David Dalury Linda & Daniel de Menocal Kate & Jim Denny Anne & Patrick Dewez Ms. Penny Dey Brigita & Andis Dimants The Dobbert Companies Chris & Joe Donelan Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Drazen Connie & Dan Driscoll Mr. James Druckman Paula Dore-Duffy & Michael C. Duffy Susu & Mike Dugas Rachel & Jim Dunlap Marsha & Bob Egan The Egan Group, Inc. Suzanne & Bill Einstein Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Ernst Mrs. Barbara Erskine Dorothy & Timothy Fallon Mr. & Mrs. Walter K. L. Ferguson Jr. Clara Bingham & Joseph Finnerty Fisher Real Estate Bradford Fleming Dr. Victoria Floerke Mr. & Mrs. Randall Fojtasek Susan & Stephen Forbes

PHILANTHROPY 2020

Four Winds Gifts, Inc. Dr. Stuart Frank Tammy & Keith Frankel Mary & Herb Frerichs Mr. & Mrs. Steven Fuerst Kate Stout & Pete Funkhouser Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Gentner | The Kenneth and Claudia Gentner Charitable Giving Fund Nancy Gewirz | Carl and Nancy Gewirz Fund Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Giovine Dr. & Mrs. Elliot R. Goldberg Mr. Herbert W. Goodall, III Great Point Properties Priscilla M. Kugel & Jonathan M. Grischuk Wendy & Ben Griswold Diane & Jeff Groff Ms. Mary G. O'Connell & Mr. Peter J. Grua Lauren & Paul Gudonis Lucia Gumaer | Whitehall Foundation Inc. Karoly & Hank Gutman Gypsy Henrietta Paige Hakes Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Hall Mr. & Mrs. Jay M. Hammer Mrs. Beverly A. Harris Lucile Hays Mr. & Mrs. Harry W. Healey, Jr. Paula & Schuyler Henderson Ms. Eileen M. O’Gara & Mr. Kevin F. Hickey | Kevin HIckey and Eileen O'Gara Donor Advised Fund Mr. & Mrs. Rich Hjulstrom Julia D. Hobart Ann J. & Peter B. Holmes Mr. & Mrs. James R. Holt, Jr. Nancy & Arthur Hooper Sharon K. Horne Ms. Gale Hurd Patty Jayson Mr. & Mrs. John G. Johnson Jordan Real Estate Peggy Kaufman Jane & Woody Kay Ms. Karen Keelan Ms. Carolyn M. Knutson Jacqueline & Eric Kraeutler

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Cynthia & Anthony Lamport | The Lamport Foundation Karen & Tony LaRocco Pam Lassiter Mrs. Jill L. Leinbach Edi & Sal Lentini Martha & Robert Lipp Gerry & Jeff Lynch Margaret & Kevin Lynch M. S. Worthington Foundation, Inc. Carolyn B. & Ian R.† MacKenzie Madaket Marine Maggie Stewart Events Mrs. Anne G. Maletta Robert Franklin & Charles Mappin Ann & Dennis Marvin Mrs. Marilee Matteson | Marilee B. Matteson Charitable Fund Beth & Kevin McMeen Katie & Bill McNabb Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Menna Mr. Ken L. Jennings & Mr. Albert S. Messina Mr. & Mrs. Doug Meyer Ms. Olivia Meyer Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Middleton | Middleton Family Fund Mr. & Mrs. Michael Milone | The Milone Family Fund Mr. Peter C. Moister | Peter Moister Donor Advised Fund Mr. & Mrs. Paul Moran Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Morin Morgan & Allen Morton Sonya Keene & John Moy Una & William Murphy Nantucket Island Homes Nantucket Looms Mr. & Mrs. Roger Nastou Mrs. Laurie B. Newhouse Nina Hellman Antiques, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Nottebohm Katherine Logue & Jonathan Nyland Susan & Stephen O'Brien Mrs. Anne P. Olsen | Olsen Family Donor Advised Fund Mr. Thomas J. Kim & Mr. John F. Olson Caroline & Jeffrey Paduch Dr. E. Prather Palmer Karen & John Palmer

Shira & Brad Paul Lindy L. Paull Mr. & Mrs. William F. Paulsen Mr. & Mrs. Blair Perkins Lesley & Girvin Peters Judith & Richard Phelan Kristene Franklin Pierce Mr. & Mrs. Donald Pongrace Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Pratter Quidley & Company Lisa & Thomas Ragno | Lisa and Thomas Ragno Charitable Fund Mary & MacGregor Read Peg & Phil Read Liz & Duncan Richardson Sarah Hanley & Malcolm Rohrbough Mr. Charles E. Ryan Melanie & Bob† Sabelhaus Mr. & Mrs. Alexander C. Sacerdote Ms. Elizabeth Salata Erin & Joe Saluti Mr. Richard Carlstrom & Mr. Joel Samuels Sandcastle Construction, Inc. Ms. Sue Sartor Schwartz Hannum Mr. & Mrs. Cary M. Schwartz Ms. Heidi Cox & Mr. George Seyfert Susan R. & L. Dennis† Shapiro | The Arzak Foundation Sharon & Charlie Shaver Mr. & Mrs. Bruce A. Shear Susan & Robert Simmons Ms. Ann Skala Mr. & Mrs. Erich C. Smith Polly & Richard Spencer Stephanie & Harald Stavnes Linda G. Steelman Lauren & Eric Stein | Stein Family Charitable Fund Peter C. Steingraber Mrs. Sarah T. Stephenson Bill Stevens Debbie & Peter Thomas Kim Roy & Chris Tofalli Mrs. Judith C. Tolsdorf Laura M. Rosene & R. Scott Toop Deb & Don Van Dyke Mr. & Mrs. K. Morgan Varner, III Mr. & Mrs. Donald T. Visco

Marie & Rick Wackenhut Waterscapes Laurie & Toby Webb Cathy & Stephen Weinroth Harry W. Wilcox, III Ms. Ann Wooten Margot T. Young Alison & Scott Zoellner $250 – $499 Anonymous (5) Anne & Christopher Acker ACKtivities Louisa & Thomas Affleck Catherine M. Aguiar Mr. & Mrs. David Alliss Mr. & Mrs. Scott A. Anderson Mrs. Wendy Anderson Ms. Carrie Culp & Mr. Don Anderson Linny & Rick Andlinger Antiques Depot Janice Ellsworth & Drew Arent Barbara & Bob Bailey Ms. Callie Baker Mrs. Mary Beth Barkan Ms. Anne Barnes Liz & Ben Barnes Ms. Jane Condon & Mr. Kenneth Bartels Mr. & Mrs. John R. Bartholdson John and Carole Bartholdson Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Bartram Annie & Eric Baurmeister Ashleigh & Scott Beardsley Bill Beattie Judy & John Belash Allie Beman Priscilla & Andy Bender Jeanne & John Bennett Stacey & Robert Bewkes Mr. & Mrs. William Birch | Birch Family Fund Jodie & Jim Bishop Lesley F. Blanchard Myrna & Ronald Bocage Elaine M Boehm Joan R. Bolling Ann Bond Veronica & Mike Bonnet

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Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Bowman | The Bowman Family Charitable Fund Ms. Eileen Kathryn Boyd Ms. Chesie Breen Susan & Gene Briskman Caroline & Kurt Buechle Susan P. & Coleman P.† Burke Carolyn & C.J. Burnes Alice J. Campbell Katie Grover & Mike Campbell Marcey Carver Mr. & Mrs. Stephen C. Caulfield John Chadbourne Mr. & Mrs. Peter Chalke Mrs. Patricia Claflin Mr. & Mrs. Laurance R. Clark Ms. Brenda M. Williams & Mr. Robert L. Coffin Ms. Chandler Collins Community Foundation for Nantucket Mr. & Mrs. William R. Congdon Mr. & Mrs. Paul K. Connolly Melanie & James Conz Diane & Dan Cook Kimberly C. Corkran Mr. & Mrs. Andy Corry Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Coscia Kendra & Philip Cox Mrs. Christina C. Craighead Timothy G. Crowley Ms. Jennifer L. Eckert & Mr. Richard A. D'Amore Mr. & Mrs. Paul Daniel Mrs. Elizabeth Daniels Dr. & Mrs. John D'Avella Ms. Catherine Davin Mrs. Anne Day Denby Real Estate Mr. & Mrs. Alan Deombeleg Mr. & Mrs. David S. Deutsch Bonnie & Peter DiCristofaro Mr. & Mrs. James B. Digney Amy & Carmine DiSibio Beth English & Mark Donato Lois & Bill Druckemiller Dujardin Design Associates, Inc. Mr. Robert F. Duker Mr. & Mrs. Lee Dunn Caroline & Doug Ellis

Emeritus Development Tish Emerson Ms. Edie Van Breems & Mr. Paul Esser Mrs. Trudy S. Dujardin & Mr. Frank Fasanella Mrs. Stephanie Fazeli Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Finn Christine & Todd Fisher Flowers on Chestnut Margot & Ben Fooshee Bonnie & Robert C. Ford Deidre N. Forest Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin C. Frick Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Friel, Jr. Kim & Robert Frisbie | Frisbie Family Charitable Fund Susan M. Pettey & Roland M. Frye, Jr. G. S. Hill Gallery Anderson & John Gardner Mr. Denis H. Gazaille Mr. & Mrs. David Gee Elizabeth & Peter Georgantas Arianne & Michael George Peter Ginn Pamela & Eric Goddard Joan & John Goodwin Maria & Joseph Grause Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Greenberg Mr. & Mrs. Evan G. Greenberg Stacey Stuart & Peter Greenhalgh Griffith Blythe Interiors Ms. Karen Grimes Suzy & Richard Grote Mr. & Mrs. Ryan N. Hagglund Jane & Redge Hanes Ms. Anne Hardy Mr. Mark S. Harmsen Ms. Anne Harrell Mrs. Kathy Harrison Janet & Richard Hart Jessi Hefley Ms. Kristen Rivoli & Mr. Emil Hoogendoorn Dorrie & Bruce Hopper Maureen Phillips & Dr. Douglas Horst Hostetler Gallery Louise & Bill Hourihan Mr. & Mrs. Peter Hoyt Ms. Allison Hudson Islandwide Realty

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Marge & Ward Ives Ivy Wealth Management Mrs. Loulie James Jessica & Jonathan Jensen Dr. & Mrs. Douglas Johnson Ms. Catherine C. Jones Cindy & Evan Jones Mrs. Raymond Jones Dr. Simon S. Jones Ms. Janet B. Joy Ms. Hannah Judy Gretz Ms. Debra Kanabis Elizabeth & Gilbert Kaplan Mr. Robert M. Kaye Paul W. Keeshan Ms. Nicole Kei Connie & Dennis Keller | The Keller Family Foundation Ms. Brooke Kelly Joseph D. Gioe & Stephen T. Kelly Robin Rednor & Robert Veghte Kennedy Jane & Douglas Kern Ms. Alison King Nancy & Chris King Ms. Catherine Kinney Carol & Ken Kinsley Ms. Kim Kjellman Ms. Ellen Kravet Hon. & Mrs. Edward T. Krumeich, II Ms. Winifred Kumpf Mr. & Mrs. William P. Kupper, Jr. Carol B. Langer Mr. & Mrs. J. Hicks Lanier Ms. Jennifer Lasker Sheila & John Lathrop Irma & Talbert Lauter Le Languedoc Bistro Cynthia & Charles Lenhart Carole Levin S. Jarvin Levison Karin & Carl Lieberman Ms. Vicki Livingstone Mr. & Mrs. John Lochtefeld Ms. Susan Long Mr. & Mrs. Ian Kimball Loring Deborah & William Lothian Mr. & Mrs. John L. Lowrey Susan & Jeff Lucier Susan & Alexander MacCormick

Karen & Malcolm MacNab Ms. Mary D. Malavase Ms. Tes Manley Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Manus Mr. & Mrs. Philip Marks, Jr. Martin House Inn Mr. & Mrs. John A. Martin Ms. Anne Matthews Mr. & Mrs. Chris Matthews | Matthews Family Charitable Fund Ms. Barbara Mattox Ms. Marjorie Mayrock Mary & Bob McCann Mr. & Mrs. David McElroy Pat & Charles McGill Mr. & Mrs. Martin E. McGowan Sandy Medallis & Tom McGrath Mary Lou McGuire Mr. & Mrs. Eugene G. McGuire Molly McIlvaine Deborah & James McIntosh Sarah P. & James R.† McIntosh Betsy & Bill McKiernan Kimberley M. & Ted McNamara Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Meister Pam & Rick Merriman Lisa Michel Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Miller Nancy & Jamie Mitchell Ms. Shauna Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Earl B. Mix, III Laurie & Bob Monahan Mr. & Mrs. Charles V. Moore Ms. Holly Moore Joan & Timothy Moran Winnie & Chris Mortenson Ms. Helene Patterson & Mr. Leo Mullen Murray's Toggery Shop, Inc. Nantucket Architecture Group, Ltd. Nantucket Catering Company Nantucket Culinary Nantucket Fusion Inc. Nantucket Garden Club Nantucket Inn Nantucket Radio & True Island Digital Nantucket's On Island Chefs Mr. & Mrs. Andrew O. Nash Mr. & Mrs. Alan D. Nathan Dr. & Mrs. Larry Nathanson

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Mr. & Mrs. James L. Nederlander Mr. Ronald M. Neumunz Mr. & Mrs. R. James Nicholson Mr. Paul Gaucher & Mr. Peter Niemitz Mrs. Elizabeth Nolan Mrs. Aly O’Leary FitzPatrick Ms. Liz O'Brien Mrs. Katharine S. O'Brien Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Olson Mr. Gregory O'Shea Karl & Susan Ottison Ms. Helen Overstreet Mr. & Mrs. Peter Parent Ms. Joanne E. Sullivan & Mr. Neil Paterson Nancy & Michael Peacock Mr. Robert Peaker Mr. & Mrs. James A. Perelman Ann Marie Phillips Mr. & Mrs. David Powell Mr. & Mrs. H. F. Powell PPX Events Gene M. Pranzo Mr. & Mrs. David A. Prill Clelia Biamonti & Adam Psichos Ms. Kathleen Fennell & Ms. Victoria Rakov Mr. & Mrs. Russell Ray Regina & George Rich Mrs. Crystal Richardson Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence G. Rief Mrs. Elizabeth Roberts Mr. & Mrs. Daniel R. Robinson Mr. & Mrs. David Roby Robin Rodbell Mr. & Mrs. W. Steven Roethke Priscilla & Kermit Roosevelt Mrs. Diane A. Palmeri & Mr. Albert M. Rossini Ryan M. Runstadler Hon. & Mrs. Robert D. Sack Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Santos Wendy & John Schmidt Ms. Melanie F. Schofield Whitney & Dan Schrauth Mr. & Mrs. William R. Schutt | Laurie R. and William R. Schutt Charitable Fund The Schwartz Family Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Schweizer, Jr. Nancy & Richard Scott

† Deceased

Lindsay & Steven Scouras Ivy & Fran Scricco The Scrimshander Gallery Mr. Gary Searle Mr. & Mrs. Hercules Segalas Rini & Tom Shanahan Bill Sheehan Laurie Gilmour & Dix Shevalier† Happy & Sam Shipley Deborah J. Bryan & Norman Silberdick Trudy & Fred Slater Dorothy Slover Ms. Cynthia O. Smyth Tricia & Gil Snyder Ms. Anne E. Rosen & Mr. Andre M. Spears Mr. & Mrs. David J. Spitler Ms. Annie-Gray Sprunt Mr. & Mrs. John J. Stackpole Sarah Barrett & Ken Stanley Marianne & John Stanton Ms. Valerie Stauffer Stephens & Company, Inc. Chip & Timothy Stevens Michelle L. Alexander & Carter Stewart Mrs. Isabel C. Stewart Mrs. Joly W. Stewart Mr. & Mrs. Harris E. Stone Stover Engineering & Construction, Inc. Craig & Marcia Strehlow Ms. Heather Strommen Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Stroud, Jr. Darla C. Stuckey Caroline & David Swain Allen Schuh & Jonathan C. Swain Swain's Travel Mr. & Mrs. Louis R. Sweatland, Jr. Robert I. Sylvia Mr. & Mrs. R. Scott Taylor Ms. Anne R. Teasdale Devon White & Cameron Texter Mr. & Mrs. George M. Thom, Jr. Ms. Anne Thomas Kyle & Michael Thornton-Lamp Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Townsend, III Anne & Jim Townsend Tina & Byron Trott Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Tucker

Robert R. Turbyfill, III Linda & Bob Turkington Mr. & Mrs. Brian Turner Diane Upright Brooke & Frankie Valez Ms. Blan Ventress Virginia Veras Susan & Michael Veysey Mary Ann B. & Samuel Wagner Mrs. Pamela P. Waller Ms. Karen Walls Sarah & Richard Ward Mr. & Mrs. Tom S. Ward, Jr. Mr. Joe Waroquier Mrs. Nadia Watts Sarah & Patrick Wayland Ms. Ann P. Webber Ms. Camilla Webster Ms. Kay Weeks Anne & Thomas Weinstock Suzy Welch Denise & Bill Welsh Janice Coffin Wiesen Holly & Ted Wight Mr. & Mrs. William R. Wilson Chrissy & Dana Worth Ms. Laura Wrightson Ms. Lisa Wroe Lucinda Young Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Young Mr. Scott Widmeyer & Mr. Alan Yount Mr. & Mrs. Michael Zarcone Nicole & Charles Zitzmann $100 - $249 Anonymous (4) Geraldine Acuña Marcia & Joe Aguiar Skip & Lu Ahnemann Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Akins Suzanne & Tom Albani Ms. Susan I. Stackpole & Mr. Dominick Alberino Mr. & Mrs. Nathan R. Allen, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Barry Alpert Sophie Massie & Charles Alvis Susan & Mark Anderson Marcia & Steve Anderson | Stephen and Marcia Anderson Fund Mr. & Mrs. William Anderson Mr. Stephen P. Andrews

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Anton Mrs. Mariann H. Appley Mrs. Kathy & Dr. Joseph Arvay Leo C. Asadoorian Jean & Tom Austin Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Averne Christy Wise & Robert Axelrod Barbara & Jim Baisley Dorothy & Sam Baker Ann & Charles† Balas Vice Admiral & Mrs. John A. Baldwin USN Ret Ruth C. Baltzer Ms. Eileen P. Gebrian & Mr. Timothy J. Barberich Mr. & Mrs. Steven Barg Mr. Jeff Barnes Mr. Richard G. Barnes Katherine L. Barney Kate & Nathaniel Barney Mr. & Mrs. William H. Barney, III Ms. Kathleen J. Horton & Mr. Kevin J. Barry Ruth Burday & Robert P. Barsanti Ms. Susan M. Cosper & Mr. Brian K. Bartlett Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Basilevsky Kabria Baumgartner Mary Kennedy Baumslag Louise & John Beale Wendy & David Beardsley Mr. William Behling Laura & Richard Belair Pat & Rich Belford Ms. Deborah C. Belichick Mr. & Mrs. J. M. Bell Mr. & Mrs. Douglas L. Bennett Mr. & Mrs. James S. Bennett The Bent Family Linda & Buzz Berger Dr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Berglund Kathryn G. Lacey & David S. Berson Elizabeth & Ethan Bing Mr. & Mrs. Walter W. Birge, III Mr. & Mrs. Paul B. Bixby Sandi & Robert Blanda Karen & James Bloomfield Paulette & Fred Boling The Bollam Family Mr. & Mrs. Henry T. Boughner Dana & David Boyce

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Andrea & Samuel Bradford Mr. & Mrs. David Bradt Reina W. Oostingh & Charles R. Braley, III Dr. & Mrs. Michael Bralower Melissa & Edward Braniff Lori & Tommy Brannock Vivian & Bob Braunohler Mr. & Mrs. Allen H. Breed Mr. & Mrs. James H. Breed Erin & Ron Bresler Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Brewster Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Brome Marilyn & Haworth Bromley Mr. & Mrs. Alan Bronfeld Margaret Spencer & Greg Brousseau Mary & David Brown Pamela & Gregory Brown Chrissy & Jesse Brown Marsha Hall Brown & Robert S. Brown Susan & Warren H. Brown Noel Berry & Paul Bruno Ms. Sarah C. Bullard Ms. Barbara E. Bund Drs. Alicia Ruggiero & Patrick Burnett Mr. & Mrs. Curt Burwell Elisabeth Roxby & T. Anthony Butler Ellen Mitchell & Charles Byrne Ms. Elizabeth B. Wooding & Mr. Kenneth L. Cady Mr. & Mrs. Christopher T. Cahill Mr. Andrew Calder Brenda J. Coffin & Jeffrey Calder Mr. & Mrs. Lee Calhoon Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Callahan, Jr. Gail & Chris Camalier Mrs. Barbara J. Capizzo Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Caplan Mr. & Mrs. Ralph A. Capristo Mr. & Mrs. Paul H. Carini Mrs. Catherine C. Peters-Carle & Mr. Raymond E. Carle Mr. & Mrs. Erik Carneal Patty & Joe Carrolo Ms. Liz Weiss & Mr. Tim Carruthers Jonathan S. Carter Amy Kossnar & Alejandr Carvajal Anna & Erik Caspersen Mr. & Mrs. Kim J. Cassady | Cassady Charitable Gift Account Joslyn, Matt, Liv, & Hanna Cassano

Mrs. Sandal Cate Mrs. Susan H. Cavanaugh Mr. Bruce Chambeau Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Chan Annette Jean Sugden & Dale Chatwin Juliet Chobanian Mr. & Mrs. Phillip R. Chomo Daphne & David Churbuck Diane & Don Claffey Mr. & Mrs. Herbert T. Clark, III Mr. & Mrs. Carl Clarke Jenifer C. Clarkson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Coblentz Carol & Bernie Coffin Helen S. Coffin Mr. & Mrs. Louis D. Coffin Dr. Millard F. Coffin Tristram Coffin Mr. & Mrs. Steven P. Colao Teal Colliton Laurie A. Margolies & Fernando C. Colon Osorio Peg & Phil Condon Bessie & John Connelly Sharon & Steve Conway Mr. Peter J. Cook John Cooley Molly T. & Kenneth N. Cooper Ms. Karen R. Costantini Dr. Glynne C. Couvillion Ms. Carol Mandel & Dr. Vincent T. Covello Mr. & Mrs. W. Michael Cozort The Erin & Casey Craig Family Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Crampton Ms. Tara Cristalli Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Cross Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Crowley Mr. & Mrs. Francis E. Cueto Lauren & Andrew Cuneo Leonore S. & Thomas F. Cunningham Mr. & Mrs. Ronald C. Curhan Nicky & Vince D'Agostino Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Daly Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Damashek Ms. Amy Baldwin & Mr. Hugh Davis Susan Davidson & Kathryn Davis Tricia & Mark Deck Martha & Rupert Deese Dr. Joanne Woodle & Mr. John DeGennaro

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Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan W. Delano Sarah & Brady Demarest Mr. and Mrs. Don DeMichele Mr. James DeStephens Ms. Roslyn L. Diamond Karen Summers & Robert Dick Karen & Vic DiGravio James Disunno Maureen & Bob Dobies Gerald H. Crown & Paul J. Dobrowolski Shelley & Tim Dolan Mr. Anthony Dolceamore Jayne & Tim Donahue Molly & Scott Donovan Ms. Susan Halley & Mr. Robert Dowsett Mr. & Mrs. Anthony G. Drappi Helen & Ray DuBois Mrs. Mary M. Duffin Barbara & Jim Duffy Deborah & Michael Ebert Mr. & Mrs. Philip J. Edmundson Susan Holmes Eelman Marianne & Tony Ehinger Terri & Kurt Eichler Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Eiden Cindy & Richard Elkman Dr. Anne T. & Mr. Peter T. Englot Elizabeth & Nelson Erickson Ms. Cordelia C. Everett Mrs. Maia Farish Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Farrell Sheila & Matt Fee Beulah Fehr Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Ference-Gray Diane & Will Ferris Teri & Joe Ferron Anne & Lucas Fischer Joan Fisher Karen & Michael Flaherty Mr. & Mrs. Samuel A. Flax Judith L. Flynn Mr. & Mrs. William M. Folberth, III Vicki & Ralph Folger Ms. Karen Forbes The Fornes Family Jeannette S. Fowlkes | The Jeannette S. Fowlkes Charitable Donor Fund Mr. & Mrs. Robert Fraga Nancy Kyle & John Fraser

Dr. & Mrs. John P. Fraunfelder The French Family Kathryn & Brad Friedlander Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Friedman Senator Bill & Tracy Frist Mr. & Mrs. Marcus Dean Fuller Brett & Michael Gaillard Jane & Mike Gaito Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Gambee Kathleen Larkin Gamblin Susan & Michael Gannon Mr. & Mrs. William L. Gardner Mr. & Mrs. William B. Garfield Mr. & Mrs. Peter L. Garran Mr. Norman Gauvin Karen Ketterer & Paul Gaynor Ms. Lucinda Gedeon Dottie & Lou Gennaro Dr. Louise I. Schneider & Dr. John D. Genova Jane Heller & Steven L. Gerard Suzann Johnson & Art Gertel Ms. Susan McCarthy & Mr. Robert Giacchetti Dr. Debra Ann Gfeller & Mr. Michael Giaimo Julie & Chuck Gifford Anne & Whitney Gifford Mr. & Mrs. Peter N. Gilbreth Peggy Gilfoy Sandy & Ed Goldman Mr. & Mrs. John N. Goldman Kitty & Peter Goldsmith Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Goldstein Ms. Madalyn L. Mann & Mr. Robert C. Goldszer Zelda & Jordan Goodman Kim & Theodore Goodnow Jane and Gene Goodwillie Ryan Gordon Dr. Maria Smith & Dr. Thomas Gorman Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Gosh Ms. Caroline Gottschalk Judy Deutsch & Norman Graham Mr. & Mrs. William H. Graham, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Peter Grape Michelle & Nathan Gray Karel & Frank Greenberg Mary & John Greenbaum Mr. Matthew Gregory

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Kathy & Bill Grieder Jean & Garth Grimmer Mr. & Mrs. William Guardenier Mr. & Mrs. Brad Guidi Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Haines Valerie & Robert Hall Carolyn Lamm & Peter Halle Ms. Karen Avrich & Mr. Mark Halperin Jean & Hugh Halsell Roberta & Gary Hamblin Rowena & William Hamlen Renee & Addison Hanan Mr. & Mrs. Michael Harde Jane & Ralph Hardy Mr. & Mrs. C. Steven Harkness Paula & Bill Harris Katie & Skipper Hartley Michael Hartmann Dr. & Mrs. Robert G. Hartmann Jennifer & Khaled Hashem Mary Ann & George Hathaway Mr. & Mrs. Robert Havery Kyra & Charlie Haydock Carol & Frank Headley Colin Heffron Mr. John M. Heggem Cindy & Jim Helfrich Nina Hellman Dr. & Mrs. Isaac C. Henderson Pam & Doug Hendrickson Alyssa & Daniel Herman-Kaitz Ms. Sandra A. Urie & Mr. Frank F. Herron Mr. & Mrs. Donald W. Heyda Candice M. & Mason C. Heydt Sara Gaarde & Richard Hileman Sarah K. Hindle | Sarah K. Hindle Charitable Fund Ms. Grace S. Hinkley Stephanie & Edwin Hodge Megan & Dawson Hodgson Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Hogya Rose Gonnella & Frank Holahan Judy Holding Aaron Hollander Lisa & David Hooper Lois & John† Horgan Tyrrell Flawn & John Howe Jean & Charles A.† Hughes Chris & David Hulme Mrs. Maris S. Humphreys

† Deceased

Mr. & Mrs. Bill Humphries Haydi Craig Hurley Olivia & Burton Hurlock Mr. Scott G. Huston Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Hutchison, III Mr. Peter D. Hynson Chris McGrath Iller Gail & Ron Irving Susan & John Isakson Mr. Almon W. Ives Maryellen Walker-Jacks & Ethan Jacks Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Jacobs Ms. Ann Martindale & Mr. Stephen D. Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. Ethan B. Jacoby Ms. Susan E. O’Connell & Mr. Stephan T. Jaeger Mrs. Kathleen M. Jasaitis & Mr. Edward Jasaitis Anne & James Jennings Mr. & Mrs. Julian Joffe Gail & Bert Johnson Sue & Carl Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Jay R. Judson Debbie & Ray Kahn Suzy Kane Dorine & John Karnash Diane H. Karper Dr. Frances Karttunen Barb & Dave Kaytes Ms. Alix Keating Mr. & Mrs. John M. Kellogg, Jr. Kerry, Jonathan, & Hunter Kelly Mrs. Anne Kern & Mr. Fred Kern Katherine & Terrance Kerr Jane Manilych & Carl Kester Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Kies Mr. & Mrs. John W. Kimball Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Kindlon Owen King Mr. & Mrs. T. Barry Kingham Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin E. Kinney Sharon & Bob Kiss Dr. & Mrs. R. Frederic Knauft Denise & Jacob Korngold Ms. Kimberly Stiner & Mr. Demian Kosofsky Mr. & Mrs. Alan Kramer Carol & Peter Krogh Norma & Loren Kroll

Mr. & Mrs. Chris Kryder Olivia Lovelace & Kenneth Kubie Nancy & Ralph Kuncl Mr. & Mrs. Peter W. Kunkel Ms. Lisa Todd & Mr. Robert Kurtz Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Laffont Brigid & Alec Lamon Ms. Louise W. Lamphere Jayne & William Lane Margaret Hallowell & Stephen P. Langer Doris Barlow Lanigan Mr. & Mrs. Jason Larrabee Mr. & Mrs. Scott LaShelle Mrs. Michele Lavoie Elizabeth Yerxa Layton Linda Gayle & Peter Lee Mrs. Amarilice Lefton LegaSea Raw Bar Co. Mr. & Mrs. David J. Leggett Rev. & Mrs. John M. Leggett Ilana & Douglas Leighton Mr. & Mrs. George Lencyk Jill & Richard Lesko Elizabeth Dunton Levine & Jesse Levine Greeley Sachs & Seth Levine Carole Searle & Andrew Ley† Ms. Jeneane Life Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Lilly Katherine E.J. & Howard S. Lincoln Penelope & Peter Lisi Deirdre & Bob Littlefield Dr. Susan G.S. Anderson & Daniel H. Llewellyn Mrs. Pamela F. Lohmann Sue A. MacNaughton & Richard T. Lohr Mary Longacre Mrs. Gay Lord Tricia & Jim Lowe Sherry Lowe Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Lowy Mr. & Mrs. David A. Lund Mary & George† Lunt Heather & Robert Lyons Ms. Doris V. Hanna & Mr. Peter F. Lysaght The MacDonald Family Mr. & Mrs. Russell R. MacDonnell Penny & Dual A.† Macintyre

Mary Jane & William MacLean Angus MacLeod Dana Chryst & Kevin MacNeil Dr. & Mrs. Michael Madigan Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Maggio Catherine T. Maloney Mr. & Mrs. Lee Manners Amy & Paul Mannning Lee & Simon Manonian Susan S. & James M. Marinelli Margaret & Charles Marino Donna Martino Mary & Jeff Mason Mr. & Mrs. Allan G. Mathis, Jr. Frances Unrine-Mauro & Dr. Robert Mauro Mary McAuliffe & Ron McMahel Jen & John McCormick Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. McCouch Ann L. McDaniel Mr. & Mrs. Jim D. McDonald Barbara & Morton McDonald Susan Parow McFarland Mrs. Barbara A. McGhee Mr. & Mrs. William T. McGivney Liz & Gerry McGraw Mr. & Mrs. James A. McGraw Jeanne L. & James Joseph McGuire Veronica Bolcik & Kerry McKenna Oriana McKinnon Ms. Jan McLachlan Sarah McLane Rhoda H. Weinman & Joseph J. McLaughlin† Ms. Juliette C. McLennan Mr. & Mrs. Edwin R. McMullen, Jr. Ms. Julie S. McNamara Margaret & Lawrence C.† McQuade Gail & Fred McRobie Mr. & Mrs. Noah Mehrkam Mr. Craig Basmajian & Mr. Ron Meisner Dara Chira & Christopher Micciche Elizabeth Milias Brady Miller Linda & Chris Miller Hal Miller Jane & John Miller Polly & Nick Miller Mr. & Mrs. Carter Mills Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Minahan

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Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Mitchell Heidi & Keith Mitchell Katherine & David Mittelbusher Suzie & Terry Moffitt Emily Molden Laura Lee & Tad Montross Marina & Paul Mooradian Jaye & David Moore Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Moore Ms. Beverly J. Sanchez & Mr. Joseph S. Moran Mr. & Mrs. Hicks Morgan Joyce & Jim Morgan Mary Wawro & Peter A. Morrison Ms. Jamie L. Moss Marie & Steve Moss Mr. Richard L. Mucci Mr. & Mrs. Gerald J. Muller Sheenagh Bodkin & Brian Murphy Ms. Eileen M. Muse Mr. & Mrs. Eloy L. Nava The Nelson Family Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Germain D. Newton Paddy & Shane Nicholls Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey M. Nielsen Patricia & Eric Nietsch Darcy & Rick Nopper Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Normand Mr. Peter W. North Mr. & Mrs. Robin Nydes Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Obermeyer Michele & Christopher O'Brien Ms. Mary O'Brien Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Ochsner | Ochsner Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Michael O'Donnell Elizabeth & Martin Ogletree Mr. & Mrs. Peter Ogren Corinne & Eric Olmsted Mr. & Mrs. Christopher N. Olsen Mr. Jeffery L. Olsen Kate Heller O'Reilly Deborah DuBois & Robert Orlandi Emily & Ward Osgood Elissa & William Oshinsky Dr. & Mrs. Leslie W. Ottinger Mr. William P. Owen Nina & Bob Paine Nicie & Jay Panetta Mrs. Delphine Paradis

Kim & Ernie Parizeau Suzanne Morrissey & Brent Partlow Ms. Nancy L. Pasley Anna & David Paulin Ms. Joan Pearce Abby & Steve Perelman Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Peri Mr. & Mrs. Robert Perlman Patricia & Richard Perry Teressa Giguere Perry Gayle & John Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Gerald R. Pfund Betsy & Charles Phillips Ms. Annette F. Picerne Kathy Murphy & Richard Pietrafesa Kathleen McQuade & Russell Pike The Pinarchick Family Ms. Jennifer Pincince Libby & Chris Pingpank Ms. Miriam Petrella & Mr. Robin Pinkava Mr. & Mrs. Richard Pinkowski The Pitts Family Janice Plourde Mr. & Mrs. John M. Plukas Sheila David & David Policansky Mr. & Mrs. Elliott B. Pollack Mr. & Mrs. James R. Poole Peggy Davis & William G. Porter Caitlin Porto Valerie & Larry Post Mr. & Mrs. Jeremiah W. Powell Ms. Judith Powers Patty Powers-Tasch Drs. Margaret A. & Trevor R. Price Ms. Sheila McCarthy & Mr. Robert Quarz Mr. & Mrs. James M. Rabb Ms. Nina S. Duchaine & Mr. Rory J. Radding Ingela M. Ray Debbie & Doug Raymond Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Raymond Ms. Barbara Read Joanne & Douglas Ready Ms. Anne Redman Diana Regan Carey Dack-Reidy & Paul Reidy Ms. Victoria A. Greenhood & Mr. Robert B. Remar Mr. & Mrs. John Riccio

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Dr. & Mrs. Charles R. Rickards Deb & Jim Riesenbach Mary & Bruce Rigdon Elizabeth Bellows Riley Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Riley | R.E. Riley Family Fund The Ringer Family Ms. Barbara M. Matteucci & Mr. John S. Rizzo Megan Donahue & Isaac Ro Reed & Brad Roberts Angie & Pargen Robertson Carol & James Roblin Mr. & Mrs. Dana F. Rodin Mr. & Mrs. K. Keith Roe Marcia & Richard Rojcewicz Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Roncetti Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas Rorick Ms. Joan A. Rosenberg Mrs. Phyliss A. Rosenberg-Feliciano Kathy & Amo Ross William Ross Amy & Gregory Rowland Ms. Kristin Juelson & Dr. David Rubaltelli Ms. Stephanie Wiles & Mr. Jeff C. Rubin Mrs. Susan H. Ruddick† Bridget & Steven Rudner Judith K. Rushmore Mr. Donald P. Russell J. Wood Rutter Kenny Hilbig & Michael Rynes Mr. & Mrs. Amdi Sabeti Ms. Marcia Butman & Mr. Toby Sackton Liz Coolidge & Elisabeth Sackton Ms. Kathryn Heflin & Mr. David Sadoff David S. Sastre Mr. & Mrs. John D. Sayer Mr. William Scarbrough Kelli & Eric Schaefer Mr. & Mrs. Damian Schaible Ms. Peggy Schiffer Mr. & Mrs. James E. Schilling Ms. Katrina M. Schoorl Edwin A. Schreiner Amy & Fritz Schroeder Mr. & Mrs. James A. Schultz Judith Lee & Robert Schwarzenbach Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Scott Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Scott

Mr. & Mrs. William H. Seay, Jr. Nina Hellman Shamos & Jeremy Shamos Lois K. & Robert S.† Shapiro Mr. Brent Shaw Mr. & Mrs. Bruce P. Shaw Elizabeth & Timothy Sheeler Mr. Peter Shepeck Mr. Eric Sherman Ms. Nancy V. Shoemaker Susan Blair & David Shukis Mr. & Mrs. Ted Silva Amy & Ross Silverstein Amanda Simeone Mr. & Mrs. James W. Simpson Dorothy & Junie Sinson Katherine & David Sloan Mr. Gerald P. Slone Mr. & Mrs. Christopher W. Smiles Eileen Keavy Smith Mr. & Mrs. H. Brooks Smith Mr. & Mrs. Peter K. Smith Ann & Phillips Smith Glenna & Ronald Smith Mr. Brian J. Snarzyk Penny F. Snow Mr. & Mrs. Richard Snowdon Mr. & Mrs. W. Lloyd Snyder, III Mrs. Melissa B. Soderberg & Mr. John A. Soderberg Laura & Stephen Solomon Mrs. Deborah D. Speer Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Spellmeyer Pamela & Stephen St. Pierre Lynne & John Stahler Elena & William Starbuck Ms. Ann W. Harrison & Mr. James A. Starkey Jane B. & Scott M.† Stearns Gladys & James Stedman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Steindler Ms. Sally Giddens Stephenson & Mr. Thomas Stephenson Anne & Philip C. Stevens Mrs. Anne R. Stinnett Mr. & Mrs. William B. Stitt, Jr. | William B. & Susan K. Trust Mr. Charles Dorsett & Dr. Daniel Stobie Mr. & Mrs. Grove W. Stoddard Mr. & Mrs. Eric F. Stone Mrs. Wendy S. Stone

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Kristina & Brad Strand Lisa & Chris Strausser Remy A. Stressenger Teresa A. & Robert E. Strong Annelle & Zach Stuppy Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Succop Ambassador Louis & Marjorie Susman Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Sutherland Patricia L. Montag & John C. Swain Mr. & Mrs. Greg Swart Mr. & Mrs. Brad F. Sweeney Mrs. Lisa Sydness Mrs. Gail Ryan-Tannen & Mr. Kenneth Tannen Mr. & Mrs. James V. Tanzola Jane & Jotham P. Tausig Caitlin & Christopher Taylor Deborah A. Taylor Dr. Theresa G. Taylor & Mr. Michael R. Taylor Jacqueline Langholtz & William Taylor Ms. Ana Van Winters & Mr. Robert Temkin Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Terry, Jr. Beverly & Henry Theuer Tom Thomas Cathy Ann & Robert Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Thulin Mr. & Mrs. J. Barry Thurston Juliane Tierney Sheila & Vincent Todd Boots & Dick Tolsdorf Ms. Marcia G. Tooker Stephanie Bradford & Kevin Toth Dr. Thomas A. Travers Mr. & Mrs. Doug Traynor Sarah B. Treco Criss & W. David Troast Mr. & Mrs. Stanley J. Truffini Mr. Richard L. Tuck Mr. & Mrs. Peter H. Tulloch Erin & John Tunnicliffe Mrs. Harriet S. Turner Lee & Frank Twarog Mr. Joseph Olson & Mr. Clay Twombly Mrs. Jane A. Tyler Mr. Mark Tyndall Mr. Uday Rajaram Bill Untereker

† Deceased

Clara Urbahn Mr. & Mrs. Brian Vail Mr. & Mrs. Anthony C. Vale Susan & Rick Valentine Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Vallett The Van Buskirk Family Mr. & Mrs. James G. Vaughter Mr. & Mrs. Carlo Vittorini Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Voss Becky & Tom Wafer Mr. & Mrs. Clark D. Wagner Karen Maeda Allman & Elizabeth Wales Mr. Duncan Warden Mr. & Mrs. Jay Waring Mr. & Mrs. John E. Warner Donna & Paul Watson Mr. & Mrs. David B. Webber Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Weeks Elizabeth Childs & Daniel P. Weidman Lorraine & Thomas Weinhardt Dr. & Mrs. Joel Weinstein Mr. & Mrs. Jay H. Weiss Dr. Raymond Butler Weiss Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Werle Cesarina A. Templeton & Bruce Wheeler Barbara Coleman White Ms. Griselda Lyman & Mr. Duncan A. White Ruth Anne & Pendleton White Mr. & Mrs. Stuart H. Whitlock Randy & Ned Wight Beth & Hugh Wilkinson Ms. Denele Willett Elaine & Eric Williams Paula Klingelfuss Williams Ms. Erin Wilson Mrs. Joanne S. Wilson Kathryn Kubie & William Winkler Judith & Michael Wodynski Mrs. Betsy Wolfe Peggy L. Wood Mrs. Carol C. Woodbridge Lorraine & Charles Woods Catherine Zuromskis & Daniel Worden Mr. & Mrs. Arthur W. Wright Mr. & Mrs. Jon S. Wullschleger Martha & Dom Wyant Mr. & Mrs. Mark Yacos

Drs. Elaine E. & Robert A. Yordan Kathleen & Brent Young Karla & Kurt Zadnik Carolyn & Ronald Zarrella Noelani Zervas Mr. & Mrs. P. Rhoads Zimmerman Up to $99 Anonymous (6) Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Adams Mary Elizabeth & Jerry Adams Jennifer M. Ahlborn Susan & Henry† Albach Joan P. Albaugh Ms. Susanne S. Albright Allen County Public Library Mr. & Mrs. Pennel C. Ames Lorre Anderson Molly C. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Richard Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Andrews Margaretta & William Andrews Mrs. Velma C. Appl Carol Applegate John Archibald Virginia Bessom Argeros Lucia Arno-Bernsen Diane C. Asche D. Anne & Rick Atherton Alan F. Atwood Ms. Kathryn A. Auerbach Ms. Abelcina Barbosa Mr. Chris Barbour Mr. Bill Bardsley Nancy & Lee Barnes Mr. & Mrs. Peter W. Barnes Ms. Rosemary C. Barney Mrs. Carol A. Barrett Rose T. Barry Marion Bartholomew Maryann & Charles Bartlett Beth & David Bartlett Geoff Bartlett Sharon & George Bassett Julie Batal Ann E. Bauer Susan Bauguss Mr. & Mrs. Hamid Bean Dr. Gail A. McGuinness & Dr. William Bell John Bendall

Ann & Bruce Benedict Bruce Beni Mr. Adam Berman Ms. Binth Rustad & Mr. Normand R. Berthelette Julie Bissinger Cynthia & Kenneth Blackshaw Ms. Mary E. Casey & Mr. Jeffrey L. Blackwell Jack W. Blaylock, Jr. Tim Blue Ms. Devon Walker & Mr. Justin Boening Ms. Helena Hubova & Mr. Jeffrey Booms Mr. Denis M. Boon Olena S. Borkowsky Boston Public Library Jane Bourette Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Brannigan, II Deane & Ken Brasfield The Bresette Family Mrs. Naomi C. Brewer Jason Bristol Ms. Diane L. Vigneau & Mr. John R. Britt Jennifer Broadbent Ms. Margaretta Brokaw Ms. Annette C. Brown Marilyn Coffin Brown Ginger Bond Browning Ms. Paula M. Bruton Diane Leigh Buechel Bruce Burgeson Brenda F. Burton Norma S. & Robert M.† Burton Martha H. Butler Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Butler Dr. & Mrs. George P. Butterworth Ms. Sandra Byrne Ann W. Caldwell Mr. & Mrs. Peter F. Campanella Jody & Mark Canavan Sarah Canavan William Cannell Jean Carleton Judith Carlough Mr. & Mrs. William Carlson Mrs. Janet L. Carreau Ms. Roxanne Carrol Russell Carson

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Ms. Deborah Carter Dr. Lisa C. Carter Ms. Susan Yerkes Cary Cailen J. Casey Mrs. Mary Ann Cashman Pat Catchpole Helene & D. Jan Cella Mrs. Virginia G. Chambers Ms. Collette Christiano Ms. Carolyn Coffin Marlowe Dorinda Yates & Al Coffin Dr. Samuel A. Coffin Marijane & Cliff Coffyn Barbara G. Cohen Cynthia Cohen Ms. Cheryl Colesworthy Mr. & Mrs. Eugene P. Collatz Ms. Barbara A. Colliander Mrs. Marion R. Conley Louise & William Connell Meg & Michael Connolly Linda D. Cook Cornell University Library Marty Corry Ms. Susan A. Cosman Ms. Lynn Cossuth Laurie & John Cowden Carl J. Cruz Debbi & Peter Culbertson Priscilla Dallmus Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Daly Cynthia & Jonathan Danforth Jeannie Daroga Mrs. Sheila Daume Mr. & Mrs. John A. K. Davies Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Davis Judy & Steven Aveni Janet DeCosta June F. Delp Ms. Antoinette Denisof Ms. Giovanna DiRusso Mr. Philip Dobson Ms. Jeanne M. Dooley David Douty Judith Downey Mary V. Drew Ms. Barbara H. Driscoll Mr. & Mrs. Paul Droz Rebecca J. Duhaime

Allison Smiles Dunbar Brenda & David Dunham Betty Dupont Mary Anne Easley Sharon & George Eastburn Beverly C. Edgell Mr. & Mrs. Gerald E. Eldridge Mr. Nelson Eldridge Ms. Donna Elle Mr. Jack Elsas Jennifer & Wayne Ely Mr. & Mrs. Christopher D. Emery Mr. Carl D. England, Jr. Ms. Lorine C. Fargo Mr. & Mrs. John J. Fee Mr. & Mrs. David A. Feindel Kristie & Ben Ferrantella Mr. Charles A. Field Glenn J. Figurski Pamela Athearn Filbert Jascin & Eric Finger Barbara Firisin Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald Diane Reis Flaherty & Walter Flaherty Ms. Wendy L. Coffin & Mr. Peter A. Flanigan Margaret-Anne Fleming Megan Fletcher Ms. Geraldine K. Flynn Kerry Kennedy Flynn Lucy & Don Folger Harry P. Folger, III Tammy Sara Folger Ms. Jean G. Fordyce Deirdre Carty & Steven Forss Linda Bellevue & Mike Foster Mrs. Ingrid A. M. Francis Ms. Kathleen W. Francis Ms. Judith Frank Jennifer & Dalton Frazier Mr. Mark C. Fredland Jere & Don Freedman Nan Freeman Mrs. Virginia T. Friberg Ciara & Jack Fritsch Mrs. Ronna R.† & Dr. Michael F. Galvin Mary F. Garufi Ms. Alison M. Gavin Rosini & Justin Geagan Karyn R. Gello Mr. & Mrs. Paul Gemis

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Julie Gerstenblatt Vera Gierke Andrew Gifford Elizabeth Gilbert Thomas Gill Mr. & Mrs. J. Edward Gillum, Jr. Sonja Gilmer Ms. Marta Mastroianni & Mr. Alberto Giordano Mr. Brian A. Glennon Karin Gockel Peggi & Steve Godwin Mr. Richard W. Goheen, Jr. Dr. Margaret M. Koehm & Mr. Charles B. Gold Mrs. Susan G. Goodall Alberta & Irving Goss Ms. Victoria Goss Ms. Jane K. Graham Stephen H. Grant Cheryl & Peter Graves Joanne Lawrence & Richard Gray Ms. Lindsay A. Green Ms. Fifi Greenberg Ms. Pat A. Iafolla & Mr. Steven J. Guy Mr. & Mrs. Tucker A. Haddon Linda Hadley Ms. Sue Hagen Mr. & Mrs. Frederick R. Hahn Sally Bates Hall Janet MacKay & Frank Hanlon Ms. Darlene Hanna Mr. & Mrs. Christopher A. Hanson Christine & Henry Harding Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Hardy Ms. Deborah A. Hartman Mr. James J. Hartmann Harvard College Library Ms. Jessie Harvey Ms. Annie Hauser Mary L. Heen Mr. & Mrs. Mike Heffernan Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Hehir Kenneth W. Hemmerly Mrs. Paula S. Hemmings Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Herman Christine & Bruce Hermansdorfer Catherine Herrity Mr. Andreas Hess Ms. Dorothy K. Hesselman Ms. Jane Hiland

Ms. Anne P. Hinton Mrs. Susan K. Hochwald Mr. & Mrs. John D. Hodson Linda & Peter Hoey Mr. Andre Hogan Susan Tate & Mark Hogan Mr. Gregory J. Hogya Mr. & Mrs. Thom Holdgate Mary Margaret Holmes Carolyn & Kevin Holt Mr. James Hoon Ms. Karen Hornick Mr. Robert T. Hoyt, Jr. Lisa Leinbach Huertas Mr. & Mrs. Douglas J. Hughes Natalie & Chip Humes Ms. Susan Mabile & Mr. David A. Hundt Mrs. Claire I. Kurtgis-Hunter & Mr. Paul S. Hunter Sharon & Richard Hussey Zsuzsa Breier & Thomas Ilka Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Inglis Mrs. Sandra L. Jackson Cyril Jacquot Darcy & David Jagger Alexandra Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Johnson Ms. Hayley Johnson Ann-Margaret Johnston Leslie A. Johnston Mr. Harvey C. Jones, Jr. Kathy Jost-Keating Emily Kahn Elizabeth McIsaac & William Kane Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. Kaplan Ms. Kelly A. Kellett Matthew Kelsey Heather & Gregory Keltz Mr. Sanford C. Kendall Patty & Gerry Keneally Ms. Laurie Kennedy Miss Susan F. R. Kenny Jim Ketcham Julianne Kever Sandra & Marshall Keys Mr. & Mrs. Graham Kilvert Annette & Gary Kinnaman Mrs. Elizabeth Kinsaul William Kinsella

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Ms. Marcia Kinsley Chris Kirk Dr. James T. Kirk, Jr. Blue Balliett & William Klein Mr. & Mrs. Chris G. Kling Christina Knight Mr. & Mrs. William Knight Ms. Susan McKenney & Mr. Rey Koslowski Mrs. Barbara E. Kotalac Ms. Marsha Kotalac Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Kotalac, Jr. Emily & Andrew Kotchen Peter Krumpelbeck Ms. Lucy S. Dillon & Mr. Kevin B. Kuester Daniel Kuncik Paul La Paglia Lisa Lacoursiere Mary Walsh & Allan LaFrance Michelle Lamb Mr. Richard Landfield K. Langdon Ms. Nancy Perone & Mr. Kenneth Lange Judith Lanza Dr. Catherine C. Lastavica Mr. & Mrs. Adrien E. Laurencelle, III Lisa-Clarey Lawler & Bruce Lawler Marci & Ris Leggette Carol E. LeGray Susan S. Leonard Cathy & Tim Lepore Lois Lerner Lucy A. Leske Drs. Alice & Marvin Leventhal Jodi & Patrick Levesque Susan & Larry Levine Mr. & Mrs. James M. Lewis Ms. Joan E. Libby Library of Boston Athenaeum- Acquisitions Periodicals Dept. Lori S. Liggett Mrs. Barbara F. Lindeman Dr. Kirk Lindquist Ms. Leslie Linsley Victoria E. Girvan-LiPuma & Joseph P. LiPuma Ms. Nancy J. Looney Roberta & Peter Louderback Mr. & Mrs. Albert O. Louer

† Deceased

Mrs. Sherry Lourie Mr. & Mrs. James Lovett Nancy Lucchini Anne Lucke Mr. & Mrs. Edward G. Lund Mr. & Mrs. Gregory H. Lundberg Mr. & Mrs. Dean A. Lundgren Mr. & Mrs. Albert E. Lussier, Jr. Linda M. Vollkommer & Dennis Lynch Heidi & Peter Lyons Ms. Meg A. Mabbs Mr. & Mrs. Gardner MacDonald Peggy Macdonald Ms. Anne M. Lanman & Mr. Vaughan Machado Ms. Heather MacKenzie Shannon Mackey Caroline Lambert & Adam Mascata Mrs. Eleanor E. MacVicar Mr. & Mrs. Lowell R. Macy Owen Y. Macy Rocky G. Macy Mr. Thomas B. Macy Mr. Thomas C. Macy Mr. Thomas L. Macy Mr. & Mrs. Ramesh Malhotra Ms. Valerie Malinowski Robin McElroy Maloney Ellen C. Martin Debra & Ron Martin Amanda & Jonathan Mason Linda Masters Mrs. Marcia C. Mather Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Maughan Ms. Ann B. Maury Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence M. Maury Julia & Stephen Maury William A. Mauser Elizabeth Ann Mautner Kathleen Maxwell Ms. Elizabeth Mayes Ms. Ellyse Maynard Suzanne McAuley Mr. Paul W. McCarthy Tharon & Patrick McEvoy Ms. Kathleen E. McGovern Diana R. McIntyre Kerry McKenney Mr. Ethan R. McMorrow Ms. Peyson Potter & Mr. Brook P. Meerbergen

Hollace L. Roe & Ernesto J. Mejer Kathy & David Melrod Kate Merlini Mr. & Mrs. Edward Metcalf Alexander Miccio Mr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Michaud Mary & Paul Michetti Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Ms. Gertrude B. Millar Ms. Maria Zodda & Mr. John Millar Susan & Donald† Miller Mr. Peter Miller Sherri Minks Mr. Richard F. Mitchell Rev. Tracy Moore Ms. Ronnie Moran Samantha Moran Ms. Joanne Morgan Linda & Frank Morral Mr. & Mrs. Robert Morse Ruth Allen Mosher Mr. Edwin Muller Ms. Tracy Muller Ms. Linda Mullestein Edward Munves Mr. Walter J. Murphy David Murray Shirley Murtha Mrs. Kathleen S. Myers Sue & John Mynttinen Mr. Laszlo F. Nagy Jean & David Nathan Mr. & Mrs. William E. Neff, III New England Historic Genealogical Society New York State Library Ms. Blair D. Newcomb Aimee E. Newell Deborah & Jeffrey Nicholson Sybil Nickerson Mr. Aaron Norton Alissa & Edward Nosal Mr. Thomas O'Donnell Jennifer & Erik Oken A. Olin Ms. Toni Oliveri Mr. & Mrs. James R. Olson Susan O'Malley Michael J. O'Mara Sara S. O'Reilly Kate & Colm O'Riordan

Mrs. Nannette F. Orr Reid Oslin Mr. & Mrs. Rafael E. Osona Nancy Outcalt Sandie Owen Mr. & Mrs. James A. Ozias Mr. & Mrs. R. Douglas Painter Mr. & Mrs. Peter S. Panchy Karen Pappas Scrymgeour Vanessa Park Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Patterson Mr. & Mrs. John Penrose Ms. Anne Perkins Pamela Perun Dr. Pearlie M. Peters Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas K. Petersen Mr. Brian Pfeiffer The Rev. Susan Phillips Ms. Georgiann Phipps Mr. Paul Piccirillo Carol H. Pillion Ms. Mary Pizarro Ruth & Joe Plandowski Ms. Joanne Polster Mrs. Romana Rainey & Mr. Russell Pope Ms. Melinda R. Potter Mr. Damon Powell James E. Powers Sharon & Patrick Quigley Mr. Jay Rachfal Ms. Mary L. Rainey Mr. & Mrs. Phillip J. Raneri Mr. Walter Rauscher Mr. & Mrs. Arthur I. Reade, Jr. Jane Reed Mrs. Susan M. Reed Maureen & Vic Reed Ms. Jean M. Reiland Mr. Allen B. Reinhard Susan Renzulli Elizabeth K. Hillger & William H. Reynolds Ms. Mary L. Richrod Mrs. Jeanne Riggs Dr. & Mrs. Robert V. Riordan Ms. Randy Rios Dr. Jamie & Dr. Matthew Roberts Dodo (Rhoda) Roberts David M. Roche

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Ms. Maura K. Finan & Mr. Edward J. Rodriguez Ellen & Ken Roman Ms. Andrea S. Rose Jeff Rose Mr. Noah Rosenberg Robin & Mickey Rowland Ms. Sally H. Rub Marcia Perlmutter Rubin Mr. & Mrs. Edwin T. Rudd Dr. & Mrs. Shaun Ruddy Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ruley Mr. Richard Russell Ms. Toni D. Ryan Ellen Ryder Joanne & Bruce Sacino Steven Salera Patricia Salt Sharon & Paul Salvatora William Sanford Lee & Priscilla Saperstein Mr. & Mrs. William R. Sayle Mrs. Irean O. Schreiber Ms. Janet E. Schulte Pamela Schultz Penny Scheerer & John Schwanbeck Ms. Ann Scott Mrs. Carolyn J. Scott Claire & Richard Seaquist Mrs. C. Jacqueline Seidel Serials Department Newberry Library Mrs. Lynda Shea Mr. William D. Shea Mr. Charles Brady Sheehan Kat Sullivan & Blaise Sheppard Ed Simeone Dr. Joseph Simonson

Ms. Susan Kirk & Mr. John Sjovall Mr. & Mrs. Sidney W. Small Mrs. Betty J. M. Smith Mrs. Ilene N. Smith Christine & Karl Smith Ann Colgrove & Larry Smith Suzanne & Richard S. Smith Ms. Sallie E. Smith Shirley A. Smith Diane & Guy Snowden Mr. Charles E. Soule Duncan Spelman Mr. & Mrs. Roy D. Spezzano Ellen Spiro Suzi Spring Thatcher Spring Lina R. Gillies & Molly G. Sprouse Mr. Wayne St. John Mrs. Kathleen Stakes George Henry Starbuck, IV Robert F. Starbuck Penny Starr State Historical Society of Wisconsin Danah & Alex Stimpson Gail & Phillip Stone Mr. & Mrs. Charles Stott Doris & Charles Strang Jamie & Ernest Strang Helen Marvel Strong Suzanne Sullivan & Family Ian M. Sulzer Mr. & Mrs. John Sussek, III Jennifer Swain Christine Swistro Mr. & Mrs. Manuel R. Sylvia, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Sziklas Didi Coyle & Tom Szydlowski

Linda R. Taylor Sandy Taylor Mrs. Constance B. Tevebaugh Susan J. Texeira Mrs. Brenda Thomas David Janero & Jeffrey Thomson Ms. Elizabeth Thornton Gary Tonkin Mrs. Jeanette D. Topham Meghan Corcoran & Joe Tormay Peggy & Bill Tramposch Ms. Valarie Tratnyek Mr. & Mrs. Conrad Trautmann Teri Travis Deborah Tulloch Mr. & Mrs. Steven C. Turrentine Elihu S. Tuttle, III Ms. Kathleen E. Tyrer-Vasell Ms. Leslie Ullman Michele R. Unger University of Massachusetts Library Ms. Susan M. Valk Mrs. Linda L. Van Gundy Susan & Roger Vandenberg Ms. Nancy VanEvera Kim Vasquez Ariel Vinal Mrs. Gay G. Vogt Barbara von der Groeben Anne & Werner von Guionneau Lora Vun Kannon Ms. Susan Wager Ms. Kathleen Wagner Mrs. Mary J. Coffin Wakeman & Mr. Mark Wakeman Mr. Timothy J. Walker Kelby Hammett & Ben Walkuski

The Nantucket Historical Association has made every effort to accurately acknowledge contributors from January 1 to December 31, 2020. We sincerely regret any errors or omissions. If you have any questions, please contact the Development Office at giving@nha.org.

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Sandra Folger Wallace Ms. Suzanne M. Walton Mr. & Mrs. Stephen C. Wasley Mr. Tom Watson Wendy & Bruce Watts Mrs. Nancy Weeks-Cantone Victoria Wees Judith & Warren Wegner Mr. & Mrs. David Weidenthal Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Westbrook Mr. & Mrs. William P. Westcott Claire White Carolyn Wells & Frank White Mr. & Mrs. Mark F. White Lucia Whittelsey Judy L. Widger Paula & Harold Wiggin Julia & George Wilcox Linda Wilder Kathleen & John Williams Ms. Donna N. Wilson Joan Wilson-Godeau Mr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Winters Mrs. Linda W. Wiseman Mr. & Mrs. William T. Witt Lillian, Charlotte, & Matt Wittman The Rev. Max & Olly Wolf Mrs. Barbara Woodcock Patsy Wright Mr. Eugene F. Yeates Willow Young Lt. Col. James W. Youngberg Konstantina Zaras Janet Whaley Zimmerman

Katie Kaizer Photography April 9, 2020

Guardian Fund, 2020–2021 $250,000 and above NHA Staff*

Liz & Geoff Verney Kirsten & Peter Saffino

$100,000 - $150,000 Anne Delaney & Chip Carver Diane & Britt Newhouse Melinda & Paul Sullivan

$1,000 - $4,999 Nancy & Doug Abbey Patricia & Thomas Anathan Lindsey & Merrick Axel Susan & Bill Boardman Laura & Bill Buck Mary Fontaine & James Burruss Olivia & Felix Charney Prudy & Bill Crozier Robyn & John Davis Ann & Stephen Davis Marcia Weber & James Flaws Karyn M. Frist Elizabeth & Michael Galvin Amy & Brett Harsch Wendy & Randy Hudson Mary Ann & Paul Judy Coco & Arie Kopelman Helen Lynch Alice & J. Thomas Macy Debra & Vincent Maffeo Polly & Peter Millard Judy & Stephan Newhouse Anne & Edwin Obrecht Susan & Kennedy Richardson H.C. Bowen Smith Lorraine C. Snell Alisa & Alastair Wood

$25,000 - $99,999 Amanda Cross Richard Lowry Franci Neely $10,000 - $24,999 Susan Blount & Richard Bard Christy & Bill Camp Kelly Williams & Andrew Forsyth Shelley & Graham Goldsmith The H.L. Brown Jr. Family Foundation Adrienne & S.D. Kirby Helen & Chuck Schwab Mass Humanities Nantucket Fund for Emergency Relief ReMain Nantucket Fund Kim & Finn Wentworth $5,000 - $9,999 Anonymous Maureen & Edward Bousa Jennifer & Wylie Collins Tracy & John Flannery Carl Jelleme Ashley Gosnell Mody Carter & Chris Norton Ella Prichard Janet & Rick Sherlund Jason Tilroe

Up to $999 Carrie Culp & Don Anderson Joanne & Michael Angelastro Lucinda & Robert Ballard

Mary Randolph Ballinger Carol Bellmaine Allie Beman Allison & Chris Bovard Judith Ivey & Tim Braine Margaret & William Brenizer Trish Murray Bridier Eileen & Robert Butler Lisa & Don Callahan Lisa & Steven Colao The Coscia Family Martha and Michael Cozort Hilary Cunniff Denise & John D'Avella Janie & Jerry Dauterive Brigita & Andis Dimants Robert F. Duker Cordelia C. Everett Bob Felch Susan & Steve Forbes Julie & Cameron Gammill Madalyn Mann & Robert Goldszer Billi & Bobby Gosh Priscilla Kugel and Jonathan Grischuk Lauren & Paul Gudonis Joan & Philip Gulley Lucia Gumaer John M. Heggem Catherine & Richard Herbst Alyssa & Daniel Herman-Kaitz Andreas Hess Nancy & Arthur Hooper Jessica & Jonathan Jensen Martha Dippell & Danny Korengold Karen & Anthony LaRocco

LegaSea Raw Bar Carol E. LeGray Karin & Carl Lieberman Tricia & Jim Lowe Carolyn MacKenzie Sarah Alger & Bruce Malenfant Ann & Dennis Marvin Victoria McManus & John McDermott Carla & Jack McDonald Stacey & Peter McEachern Barbara A. McGhee Molly McIlvaine Jeanne & Bruce Miller Katherine Logue & Jonathan Nyland Michelle Alexander & Carter Stewart Monique & Mark O'Neil Joan & Leslie Ottinger Valerie & Jeff Paley Damon Powell Rebecca & Russell Ray Mary & MacGregor Read Diana R. Regan Carey Dack-Reidy & Paul Reidy Phyliss A. Rosenberg-Feliciano Delia & James Russell Marla & Terry Sanford David Sastre Edwin A. Schreiner Laurie & William Schutt Lindsay & Steve Scouras Domini & Eric Stone Lynn & Bob Stroud Allen Schuh & Jonanthan Swain Deborah A. Taylor Olga Tsapina

* Amount of savings as a result of a voluntary salary reduction program. † Deceased

This list is as of June 8, 2021

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Business, Foundation, and Organization Support The Nantucket Historical Association recognizes the following for the outstanding support they have provided through sponsorship of special events and programs; membership; operating grants; and gifts in 2020. $100,000 and Up Tupancy-Harris Foundation of 1986

Stansky Family Fund Stillwaters Charitable Trust

$50,000 – $99,999 Cigarran Family Foundation

$5,000 – $9,999 Aetna Foundation, Inc.-Matching Gifts

Franci Neely Foundation

Akers Family Charitable Fund

The H. L. Brown Jr. Family Foundation

Charina Foundation Inc.

Normandy Real Estate Partners

Chubb & Son, a div of Federal Insurance Co.

The Marion and Robert Rosenthal Foundation

The Forman Family Fund

Mark Cutone Architecture

The Hajim Family Foundation

Meghan Elizabeth Interiors

Hanna D. Monaghan Trust

The Meyer & Jean Steinberg Family Foundation

Hatch’s Package Store

Moose Moss Nantucket Bank, a division of Rockland Trust

Theodore Cross Family Charitable Foundation

The Dinan Family Foundation

$30,000 – $49,999 Carver/DeLaney Families Foundation, Inc.

Eleish Van Breems Antiques

Nantucket House Antiques & Interior Design Studio

Elizabeth Thayer & E. Geoffrey Verney Fund

Olivela, Inc.

Margaret Ritchie R. Battle Family Charitable Fund

The Fontaine Burruss Family Fund

The Nantucket Fund for Emergency Relief

Donald A. Burns Foundation

The Joseph and Deidre Smialowski Philanthropy Fund Kathleen Hay Designs

Susan Blount and Richard Bard Charitable Fund

Kennedy P. Richardson Fund

The Williams Forsyth Family Fund

Mitchell Karlin and Diane Pitt Charitable Fund

4G Foundation

The Marvin H. Davidson Foundation

$20,000 – $29,999 Britt and Diane Newhouse Charitable Fund

Tara Young Earley

Bruce and Deborah Duncan Foundation

The Waldo Trust

Kathryn P. Salmanowitz Donor Advised Fund Nantucket Golf Club Foundation $10,000 – $19,999 Carla and Jack McDonald Family Fund Edward and Merrielou H. Symes Charitable Fund Friends of the Nantucket Historical Association The Geschke Foundation John M. DeCiccio Charitable Fund Massachusetts Humanities, Inc. The McCausland Foundation Novation Media Peek Family Foundation, Inc. ReMain Nantucket, LLC

Thornburg Foundation The Vault $2,500 – $4,999 The Arzak Foundation Bratton Family Foundation Cape Cod Five Foundation Carolyn Thayer Interiors The Cecelia Joyce and Seward Johnson Foundation, INC. Chip Webster Architecture

The Nantucket Hotel & Resort

R. C. Lilly Foundation Fund Richard K. Lubin Family Foundation S. and J. Newhouse Family Foundation Shockey Foundation The T. Lloyd Kelly Foundation Tompkins-Broll Family Foundation The Warrington Foundation Waterworks 2 Macs 1 Bloom Family Fund $1,000 – $2,499 Ainslie Foundation Al and Mary Novissimo Giving Fund-CFNAN Atlantic East Nantucket Real Estate Audrey Sterk Design Bartlett's Farm Centre Pointe Cheney Brothers Building & Remodeling, LLC

Gretchen & Jay Riley Gift Fund

Hehir Group Custom Builders Heinz Family Foundation Herbert D. Condie Jr. Family Foundation Hy-Line Cruises The Inquirer and Mirror The Islander Package Store The J.P. Morgan Charitable Giving Fund James Lydon, Sons & Daughters The Jane & Richard Eskind & Family Foundation Jay M. Wilson Fund Jewish Federation of Cleveland The Judy Family Foundation Karyn McLaughlin Frist Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Larry and Julia Pollock Family Philanthropic Fund Lauren Marttila Photography The Leigh J. and Carrie C. Abramson Fund Leslie Wohlman Himmel Foundation Loose Family Charitable Fund M. Sweeney Construction Inc. Marine Home Center Mass Cultural Council

Christopher McKown & Abigail Johnson Fund

The McKerrow Charitable Fund

Clear Pond Fund

Nantucket Island Resorts

Cox Foundation

Cymaron Foundation (Cyril F. and Marie E. O'Neil Foundation)

Newton Family Charitable Trust

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

David and Beverly Barlow Fund

Harsch Family Charitable Fund

Paul Soros Family Trust

Hingham Institution for Savings

Descendants of Cape Cod and the Islands

Peravid Foundation

Jockey Hollow Foundation

Donna Elle Design

Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program

Joseph Olson Interiors Inc.

The Donna K. Cooper Charity Fund

The Racemaker Charitable Fund

Magellan Jets

Edgewater Landscape Design, Inc.

Community Foundation of New Jersey Congdon & Coleman Insurance

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Merida

Owen Family Fund

John and Carole Bartholdson Foundation, Inc.

New York State Library

The Keller Family Foundation

R.E. Riley Family Fund

Kevin HIckey and Eileen O'Gara Donor Advised Fund

The Lamport Foundation, Inc.

Sarah K. Hindle Charitable Fund

Le Languedoc Bistro

The Linda and Harvey Saligman Charitable Foundation

Serials Department Newberry Library

Martin House Inn

State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Lisa and Thomas Ragno Charitable Fund

Matthews Family Charitable Fund

Stephen and Marcia Anderson Fund

Middleton Family Fund

University of Massachusetts Library

The Milone Family Fund

William B. & Susan K. Trust

Sara Roby Foundation

Jordan Real Estate

Sarah F. Alger, P.C.

The Kenneth and Claudia Gentner Charitable Giving Fund

Schwab Charitable Fund The Shackelford Family Foundation Slayton Green Family Foundation Stephen A. Davis Donor Advised Fund Stephen A. Davis Fund Susan Lister Locke Gallery TBS Factoring Service LLC Tharon Anderson Design, LLC Workshop/APD Young's Bicycle Shop A Taste of Nantucket

M. S. Worthington Foundation, Inc. Madaket Marine Maggie Stewart Events Marilee B. Matteson Charitable Fund Nantucket Island Homes

Murray's Toggery Shop, Inc. Nantucket Architecture Group, Ltd. Nantucket Catering Company Nantucket Culinary Nantucket Fusion Inc.

$500 – $999 The Ancona Family Foundation

Nantucket Looms

Angelastro Family Charitable Fund

The Northrup Fund

Antiques Council

Olsen Family Donor Advised Fund

BNY Mellon, Wealth Management

Peter Moister Donor Advised Fund

Bonnie Johnson Sacerdote Foundation

Quidley & Company

Botticelli & Pohl, P.C.

Schwartz Hannum

Brass Lantern Inn

Stein Family Charitable Fund

Calista West

Waterscapes

Cape Cod Express, Inc.

Stover Engineering & Construction, Inc.

Whitehall Foundation Inc.

Swain's Travel

$250 – $499 ACKtivities

Up to $249 Allen County Public Library

Antiques Depot

Boston Public Library

Birch Family Fund

Cassady Charitable Gift Account

The Bowman Family Charitable Fund

Cornell University Library

Community Foundation for Nantucket

Harvard College Library

Carl and Nancy Gewirz Fund Carol March Emerson Cross Fund CMC Construction Current Vintage The Dobbert Companies The Egan Group, Inc. The Elizabeth H. & Thomas H. Broadus Jr. Charitable Foundation Et Manu Et Corde Fund at the Rochester Area Community Foundation

Nina Hellman Antiques, Inc.

Sandcastle Construction, Inc.

Denby Real Estate Dujardin Design Associates, Inc. Emeritus Development

Ochsner Charitable Foundation

Nantucket Garden Club Nantucket Inn Nantucket Radio and True Island Digital Nantucket's On Island Chefs PPX Events The Scrimshander Gallery Stephens and Company, Inc.

Holt Family Fund Jane Ameth Tyler The Jeannette S. Fowlkes Charitable Donor Fund

Fisher Real Estate

Flowers on Chestnut

Four Winds Gifts, Inc.

Frisbie Family Charitable Fund

Laurie R. and William R. Schutt Charitable Fund

Great Point Properties

G. S. Hill Gallery

LegaSea Raw Bar Co.

The Gulley Family Fund

Griffith Blythe Interiors

Gypsy

Hostetler Gallery

Library of Boston Athenaeum- Acquisitions Periodicals Dept.

JNC Fund

Islandwide Realty

Microsoft Matching Gifts Program

John and Cynthia Cross Charitable Fund

Ivy Wealth Management

New England Historic Genealogical Society

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Tribute Gifts The Nantucket Historical Association appreciates the thoughtful generosity of all those who made tribute gifts in 2020 in support of the NHA’s mission.

In Memory of Ewen, Catherine, Cameron, & Jean Susan & Mark Anderson

Honorary Gifts

In Honor of Christine Simeone Amanda Simeone

In Memory of Janice Fletcher Megan Fletcher

In Honor of Stacey Stuart Mary Ann B. & Samuel Wagner

In Memory of Pauline S. Freeman Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Freeman

In Honor of the Swain Family and other founders Mr. Richard G. Barnes

In Memory of Jane P. Gardner Blewett S. & Jeffrey S. Gardner

In Honor of Patricia S. Anathan Ms. Jane Condon & Mr. Kenneth Bartels In Honor of Deborah & Mark Beale Sarah & Brady Demarest In Honor of Barrett "Bear" Boening Alyssa & Daniel Herman-Kaitz In Honor of Charlotte "Charlie" Boening Anonymous (2) Ms. Devon Walker & Mr. Justin Boening Mr. & Mrs. James R. Boening Mrs. Joan M. Boening Olena S. Borkowsky Mr. Jack Elsas Jennifer & Wayne Ely Ciara & Jack Fritsch Stacey Stuart & Peter Greenhalgh Alyssa & Daniel Herman-Kaitz Ms. Jane Hiland Matthew Kelsey Marci & Ris Leggette Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Mattie Mr. Criag Basmajian & Mr. Ron Meisner Edward Munves Katherine Logue & Jonathan Nyland Ms. Mary Pizarro Mr. Damon Powell Becy & Tom Wafer Lillian, Charlotte, & Matt Wittman

In Honor of Henry Willard Mrs. Sarah T. Stephenson In Honor of David D. Worth, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jason Larrabee

Memorial Gifts

In Memory of John Gilbert Elizabeth Gilbert In Memory of Phil Iglehart Mr. Peter D. Hynson In Memory of Julius "Reb" & Daintry Jensen Daintry & Julia Jensen

In Memory of Marie Coffin Anderson Mr. & Mrs. William A. Anderson

In Memory of Joe Ms. Anne R. Teasdale

In Memory of Charles Balas Mrs. Ann Balas

In Memory of Ian MacKenzie Ms. Leslie Linsley

In Memory of Mimi and Dwight Beman Allie Beman

In Memory of Louise Gibson McGarvey Peg & Phil Read

In Memory of Coleman P. Burke Jane & Gene Goodwillie

In Memory of Dr. James R. McIntosh Sarah P. McIntosh

In Memory of Robert C. Butler Eileen H. Butler

In Memory of Karen McMeekin Hal Miller

In Memory of Vito Capizzo Mrs. Barbara J. Capizzo

In Memory of Leah Nathanson Dr. & Mrs. Larry Nathanson

In Memory of Anne Coffin Anonymous

In Memory of Faith A. Oldham Ms. Lucinda Gedeon

In Honor of Patsy Ernst Mrs. Amarilice Lefton

In Memory of Louis Coffin Helen S. Coffin Tristram Coffin

In Memory of Michael Passaro Mrs. Patrice A. Passaro

In Honor of Kelly Williams and Andrew Forsyth Mr. Robert A. Young

In Memory of Allen Collins Jenny & Wylie Collins

In Honor of Paul Judy Robert D. Felch Mr. & Mrs. John W. Kimball

In Memory of Jack B. Dalton Anonymous Clelia Biamonti & Adam Psichos Mr. Bruce Chambeau Ms. Karen Forbes Michael Hartmann Dr. & Mrs. Robert G. Hartmann Kerry, Jonathan, & Hunter Kelly Brigid & Alec Lamon Deirdre & Bob Littlefield Debra & Ron Martin Mr. William Scarbrough Mr. Peter Shepeck Cathy Ann & Robert Thompson

In Honor of Mary Lacoursiere Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Beaugrand In Honor of Franci Neely Lisa & Don Callahan In Honor of Rebecca Chapa, Charlyn Puza, & David Regan Mr. Stephen P. Andrews In Honor of Rebecca Miller, Stacey Stuart, and James Russell Mr. & Mrs. Mark Maisto

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In Memory of Veronica A. Peaker Mr. Robert Peaker In Memory of Hobart Starbuck Molly T. & Kenneth N. Cooper In Memory of Rev. C. William Steelman Linda G. Steelman In Memory of Priscilla I. Texter Devon White & Cameron Texter Roberta & Gary Hamblin Mr. & Mrs. Bill Humphries S. Jarvin Levison Mr. & Mrs. Allan G. Mathis, Jr. Suzanne Morrissey Nancy & Bob Puff Bill Stevens Susan J. Texeira Kelby Hammett & Ben Walkuski In Memory of Oswald Anthony Tupancy Mary Ann & Paul Judy Mr. & Mrs. John W. Kimball

Friends of the Nantucket Historical Association The Friends of the NHA, which was established in 1986 to seek significant acquisitions for the NHA ‘s collections and has enabled the NHA to acquire numerous artifacts, works of art, and documents, and ensures that such objects stay on or return to Nantucket to be enjoyed by the people of the island. Patricia and Thomas Anathan Mariann Berg (Hundahl) Appley Mary Randolph Ballinger Pamela and Max Berry Susan and William Boardman Anne Marie and Douglas Bratton Mary and David Brown Christy and William Camp Laurie and Robert Champion Connie and Thomas Cigarran Bessie and John Connelly Kimberly Corkran Prudence and William Crozier Robyn and John Davis Rachel and James Dunlap

Kelly Williams and Andrew Forsyth Nancy and Charles† Geschke Page and Arthur Gosnell Susan Zises Green Ann and Graham Gund Barbara and Edmund Hajim Kaaren and Charles Hale Barbara and Amos Hostetter Harvey Jones Diane and Arthur Kelly Kathryn Ketelsen Coco and Arie L. Kopelman Margaret Hallowell and Stephen Langer Sharon and Francisco Lorenzo

Helen Lynch Carolyn and Ian† MacKenzie Miriam Mandell Bonnie and Peter McCausland Ronay and Richard Menschel Polly and Peter Millard Franci Neely Anne and Edwin Obrecht Liz and Jeff Peek Ann and Christopher Quick Susan and Kennedy Richardson Ellen and Kenneth Roman Marion Rosenthal Robin and Mark Rubenstein Bonnie Sacerdote

Linda Saligman Denise and Andrew Saul Susan and Dennis Shapiro Janet and Rick Sherlund Daisy Soros Melinda and Paul Sullivan Phoebe and Bobby Tudor Elizabeth and Geoffrey Verney Marilyn Whitney Stephanie and Jay Wilson Landis and Bracebridge Young Robert Young

Heritage Society The Heritage Society recognizes individuals who make planned gifts of artifacts, cash, or real estate to the Nantucket Historical Association through their estate plans. In 2020, we were honored to receive thoughtful and generous bequests in support of the NHA’s mission from Patricia and Thomas Anathan. Planned gifts can take many forms and support the NHA in myriad ways, from building the permanent endowment to expanding the artifact and document collections. New members are recognized at the NHA Annual Meeting and presented with an ivory whale lapel pin carved by the late scrimshander Nancy Chase, who was an NHA trustee and Heritage Society member. To learn more about the Heritage Society, please contact the Development Department. Members of the Heritage Society Anonymous (4) Patricia and Thomas Anathan Bruce B. Bates Leroy and Cecily Langsdale Davis Rachel and James Dunlap Trudy S. Dujardin Robert C. Griffin

† Deceased

Barbara E. Hajim Nina Hellman Grace S. Hinkley Daintry† and Reb† Jensen Coco and Arie Kopelman George Korn Robin Kreitler Carolyn B. MacKenzie

Mary Frances Sutton Miller† Winifred M. Mortenson Sally and Peter Nash Kimi C. Puntillo Lauren and Peter Roncetti Kathryn Salmanowitz Susan R. and L. Dennis† Shapiro Dorothy Slover

Maria T. and William G. Spears Jonathan C. Swain Elizabeth and Geoffrey Verney Laurie and Alexander Webb Judith and Michael Wodynski Laura and Douglas Wolford

NHA.org | Nantucket Historical Association

Financial Report The 2020 audited statements of financial position represent the work and accomplishments of our staff and supporters. ASSETS

OPERATING REVENUE

Cash and cash equivalents

2020

2019

$2,816,426

$1,998,516

Inventories

113,059

150,000

Other current assets

157,904

114,423

Pledges receivable, net

1,059,331

2,769,455

Land, buildings, and equipment, net

14,545,182

15,408,529

Long-term investments

31,305,587

26,147,633

Collections (non monetarized)

— —

$49,997,489

$46,588,556

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

$507,395

$314,661

Note payable, bank

2,041,892

$2,041,892

$2,549,287

$2,356,553

Total Liabilities Net assets

REVENUE, GAINS AND OTHER SUPPORT

47%

CONTRIBUTIONS

ADMISSIONS

Without donor restrictions Undesignated

19%

ENDOWMENT DRAW

EARNED REVENUE

11%

FUND RAISING EVENTS

MUSEUM SHOP

MEMBERSHIP

PROGRAM REVENUE

798,616

509,871

Designated for endowment

11,158,311

10,297,000

Investment in land, buildings, and equipment

12,503,290

13,366,637

With donor restrictions

22,987,985

20,058,495

Total net assets

47,448,202

44,232,003

$49,997,489

$46,588,556

NHA ENDOWMENT NHA Endowment $35,000,000 $35,000,000 $30,000,000 $30,000,000 $25,000,000 $25,000,000 $20,000,000 $20,000,000 $15,000,000 $15,000,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $0 $0

2009 2009

2010 2010

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2011 2011

2012 2012

2013 2013

214 2014

2015 2015

2016 2016

2017 2017

2018 2018

2019 2019

2020 2020

OPERATING EXPENSES

OPERATING ACTIVITIES

2020

2019

Revenue, gains, and other support Contributions

$2,458,399

$1,702,676

Admissions

244,876

933,144

Memberships

488,320

522,666

37,775

144,957

Museum Shop revenue

200,947

452,886

Endowment Draw

980,000

755,000

Special fund-raising events

602,473

1,258,252

Education Programs

Other earned revenue Total

259,045

446,847

5,271,835

6,216,428

Operating expenses Program services Curatorial

1,131,722

1,673,263

Education and public programs

734,819

1,068,641

Research Library

536,033

670,399

181,216

607,310

General and administrative

955,079

912,703

Development & Marketing

565,583

650,140

Museum Shop

200,932

404,045

4,305,384

5,986,501

966,451

229,927

Depreciation Expense

1,093,367

1,079,176

Change in net assets before depreciation

(126,916)

(849,249)

3,326,800

3,317,172

Special events Supporting services

PROGRAM SERVICES

26%

CURATORIAL

12%

RESEARCH AND LIBRARY

22%

GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE

MUSEUM SHOP

17%

EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS

FUND-RAISING EVENTS

13%

MEMBERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT

Total Change in net assets before depreciation

Non-operating activities Investment return, net of draw Interest income Gain on the sale of property

The Financial Statements for 2020 have been audited by Bollus, Lynch, LLP, which has rendered an unqualified opinion on them. Complete financial statements are available upon request.

1,982

6,187

–

1,250,304

Friends of NHA contributions

178,375

174,232

Capital campaign contributions

104,418

1,967,506

Capital campaign expenses

(2,274)

(181,325)

3,609,301

6,534,076)

Change in net assets before changes related to collection items & depreciation 3,482,385

5,684,827

Change in net assets from non-operating activities

Net assets released from restrictions Acquisition of collection items Purchase of collections items Change in net assets Net assets beginning of the year Net assets end of the year

—

(266,186)

(404,132)

3,216,199

5,280,695

44,232,003

38,951,308

$47,448,202

$44,232,003

NHA.org | Nantucket Historical Association

1894 Founders Society Through this Society, the Board of Trustees recognizes the cumulative giving by individuals who assist with the NHA’s annual operating needs. 1894 Founders Society members contribute $3,000 and up toward the annual fund, membership, and fundraising events, as well as to exhibitions and collections, plus scholarship and educational programs. Their generous support is greatly appreciated and welcomed by the community. $50,000 and above President’s Circle Anne Delaney & Chip Carver Connie & Tom Cigarran Amanda Cross Franci Neely Diane & Britt Newhouse Melinda & Paul Sullivan Kim & Finn Wentworth $25,000 to $49,999 Susan Blount & Rick Bard Ritchie Battle Maureen & Edward Bousa Kelly Williams & Andrew Forsyth Carol† & Richard Lowry Laura & Bob Reynolds Kathy Salmanowitz Helen & Chuck Schwab Jason Tilroe $10,000 to $24,999 Anonymous (2) Nancy & Doug Abbey Patricia Nilles & Hunter Boll Anne Marie & Doug Bratton Christy & Bill Camp Mary Jane & Glenn Creamer John DeCiccio Deborah & Bruce Duncan Tracy & John Flannery Annabelle & Gregory Fowlkes Nancy & Chuck Geschke Shelley & Graham Goldsmith Mark Gottwald Susan Zises Green Susanne & Zenas Hutcheson Carl Jelleme Diane Pitt & Mitch Karlin

Adrienne & S. Dillard Kirby Helen & Will Little Sharon & Frank Lorenzo Helen Lynch Bonnie & Peter McCausland Victoria McManus & John McDermott Ashley Gosnell Mody Nancy & John Nichols Carter & Chris Norton Mary & Al Novissimo Liz & Jeff Peek Ella Prichard Candy & William Raveis Susan & Ken Richardson Margaret & John Ruttenberg Denise & Andrew Saul Janet & Rick Sherlund Mary Farland & Don Shockey Georgia Snell Kathleen & Bob Stansky Harriet & Warren Stephens Merrielou & Ned Symes Ann & Peter Taylor Phoebe & Bobby Tudor Louise Turner Liz & Geoff Verney Kirsten & Peter Zaffino $5,000 to $9,999 Susan Akers Patricia & Thomas Anathan Mary Randolph Ballinger Pamela & Max Berry Susan & Bill Boardman Richard Bressler Laura & Bill Buck Donald Burns

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Drs. James Burruss & Mary Fontaine Laurie & Bob Champion Jenny & Wylie Collins Marvin Davidson Robyn & John Davis Lisa & Porter Dawson Elizabeth Miller & James Dinan Jennifer & Stephen Dolente Ana & Michael Ericksen Elizabeth & Michael Galvin Andrea & Ted Giletti Barbara & Ed Hajim Kaaren & Charles Hale Amy & Brett Harsch Gloria & Jeffrey Holtman Barbara & Amos Hostetter Wendy Hubbell Jill & Stephen Karp Diane & Art Kelly Anne & Todd Knutson Coco & Arie Kopelman Jean Doyen de Montaillou & Michael Kovner Paula & Bruce Lilly Debra & Vincent Maffeo Holly & Mark Maisto Carla & Jack McDonald Ronay & Richard Menschel Sarah & Jeff Newton Trisha Passaro Nancy Pfund & Phillip Polakoff Gary McBournie & William Richards Crystal & Rich Richardson

Sharon & Francis Robinson Linda Saligman Deirdre & Joseph Smialowski Garrett Thornburg Alisa & Alastair Wood Leslie Forbes & David Worth Carlyn & Jon Zehner $3,000 to $4,999 Gale Arnold Janet & Sam Bailey Linda Holliday & Bill Belichick Olivia & Felix Charney Marcia Weber & James Flaws Kathy & H. Crowell† Freeman Karyn Frist Ann & John Johnson Mary Ann & Paul Judy Kathryn Ketelsen Martha Dippell & Daniel Korengold Diane & David Lilly Alice & J. Thomas Macy Ann McCollum Judy & Stephan Newhouse Candace Platt Janet Robinson Nancy Romankiewicz Bonnie Sacerdote Nancy & Joe Serafini Melanie & Eric Silverman Kate Lubin & Glendon Sutton This list represents donations from January–December 2020. † deceased

To learn more or become a member of the Society, call (508) 228-1894 ext. 122 or email giving@nha.org.

H Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum Product Now on Sale at the Museum Shop!

NHA and NLBM members receive 10% off every purchase Open online at NantucketMuseumShop.org The shop is open to museum visitors during museum hours.

P.O. BOX 1016, NANTUCKET, MA 02554–1016

PERIODICAL POSTAGE PAID AT NANTUCKET, MA AND ADDITIONAL ENTRY OFFICES

Bid in our Online Auction July 18-25 And join us for a Closing Celebration: Sunday, July 25, 4-6 pm at the Hadwen House Tickets on sale at NHA.org

Our online auction offers you the opportunity to bid on exquisitely handcrafted Nantucket Lightship Baskets along with other basket-related items, including a Manny Dias basket tray, a Micheal Kane woven bracelet embellished with scrimshaw, plus many more one-of-kind pieces.

Historic Nantucket Summer 2021, Vol. 71, No. 3

Articles inside

Nantucket's Bid for Survival during the War of 1812 by Karl Jacob

Preserving the Prehistoric Pottery of Nantucket by Karl Wietzel

by Claire Jensen

Black Activism Before the Civil War by Barbara Ann White