Proceedings of the Nantucket Historical Association: Eighteenth Annual Meeting

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PROCEEDINGS OP THE

Nantucket Historical Association EIGHTEENTH

ANNUAL

MEETING

July Twenty-fourth, Nineteen Hundred Twelve

THE INQUIRER AND MIRROR PRESS NANTUCKET, MASS. 1912.

Window taken from houss built on "Gull Island" in 1739, by Thomas Gardner, grandson of the first John Gardner. Presented to the Nantucket Atheneum in 1879, by the then owner of the house, Mrs. Eunice G. Riddell, a direct descendant of the builder.

Legend has it that this house was the first one built with the north and south sides of the roof of the same size, and that Thomas was censured by the Friends for adopting such a fashionable design and departing from the old plan of a long north roof. It was also said to have for its corner-stone, a stone which run so deep that its bottom never could be reached.

PROCEEDINGS OP THE

Nantucket Historical Association EIGHTEENTH

ANNUAL

MEETING

July Twenty-fourth, Nineteen Hundred Twelve

THE INQUIRER AND MIRROR PRESS NANTUCKET, MASS. 1912.

ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the Nantucket Historical Association was held in the Friends' meeting-house, on Wednesday morning, July 24th, 1912. The meeting was called to order by the president, Alexander Starbuck, promptly at 10 o'clock, and the records of the previous annual meeting were read and approved.

Miss Bodfish, who was secretary pro tempore, reported that at a meeting of the Council held in June the resig­ nation of Mrs. Elizabeth C. Bennett as secretary was announced and reluctantly accepted. The Council met just before the annual meeting of the Association and unanimously voted to recommend the election of Mrs. Bennett as an honorary life member. The record of the meeting was formally approved.

The annual reports of the secretary, treasurer and curator were read. They showed a most gratifying condition of the Association.

The annual address of the president followed, and the reports and address were ordered printed in the "Proceedings."

The chairman of the nominating committee, W. F. Codd, reported the following list of nominees for the ensuing year: President—Alexander Starbuck.

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Vice-presidents—Dr. Benjamin Sharp, Mrs. Judith J. Fish, Henry B. Worth, Mrs. Sarah C. Raymond, Moses Joy, M. F. Freeborn.

Secretary—Miss Annie W. Bodfish.

Treasurer—Miss Hannah G. Hatch.

Curator and Librarian—Miss Susan E. Brock.

Councillors—term expiring 1916-Miss Caroline Swift, Dr. E. B. Coleman.

[Councillors—term expiring 1913—Mrs. Eleanor W. Morgan, John B. Folger.]

[Councillors—term expiring 1914—(Mrs. Alice Coggeshall Saw­ yer), Roland B. Hussey, Dr. John S. Grouard.]

[Councillors—term expiring 1915—Alanson Swain Barney, Miss Emma Cook.

Auditors—Irving Elting, Edward A. Fay, Miss Harriet A. Elkins.

The report was accepted. Mrs. Stokeley Morgan presented resolutions complimentary to the retiring secretary, Mrs. Bennett, which were unanimously adopted, ordered spread on the records and a copy sent to Mrs. Bennett. On motion of Moses Joy it was voted to carry out the recommendation of the Council and Mrs. Bennett was unanimously elected an honorary life member. Inasmuch as Henry S. Wyer had positively declined to serve longer as vice-president, Mr. Joy stat­ ed that recognition should be made of his long and faithful service. As he already is a life member that honor could not be conferred upon him, but on motion of Mr. Joy a vote of appreciation and thanks to him for his good work was unanimously passed.

The election of officers for the ensuing year was next in order and the president appointed William F.

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Macy, Prof. Wm. Watson and Mr. Severance as tellers.

The nominees as reported by the nominating committee were unanimously chosen. The nominating committee for the ensuing year was nominated from the floor and the following named members were elected: Mr. Severance, Miss Eliza Codd, William F. Macy, Dr. Anne Blossom, Mrs. Sidney Mitchell.

In order that the large number of friends present might hear Miss Weeks' paper on Nantucket women, she was next presented, and her address held the clos­ est attention of her auditors. She paid an admirable and deserved tribute to the women of Nantucket and at the close was most warmly applauded.

The president then announced that in accordance with the vote of the Council prizes had again been of­ fered to the two pupils of the High School presenting the best original essays on topics connected with Nan­ tucket history. The judges had carefully considered the four essays presented to them and he requested Miss Dorothy Small and Miss Elizabeth Grimes to come forward and receive the prizes they had won. When they came he spoke of the gratifying results of the competition and of the desire of the Association to en­ courage the study of history in general in the High School, but particularly the study of and pride in local history. The judges were unanimous from the outset in the opinion that Miss Small's essay, on "The Scallop Fishery," was the best of the four essays submitted, showing marked originality, as the material could have been obtained only by individual effort. An envelope containing $5.00 was accordingly presented to her.

The other envelope, containing the same amount of money, was presented to Miss Grimes, for her credit­ able essay, "The Settlement of Nantucket."

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A message was received from the Winthrop Histor­ ical and Improvement Association conveying its love to every grain of sand, every tree and flower, and every person in Nantucket. The sentiment was enthusiasti­ cally applauded.

The amendment to the by-laws providing that at meetings of the council five would constitute a quorum, was unanimously adopted.

Dr. Douglas-Lithgow then spoke of a work he had in hand, the manuscript of which was nearly complet­ ed, and which was a brief history of Nantucket. He suggested that the Association might take it in hand and assume its publication. On motion of Mr. Joy, the matter was referred to the council, with full powers.

After the president had called attention to the re­ ception in the afternoon and urged those present to at­ tend, the meeting was adjourned.

There was a large party assembled at the rooms and grounds of the Association in the afternoon, to partici­ pate in the reception which was held from 4 to 6 o'clock. All enjoyed the delightful informality and so­ ciability of the affair, and the following-named fair misses of Nantucket, with charming tact and grace, served refreshments: Mary Brock, Lucy Hutchinson, Katherine Hutchinson, Ida Parker, Caroline Bacon, El­ len Tobey, Olive Allen, Marion Allen.

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SECRETARY'S REPORT. Mr. President, Members and Friends of the Nantucket Historical Association: Among my many duties as Secretary of the Associ­ ation a very pleasant one has been the writing of my report, for the task has emphasized in my own mind the facts jotted down in the report and has recalled therewith many charming irrelevant reminiscences.

The best work which we are accomplishing is natu­ rally shown in the reports of the Treasurer and Curator.

In this year and in coming years our desire is for in­ creased membership, additions to our fine collection, and growing interest among young and old, islanders and off-islanders. Last, but not least, we look to the continual renewing of the spirit in which our Council­ lors have always asked: "How shall I best serve?

Comparison of the years, one with another, shows that in the early days council meetings were much more frequent than they are now. This, however, casts no reflections on the present, for by reason of the efficiency of standing committees the work goes on smoothly— automatically, it might seem. I speak from experience, having been, first as Councillor and later as Secretary, a member of that executive body since its start in 1894.

Up to June 12th, the date of my resignation as Secre-

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tary.the Council has this year been called together four times, including the first meeting to organize, but of actual meetings there have been only three, as it was impossible to secure a quorum at the last summons.

Within a few weeks Mr. Alexander Starbuck, our President, has sent appeals to members of the Associa­ tion and interested friends, hoping thereby to increase our membership. The result, even in this short time,has been gratifying,for it shows the enrollment of eight new names and small contributions of money from two per­ sons already members, making a total receipt of eleven dollars plus the good-will and working-power of eight new members. This item of news may legitimately be divided between Treasurer and Secretary, for Mr. Starbuck arranged that the responses to his appeal should be sent first to the Secretary.

We have lost by death since the last annual meeting: Mrs. Mary W. Babcock, Mrs. Rebecca Watson Farnum, Mrs. George H. Brock, Miss Harriet M. Coffin, Mrs. Alexander Starbuck.

In presenting this my last report, I wish to express my appreciation of the honor which you have conferred upon me in the office of Secretary. To me the term of service has been a welcome opportunity to do every­ thing in my power to help in the work of this Associa­ tion, which from the day of its founding has had my loyalty and affection.

Respectfully submitted, ELIZABETH C. BENNETT, Secretary.

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CURATOR'S REPORT. Mr. President and Friends: We are often told that "History repeats itself" and when one essays to write the eighteenth annual report of the same work, the truth of this saying becomes strikingly apparent.

This year we have followed our general custom of doing one especial piece of work, besides the usual rotine of accepting, classifying and arranging donations and loans and making purchases of whatever of value may offer.

Our one large accomplishment has been the com pletion of the copying of the William C. Folger records, and the binding and indexing of the same. The copy has made three large volumes and in their substantial and handsome bindings these are something to be proud of. The work has been done in a careful and painstak­ ing manner and will be most serviceable to the seekers after genealogical lore. It is available to our members at any time for consultation, and the index, which we owe to the unwearying industry of Mr. Henry B. Worth, will make research both easy and pleasant.

Through the aid of a generous member, who always comes to our rescue, we were enabled to make two most important purchases: First, of all the Canton china

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spoken of in our last report, and for which the outlay was considerable, but fully justified by its historical value and its great beauty, which latter makes it actually the gem of our fine china exhibit. Second, of the Newbegins bureau. This was a rare and not to be lost oppor­ tunity of preserving one of the few relics of these cele­ brated Nantucket characters. As some of our members have expressed doubts about the authenticity of this ar­ ticle, I am going to give you the affidavit written by the person who'sold it to us. It is as follows: "This bureau, sold by me to the Nantucket Histori­ cal Association, formerly belonged to the Newbegins sisters. This assertion is verified by the following facts: The last two of the Newbegins sisters were taken, with some of their furniture, to the Friends' Asylum on Main Street, where they afterwards died. This left only one inmate of the Asylum and the Friends decided to break up the home and put this last inmate out to board. My husband's sister, Mary Spicer, was the ma­ tron of the Asylum, and she sent word to me that all the things were to be sold off, and said to me, "Why don't you buy the Newbegins bureau?" I went there and bought the bureau, which actually belonged to the Newbegins sisters, when they moved from their own home to the Friends' Asylum. This is the truth as I know it. Signed, Mrs. Ann E. Barrett. Signature witnessed by Mrs. Anna Starbuck Jenks."

Other corroborating facts have come to our knowl­ edge, such as the testimony of a Nantucket man who lemembered the old bureau well and gave a minute de­ scription of its peculiarities, without having seen it for many years, which description tallied in every detail with the bureau we have. So we consider the evidence incontrovertible, and rest assured that the history of this article is proven to be genuine.

We have received about the usual number of small

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articles to add to our collection—a few fine pieces of "scrim-shont" work, some well wrought silk samplers, foreign curios, old silver spoons, one beautiful silver snuff-box,several good portraits of Nantucket ship mas­ ters and one portrait painted by Sally Gardner, whom some of the older ones here must have heard of, or per­ haps known, in their early days. She seems to have been a natural artist, who could not have received any technical education, as her drawing is simply prepos­ terous, but her talent for "catching a likeness" was so wonderful that many of our wealthy people employed her to paint portraits of their children and themselves, and some really fine miniatures, painted on ivory, are known to be her work. The portrait which has come to us is of a boy about ten years old. The face is ex­ cellent and evidently true to life, but the rest of the figure is like a caricature in its lack of proportion; still it serves well to show the peculiar costume of the period, which was about 1838. We consider it worth preserving as a sample of what Nantucket produced in the way of art, in the first half of the nineteenth cen­ tury. If any of our members possess any facts about the life history of this remarkably talented woman, we should like to record them, as what knowledge of her we have is most meager and unsatisfactory.

Our attendance keeps up to the usual average of about 2400 paying visitors. As we entertain free every year several large delegations of various orders, such as the Masons, the Press Association, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Grand Army, etc., with the visits of our own members, who also are admitted free, our collection is annually viewed by about 3000 persons. The many expressions of satisfaction and de­ light in our exhibit are most gratifying and encourag-

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ing, and the astonishing questions that are patiently answered by OUT faithful attendants fully prove the ed­ ucational value of our work.

The next duty before us is the publication of the concluding chapters of Mr. Henry B. Worth's Abstracts of Wills. This subject was brought down to the year 1778 in our last Bulletin, Vol. 2, No. 6, and the manu­ script has been continued to 1845 and covers all probate decrees of administration and guardianship as well as wills. The Index has been completed as far as is possi­ ble before the work is printed and paged, and includes over 2200 names and 3000 references. It is estimated that the Abstracts will comprise 80 to 100 pages and the Index 60 to 70 pages, and this matter will fill two parts of the average size of our Bulletins, and we hope the coming year will see them issued and thus a most im­ portant addition to our genealogical records be brought to completion.

Besides this, we do not seem to have as many plans as usual for the future and it behooves us now to look around and see what remains for us to do. We have lately had it impressed upon us in a public address by one who knows by wide experience, that, not only the growth, but the very life itself of a society is threat­ ened when it feels satisfied with what has been accom­ plished so we must not allow ourselves to rest inactive, even if no special work appears to press upon us, but seek further opportunities of usefulness, remembering that while the history of the past is secure, the present is in our care, and the future may depend on what we think and do and accomplish, in our day and gener­ ation."

Respectfully submitted, SUSAN E. BROCK, Curator.

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TREASURER'S REPORT. CREDITS. Balance on hand June 15, 1911 $86.29 Membership dues for 1912 115.00 Membership dues for 1913 126.00 Membership dues previous to 1912 3.00 Admission fees Historical Rooms 334.10 Admission fees Siasconset House 26.10 Rent of Room, Siasconset House 34.25 Sale of Bulletins, etc., Siasconset House 3.50 Sale of Bulletins, etc.

12.05 Rent of Lot 15.00 Cash withdrawn in full from New Bedford Institution for Savings Interest withdrawn from People's Savings Bank, Worcester Cash withdrawn from Bristol County Savings Bank 340.40 Cash donations from Members 5.00 $1,162.29 DEBITS. W. A. Groves, Repairs Mill and flag-pole Cleaning Siasconset House Sundries Siasconset House

$7.00 3.10 -80

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M. E- Gouin, Carpenter's bill, Siasconset House Gas bill Water bill Subscription to Inquirer and Mirror Annual Meeting Committee, Stamps John Conway, Prize for essay Max Wagner, Prize for essay Geo. Dean, Bank's History of Marthas Vineyard Type-writing Treasurer's Report Nantucket Athletic Club, hall for reception William F. Worth, ice cream for reception Cake for reception Music for reception Ida Johnston, Old China Bay State League dues Old Flask Sundries Pamphlet "Nantucket Wyers" Secretary, Postage Cook & Turner, Printing Annual Reports M. E. Gouin, Repairs Fence, Siasconset House G. Davis, Carpenter's bill, Siasconset House Sundries, Siasconset House Sundries, Siasconset House M.F.Freeborn, Painter's bill, Historical Building Dennison Mfg. Co., Clasp Envelopes A. R. Winslow, Mortar and Pestle W. B. Marden, Plumbing B. F. Williams, Repairs on Chimney Essex Institute, Essex County Records F. E. Carle, Caretaker of Mill land Sullivan & Crocker, Record Books Express Brown & Co., Hardware Supplies

33.00 2.80 8.00 2.00 6.00 5-00 3.00 10.00 .75 5.00 11.00 7.2u 9.00 70.00 2.00 1.25

.76

1.00 10.00 87.30 3.05 2.15 6.83 2.25 7.55 4.00 6.00 2.25 3.17 5.00 5.00 5 00 1.10

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Cook & Turner, Envelopes 4.00 Ida Cathcart, Copying Records 148.00 W. Finlay, Cleaning Historical Rooms 10.75 N.E.Lowell,Repairs Siasconset House Chimney 15.75 Stamps 11.00 Cook & Turner, Printing and Advertising 9.40 Cook & Turner, Printing 1.00 Cook & Turner, Advertising 1.00 A. G. Brock, Insurance, Siasconset Collection 3.00 A. G. Brock, Insurance, Mill 10.70 A. G. Brock, Insurance, Frame Building, Fair St. 6.00 A. G. Brock, Insurance, Frame Building, Fair St. 5.25 A. G. Brock, Insurance, Siasconset House 6.75 Salary of Curatcr 100.00 Salary of Treasurer 75.00 Salary of Secretary 50.00 Salaries, two Attendants, Rooms Fair Street, 13 1-2 weeks each 162.00 Salary of Attendant, Siasconset House, 10 weeks 50.00 60.00 Salary of Janitor 24.80 Extra services of Janitor 68.28 Balance to New Account $1,162.29 SUMMARY.

Assets.

$8,500.00 Fireproof Building 1,500.00 Meeting House 1,000.00 Old Mill 1,000.00 Collection Insurance 1,500.00 Siasconset House 300.00 Siasconset House, Collection Insurance Susan W. Folger Fund: Nantucket Institution for Savings 1,090.35

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People's Savings Bank, Worcester 1,000.00 Bristol County Savings Bank 700.00 2,790.35 $16,590.35 Liabilities—None.

HANNAH G. HATCH, Treasurer.

Approved, July 6, 1912, the above report of the Treasurer of the Nantucket Historical Association for the year ending June 15, 1912.

Irving Elting, Edward A. Fay, H. A. Elkins, Auditing Committee.

MEMBERSHIP. Life Councillors Life Members Annual Members New Annual Members Lost by death, Life Members Lost by death, Annual Members Dropped for non-payment of dues (three years) Withdrawn

4 58 271 21 2 3 8 2

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PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. Fellow Members of the Nantucket Historical Associ­ ation : The rotation of the months has brought us again to the Annual Meeting of our Association and for the eighteenth year we are gathered together t<"> consider what we have accomplished and to consult as to what that is to be done demands our immediate attention.

During the past year the Bay State Historical League has held four meetings. In a dual capacity, as its Secretary and as your Delegate, I have attended them all. The subsidiary societies lose much of the good which can come to them through the League if they fail to be represented at its meetings and do not get reports from their delegates of its proceedings. I have always made it a rule to take notes of the discus­ sions and votes in order to meet what I conceive to be my duty to you.

The first meeting of the year was with the South Natick Historical, Natural History and Library Society, at South Natick, October 21st of last year. We were welcomed by the Acting President, Rev. J. F. Meyers, well known to many of you as at one time pastor of the Unitarian church in Nantucket and a member of our Association. It was a rainy day, but there weie

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about 70 present, including members of the local so­ ciety, The associations represented were the Arling­ ton, Brookline, Bostonian, Hyde Park, Lynn, Littleton, Lowell, Medfield, Maiden, Medford, Nantucket, Sherborn, Somerville, Swampscott, South Natick and Westboro.

The topic for the day was "What Attention Should Be Given by Local Historical Societies to the Study of the Aborigines?" Mr. Frank Smith, of the Dover Historical Society, was the first speaker, and he read an appropriate and interesting paper on "John Eliot and his Band of Praying Indians;" interesting because it was a fresh grouping of facts and incidents; appropri­ ate because we were almost in the shadow of the tree under whose branches Eliot spoke. Mr. Smith was followed by Mr. John D. Brooks, Superintendent of Schools in Natick, who treated the subject more from the intended standpoint. A single sentence from his address will point the moral he intended to make. He said: "We have been waiting in Natick for a promised outline of history from the State Board of Education, but we have despaired and are going to make our own.

Our seventh grade will begin the study of local history, and in the relics that the Historical Society of South Natick has accumulated we will find a lot of material, as well as a good helpful basis for this study. Children are always interested in material things that they can­ not handle. A child's patriotism is largely local, and in this patriotism we may find another basis of interest for grasping of historical data."

Mr. John Albree, of the Swampscott society was the next speaker. He spoke of the rooms of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, of which he is Recording Secretary, as always being at the service of

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anyone who was in search of information in the special lines it developed. He believed it advisable always to use sentiment in the development of historical research where there are objects of local historical interest.

Your President had read a paper he had prepared, before the Lexington Historical Society a few months before, in which he expressed some doubts regarding the correctness of the inscription on the boulder on Lexington Green, marking the line of the Minute men on the morning of April 19, 1775. The paper had been misquoted and sensationalized and gained for him an unexpected notoriety (using the word advisedly) from Boston to Chicago, and President Chick called upon him to tell of the course of reasoning which led him to that conclusion, and he did so briefly.

The topic of the day was further discussed by Mr. George W. Chamberlain of Maiden, Mrs. 0. A. Cheney of Natick, Mr. Plumb of Sherborn, and Ex-President Read, the consensus of opinion being that the study of the aborigines was desirable and that the local histori­ cal society could be of material help in the development of the subject.

President Chick said if the various societies would notify him when they held their meetings he would delegate some member of the Executive Committee to be present. It was voted to request the several school boards in the State to consider the aborigines in outlin­ ing the study of local history in the public schools.

The mid-winter meeting of the League was held in the Deane-Winthrop House, Winthrop, by invitation of the Winthrop Improvement and Historical Society.

There were sixty present, representing the Historical Societies of Arlington, Brookline, Canton, Fitchburg, Hyde Park, Lynn, Leominster, Maiden, Medford, Nan-

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tucket, Old Newbury, Peabody, Pilgrim of Plymouth, Swampscott, Westboro, and Winthrop, besides repre­ sentatives of four Chapters of Daughters of the American Revolution.

The League was welcomed by Mr. David Floyd, by whose generosity the society has its present home, who described the development of the present associa­ tion.

The topic for the day was "How Far Can Tradi­ tion be Depended Upon in the Development of Local History?" Hon. Arthur Lord, President of the Pil­ grim Society of Plymouth, was the principal speaker.

He said in the study of the Plymouth and Massachu­ setts Bay Colonies, unusually well fortified historically by documentary evidence, there are also found local traditions. That they exist as traditions does not im­ pair their historic value if they conform to certain con­ ditions. In Berkeley's Peerage tradition is considered in legal cases and permitted under specified rules.

First: The tradition must have come from persons so connected with the parties to whom it relates that they knew the truth and that those who repeated it were truthful. Second: The tradition must be fairly estab­ lished before it is brought into question. A third rule is that it has been preserved in print or in manuscript and has stood the test of a hundred years. Mr. Lord gave several instances of traditions, the truth of which seems to have been verified under those tests. He con­ cluded by saying that a part of the work of the local historical society is the preservation of some of the many traditions that attach to its locality, verify them it possible and then embalm them into print. The dis­ cussion was continued by Mr. Walter Watkins, of Mai­ den, Mr. Briant of Westboro, Mr. Albree of Swamp-

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scott, Ex-President Read of Brookline and Mr. Moody of New bury port.

The League was invited to hold its spring meeting with the Society at Westboro, and accordingly met in the Society's rooms in that town on the afternoon of Saturday, April 27th last. The following named soci­ eties were represented by the 52 who gathered there: Arlington. Brookline, Bostonian, Danvers, Hyde Park, Medford, Newburyport, Nantucket, Northboro, Peabody, Swampscott, Somerville, South Natick and West­ boro. Again the weather was unpropitious and during the latter part of the afternoon, rainy. President S. Ingersoll Briant welcomed the delegates. The topic for the day was "How May a Historical Society Obtain a Permanent Home?"

The principal speaker was Ex-President Charles P. Read, of Brookline, who urged getting at the people and getting them interested in assisting the local as­ sociation. Ex-President Eddy told how the Medford society acquired the Lydia Maria Childs house, built about 1780, for its home. Honorary President Lom­ bard, of the Old Newbury Society, told how the New­ buryport association acquired its building. That society worked on family pride for money and for life member­ ships. They have a special class of memberships, to which only those who donate $1000 are eligible. His advice was to tie up every dollar that was acquired and to use only the income. Other speakers were J. C. Kent of Northborough, your President (who told of how our Nantucket Association acquired its home, and read some newspaper clippings telling of a minstrel show in Sharon and a fair in Sandwich in furtherance of similar plans for the local societies), John Albree of Swampscott, and Mrs. 0. A. Cheney of South Natick.

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At each of the meetings a simple collation was served.

The Executive Committee of the League had ex­ pressed a desire to hold a meeting in Nantucket and the suggestion seemed to be so enthusiastically received by the delegates that I conveyed to you that desire a year ago, and, as I expected, it met a ready response at your hands and a cordial invitation for the League to hold its annual meeting with our Association. Being "native and to the manner born" the details of arrang­ ing for the trip were assigned to me. It is a compli­ ment to the island and town we love so well, and to the local Association in which we take so much pride, that the attendance at this meeting, which was held on the 15th of June, was the largest in my experience, which began with the second meeting of the League in Feb ruary, 1904. My list showed 104 names of those who agreed to visit Nantucket. Perhaps three or four of these were unable to come, but their places were filled by others who had not notified me. I need not go into the detail of that meeting, for some of our members were present and the essential features of the meeting were published in The Inquirer and Mirror. Our Nan­ tucket Association was again recognized, in the re­ election of your President to be Secretary of the League. It is a matter of exceeding pleasure to me, and I know it must be equally gratifying to you, to know that our guests were very warm in their praises of Nantucket and its people and delighted with the splendid collection we were able to show them.

As Secretary of the League, I gave at the meeting of last month a record of the percentage of attendance of the delegates of each subsidiary society, based on the number of meetings in which it had been repre­ sented as compared with the number held since its ad-

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mission. Nantucket's record was 90 per cent. I have been your delegate since our Association joined the League in 1904 and in that time have missed three meetings, two in 1905 when, through the election of a new Secretary, I received no notice of the meetings, and the third in 1909, when sickness in my family pre­ vented my attendance.

At the meeting in our rooms on the evening of June 15th, there was a recorded attendance of 99, rep­ resenting, besides our own Association, societies in Arlington, the Bostonian, Brookline, Fitchburg, Hyde Park, Lynn, Littleton, Medford, Newburyport, Somerville, South Natick, Sharon, Westboro and Winthrop.

Occasionally there are to be found in the market documents intimately associated with the history and genealogy of our Island and its people. If some one is continually on the alert many books and papers of interest and value may be secured. One prominent dealer in articles of that nature in Boston has a stand­ ing order to secure for me anything in the way of books or documents he may obtain for sale having ref­ erence to Nantucket or written by natives of the Isl­ and. Through this dealer I have procured much of in­ terest and value, and at prices, which, all things being considered, would not be considered excessive. Among them are: a copy of a Chart of Nantucket Shoals, sur­ veyed by Capt. Paul Pinkham and published in 1791; the marriage certificates of Richard Macy and Alice Paddack, who were married in 1769, and of Obed Macy and Abigail Pinkham, who were married in 1786; and a memorandum book containing material compiled by Obed Macy, in which he says, in a prefatory note, that if ever his History of Nantucket reaches a second edi­ tion, the memoranda therein contained will be of mate-

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rial use. It seems incredible that documents like these should ever be allowed to get into hands other than those of the family, but they were and by unexpected good fortune I was able to secure them. Another in­ teresting document is a copy of a magazine, the "Port­ folio," giving a brief description of our island and town, written in 1811, with a full-page engraving showing a picture of the town at that period.

Still another of interest and value to me is a little pamphlet of 68 pages, printed in 1843, and addressed to Nathaniel Barney and Peter Macy, by its author, the well-known Abolitionist, Stephen S. Foster. It is en­ titled "The Brotherhood of Thieves!!", and is an ex­ tremely virulent denunciation of ministers of all de­ nominations, sparing not even the exhorters of the Methodists nor the preachers of the Society of Friends.

The feature in it of particular interest to me is an ap­ parent solution of a problem that has vexed me some­ what, and that is why it was that in a community which for nearly three-quarters of a century had de­ veloped a strong anti-slavery tendency, men engaged in expounding that doctrine should have been mobbed as Foster and his associates were in 1842.

This little monograph by one of the chief actors shows the rioting in a very different light, and states distinctly that the trouble was caused by the strong language of denuncia­ tion of the American church and clergy which he used.

Those are some of the documents that have been brought to my attention and which I have been able to purchase, and the thought suggests itself to me that it would be wise for our Association to be in touch with dealers in New York and Philadelphia to secure options on similar articles which may be offered for sale in those markets. So far as my own collection is con-

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cerned, including books,pictures, manuscripts and notes relating to Nantucket, collected during the past 40 years, it is my purpose, when I have done with them myself, that they shall become a part of the collection of our Historical Association.

Some historical associations in Massachusetts re­ port that they make a marked success by setting aside one day in each year on which the pupils of the local High School are admitted to view the collection of the society free. It is the opinion of those whose societies have had the experience that this course arouses an in­ terest among those from whom our ranks must be re­ cruited with those to take our places when we pass on.

In my opinion it would be wise for our Council to con­ sider whether it is not desirable for us to try such an experiment.

The inevitable changes have taken place in our numbers since we last met.

Several of those whose companionship was helpful to us and whose places in their families can never again be filled, have gone to join the great majority. The loving memory of them alone remains. While the loss has been serious to our Association, we cannot fail to recognize with sadness the fact that to their families it is irreparable and the burden a grievous one. How many of us long "for the touch of a vanished hand, and the sound of a voice that is still!" Among the list of those who have passed over the river, I note the name of a professional friend and brother, Robert Mitchell Floyd, who will be re­ membered as having delivered an address to us on the occasion of the laying of the corner-stone of our Fire­ proof Building.

It is a matter of regret to record the resignation of our much esteemed Secretary, Mrs.Elizabeth C.Bennett.

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She is one of those who "bore the burden and heat of the day" in the early years of our organization,and the interests of the Association have always been dear to her. For many years she has done yeoman's service in its behalf. How much an Association of this kind de­ pends upon the labors of a faithful and efficient Secre­ tary no one can fully appreciate who is not brought in­ to direct and intimate contact with it.

In conclusion: You have honored me for nine succes­ sive yeais by electing me your President. It is an hon­ or which I assure you most sincerely that I deeply ap­ preciate. During my life-time my associates in various organizations have many times chosen me to preside over their deliberations. In none of them has my heart felt the kindly impulses that seem to have prompted the distinction so keenly as when called upon by my fellow Nantucketers to serve you at the head of the Historical Association. I realize, however, that it is not, and must not be expected to be, a life position. I am glad to give the best that is in me to the work to which you call me, but when you find one, who in your judgment can serve you better, or better advance the Association's welfare, I hope that you will consider that my declination is already in your hands, for, after all, the good of the Association is the one important thing, and individual ambitions must not be allowed to stand in its way. When, however, a change is made, it is well to remember that in historical research the oftentimes misdirected and evanescent exuberance of youth is no match for the trained and steadfast en­ thusiasm of maturer age.

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WOMEN OF NANTUCKET. Once in two years, "Who's Who?" the red book of American notability, answers the important question,and the capacity of the public eye is taxed to take and hold the 19.000 notables the editor presents. Massachusetts furnishes a worthy quota, following the lead of New York, giving a list of 1,800 names which are to endure for two years at least, as worthy of public record. The editor maintains that such a work is for the uplifting of school children, and for the exact information con­ cerning prominent Americans. Could one or two of these worthies be so pictured to the eye of school child­ ren as to awaken emulation, even respect, the task of such a work might indeed be desirable.

Human details do much to make us see the living being. A simple life incident vitalizes a name, gives a human form and action to the eye. Such biographies are indeed helpful and welcome.

Not many names of our native town have found place in this wonderful book. But in spite of it, we are not without names and details that bring to us their strong and sturdy humanity, their vitalized per­ sonality, winning year after year the love and respect of their succeeding generations.

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To but few of us can the names of many of Nan­ tucket's illustrious women suggest their form and fea­ tures. Soon all, as many of them already are, must be indeed of the historic past, and other eyes will scan their portrayed features or search the annals of their quiet lives.

From our island women whose names are part of our local history, some in a measure mark epochs of its development and its place in the great circle of our country's power. Our town's history opens with the name of Mary Coffin, the daughter of Tristram and Dionis Coffin, born in Haverhill, Mass., Feb. 20, 1645, who came with her parents to Nantucket in 1660 or 1661. She has been termed by her admirers "the great Mary Starbuck," having married Nathaniel Starbuck in 1662. They had ten children, four sons and six daugh­ ters. By writers of that early period, she was called "the great woman"-a"Deborah" among them,consult­ ed as often in town affairs as she was in religious mat­ ters. About 1704 she became convinced of the truth as taught by the Friends, joined them and became one of their ministers. She attended the town meetings and took part in their proceedings. Always deferential, she opened her remarks with "My husband and I think." Although she left but little to record her force of character, the name of Mary Starbuck has be­ come a household word-and the name with the virtues it represents is a peculiar legacy not only to the island town, but to all the Starbuck family in America, de­ scendants of Nathaniel and Mary Coffin Starbuck. ' In 1667 was born a daughter to Peter and Mary Folger, who became the mother of America's foremost philosopher, inventor and diplomat, Benjamin Frank­ lin. It is to be regretted that so little of her life is

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known. That her life shared the honor and fame of her son is certain. Surely the sturdy upright character of the son may be traced as his inheritance from his mother. Her memory is perpetuated by the tablet and drinking fountain, placed by the loyal Daughters of the American Revolution, who honor her and them­ selves by calling their society the "Abiah Folger Chap­ ter."

Early in the eighteenth century Keziah Folger, daughter of Daniel and Abigal Folger, was born, Oct. 9, 1723. She married John Coffin and she is the heroine of Col. Hart's novel, under the name of "Miriam Coffin." Her life as treated in the novel, is based for the most part on real incidents of the time, although painted with the novelist's license. In her house,stand­ ing where now is the estate of the late Chas. B. Swain, she maintained a store in the time of the Revolution.

Records gathered by Mr. F. C. Sanford say, "She had her ships in every sea and was a famous smuggler in her day, as can be found on the Records in Boston, which were made at the time of her trial in Watertown. She was arrested for high treason in 1780, ap­ peared before the General Court, and was acquitted."

By Keziah's great business talent and political manage­ ment she was enabled to obtain almost a monopoly of most of the necessaries of life which were difficult of attainment on the island. During the war, when the people had spent their money, she took mortgages on their real estate. It was said that at the close of the war, she held mortgages for a large amount of island property. On these she needed to raise money herself in order to meet her own liabilities abroad. Estate after estate had to be sold at auction. The purchasers were the persons who felt she had been an oppressor. The

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property was sold at unusually low prices. She finally had to succumb. Live on the island in poverty amidst her kinsfolk and the scenes of a bygone greatness she would not. However, after an absence of a few years, she returned in her old age to Nantucket.

Even then she tried to secure her former posses­ sions through court procedure. Returning from court one day her lawyer tried to convince her that it was useless to push the matter further. She replied, "I want thee to keep this in court as long as I live." Pre­ paring to attend the following session, she fell and im­ mediate death was the result. She was a woman of extraordinary ability, with great talent for business, and while inheriting the birthright of the Quakers of the island, their language and their customs, she was wanting in their straightforward devotion to principle, which for over a century formed the island's real wealth, more than ships or merchandise.

The daughter of Keziah Coffin, who bore her mothel s name, married Phineas Manning, a young lawyer who is said to have written the lines describing the characteristics of the Nantucket families of his day.

Lucretia Mott, the philanthropic woman as well as the Quaker preacher, was a native of Nantucket, the daughter of Thomas and Anna Coffin, born Jan. 3, 1793.

She was descended from the original settlers, purchas­ ers of Nantucket, Tristram Coffin and Thomas Macy on hei father s side, and from Peter Folger on her moth­ er's side. It is interesting to find that both father and mother are descendants of James Coffin, the third soni of Tristram Coffin. This great-greatgrandfather of Lucretia Coffin had fourteen children, and from them descended the Tory branch of the Coffin family, whose best known representatives are Admiral Sir

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Isaac Coffin, who founded the school bearing his name, and two sons of Gen, John Coffin of St. John, New Brunswick, both admirals in the Royal Navy. James Coffin's younger sister Mary was the famous Mary Coffin Starbuck.

Lucretia Coffin's mother was a Folger of the fifth generation from Peter Folger, the learned Englishman who came with Tristram Coffin to Nantucket as inter­ preter to the Indians, and who later joined him in the purchase of the island. Eleazer, the oldest son of Peter Folger,was the great-great-grandfather of Anna Folger, the mother of Lucretia Coffin. Into the primi­ tive life of the island people Thomas Coffin and Anna Folger married in 1779. They had six children and Lucretia was the second. The house in which they be­ gan their married life is not standing. All Lucretia's associations were with the house built in 1797. It still stands on Fair street, the house owned and occupied by Judge Thaddeus C. Defriez. Like most houses of th e time, attention was paid more to the comfort and strength of the structure than to ornament, altho' the mahogany rail on its easy staircase shows that it was intended to be as handsome as was consistent with Friendly simplicity. In 1804, in her twelfth year, the family removed to Boston. When thirteen years old she was sent to Friends' Boarding School at Nine Partners, N. Y., where James Mott, her future husband was a teacher. At fifteen she herself became a teacher in the school. While connected with the school her parents removed to Philadelphia,and there in 1811 occurred the marriage of James Mott Jr. and Lucretia Coffin,accord­ ing to the order of Friends, with a gravity becoming the occasion.

Various struggles and difficulties beset their early

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married life, but she summed them all in these words: "These trials in early life were not without their good elfect in disciplining the mind, leading it to set a just estimate on worldly pleasures." In 1818,when she was twenty-five years old, she spoke in public for the first time. As her mental endowments and strength of character became enlarged and more fully developed, her sphere of duty became wider and she felt she must devote herself to the great issues of her time—the abolition of slavery, the elevation of woman, the cause of temperance and the promotion of universal peace.

The Female Anti-Slavery Society was organized in 1833, and Lucretia Mott was its president during most of its existence. In 1839 the British and Foreign AntiSlavery Society of London called a general conference to begin in June,1840. To this meeting James and Lu­ cretia Mott, with Wm. Lloyd Garrison, were sent as delegates.

Her zealous work with the abolitionists makes a brilliant page in the strong light of conviction and action. Dr. Longfellow, in a sermon preached after her death, said, "She espoused the anti-slavery cause, when to do so was a reproach and a peril, and to the last bore her unflinching testimony against all bondage and in behalf of true liberty in every form. She es­ poused the cause of the right of women to speak in public and to vote, when both were under the ban of ridicule and prejudice. Her life was ordered by divine laws and not by human opinions and customs, and so she was strong and calm, clear-sighted and sweethearted."

Interesting letters with our town's people, Na­ thaniel and Eliza Barney, are full of the earnest un­ flinching purpose of the woman. In that duty Lucretia

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Mott was regarded as most decidedly going out of a woman's sphere.

Throughout her life of strenuous effort in public work, her domestic home life was one of great charm and simplicity. She used her leisure hours in sewing rags for the "hit-or-miss" carpet. It was her delight to visit the Home for the Aged Colored People in West Philadelphia, carrying gifts of home-made delicacieseven when she was eighty-five years old. Her home life and the careful training of her children left nothing to be questioned. Her daughters were trained in accord­ ance with Nantucket ideas, sharing in the family work and the family sewing with their daily stint of overseaming and hemming. It was the happy day when home life was in fashion. From youth to old age she cut and made her own clothes with little variation in style of dress. It was indeed old-fashioned, but always simple and becoming.

She was an excellent cook and took pride in the ac­ complishment. Noticing once in a Philadelphia paper a scornful tribute to the famous Nantucket corn pud­ ding, she corrected the editor's error of judgment by sending a pudding made by herself. He courteously acknowledged the pudding and confessed his error in regard to the delicious combination of ingredients he had previously considered simply as stimulants to dys­ pepsia.

In the autumn of 1869, she came to Nantucket to attend the funeral of her life-long friend, Nathaniel Barney, and again visited the island in 1876, when 83 years of age. She took her grandchildren and great­ grandchildren to see the familiar landmarks of her own childhood—Ray's pump, the old homestead, the wind mill to which she carried corn, and the other few re-

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maining objects that had been familiar to her girlhoodIt was touching to see her stop in the street any aged person she met, questioning about the past 70 years.

Though almost 84 years old, the voice of Lucretia Mott was gladly heard at the "Woman's Congress" held in St. George's Hall, London, in October, 1876.

These are the words of her testimony in regard to her life's work: "The unequal condition of women in society early impressed my mind. Learning while at school that the charge for the education of girls was the same [as that for boys, and that when they became teachers wo­ men received but half as much for their services, the injustice of this was so apparent that I early resolved to claim for myself all that an impartial Creator had bestowed. The cause of peace has had a share of my efforts, leading to the ultra-non-resistance ground that no Christian can consistently uphold and actively en­ gage in and support a government based on the sword, and relying on that as an ultimate resort.

But the down-trodden slaves in our land being the greatest sufferers, the most oppressed class, I have felt bound to plead their cause in season and out of season, to endeavor to put my soul in their soul's stead and to aid all in my power in every right effort for their im­ mediate emancipation.

In 1840, at the World's Anti-Slavery Convention, we were treated with great courtesy and, as strangers, were admitted to chosen seats as spectators and listen­ ers, while our right of membership was denied. We were voted out. This brought the woman question more into view and an increase of interest in the sub­ ject has been the result. The misrepresentation, ridi­ cule and abuse heaped upon this, as well as other re-

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forms,do not in the least deter me from my duty."

Time has removed the stigma, and dear to all wom­ en is the name of the fearless Quaker preacher and reformer, Lucretia Mott. She died Nov. 11, 1880. At her grave, in the impressive silence, a low voice said, "Will no one say anything?" and another answered, "Who can speak? The preacher is dead."

Needless the task to write the life and work of our world famous town's woman, Maria Mitchell. Daugh­ ter of William and Lydia Coleman Mitchell, born Aug. 1, 1818, her life opened into a home and environment of intelligence and refinement, united with sturdy charac­ ter and poise. Mrs. Kendal says of the family child­ hood: "The children sat around the table in the evening and studied their lessons. The idea that children over studied and injured their health was never promulgated in that family, nor indeed in the community. It seems to be a notion of later times." When later she showed a decided taste for the study of astronomy there was no school in the world where she could be taught higher mathematics and astronomy. Harvard College at that time had no telescope better than the one her father was using. Everyone will admit, however, that no school nor institution is better for a child than the home with an enthusiastic parent for a teacher. Few wcmen with scientific taste had the advantages which surrounded Maria Mitchell in her own home. In the island community she was best known as the devoted librarian of the Atheneum Library, where, a keen and discriminating lover of youth, she did much in guiding youthful taste in reading. In her diary she says, "I steadily advocate in purchasing books for the uplifting of the people. Let us buy not such books as the people want, but books just above their wants and they will

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reach up to take what is put out for them."

Quietly and earnestly pursuing her scientific work;, under the guidance of her father, in 1847 she discov­ ered a comet which introduced the young astronomer tothe world. The king of Denmark awarded her a gold medal and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences elected her a member, the first woman ever admitted to that body. Later,on a visit to England, she was re­ ceived by Sir John Herschell, and at the observatory at Greenwich she was the guest of the Astronomer, Royal Sir George Biddell Airy. On the continent she met other scientists, including Le Verrier in Paris, and Humboldt in Berlin. In 1865 she went to Vassar Col­ lege as Professor of Astronomy and Director of the College Observatory. Here the sterling qualities of her exceptional character are set forth by the girls with whom she came in contact. One of them writes: "Coming to her new work she was broad enough to recognize that Vassar was a college, not a university— that her work must be primarily that of a teacher, not that of an investigator, and that the first end of her teaching must be to produce well educated, useful women, not special students in special lines.

Beyond all else, more than reasoning, more than expression, she made it her aim to give us the habit of accurate ob­ servation. She valued our work not at all in propor­ tion to the number of facts we could offer, but wholly with reference to the manner in which these facts were acquired. 'Did you learn that from a book or did you observe it yourself?' was her prevailing question. But in her devotion to the disciplinary side of her work, Miss Mitchell never forgot its other aspect. 'When we are chafed and fretted by small cares,' she wrote, 'a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own

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interests. Every formula which expresses a law of na­ ture is a hymn of praise to God.' " Of her work at Vassar, one of her fellow members of the Faculty has said: "When she entered the college council it was like an ocean breeze sweeping through a super-heated room. Her brief opinions, expressed in terse, strong English, swept aside the sophistries of expediency and vitalized the whole moral atmosphere.

It is not known that she ever originated or directed to maturity any important policy of college affairs. Her genius was not adapted to the close elaboration of de­ tail, but the work of construction, which was wrought by her associates, bears throughout the whole fabric the mark of her sterling honesty. Indeed she has in­ corporated so much of herself in the college she has served, so much of her lofty character, her earnestness, her wide knowledge and sound learning, that she re­ mains to it a vital force, even now that her personal presence is withdrawn."

Miss Mitchell was the recipient of many honors.

The degree of L.L. D. was given her in 1853 by Han­ over College and in 1887 by Columbia; also she received the degree of Ph. D. She was prominent in the move­ ment tending to elevate woman's work, and was Presi­ dent of the American Association for the Advancement of Women at the Syracuse meeting in 1875, and at the Philadelphia meeting in 1876. In 1888 she re­ signed her professorship at Vassar, and the trustees with great reluctance accepted her wish to retire. She was proffered a permanent home for life at the Vassar Observatory and was made Professor Emeritus. She declined the offer of the trustees and retired to her home in Lynn, where she died June 28, 1889.

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guished educators worthy to stand among the best in their day and generation. Among her early teachers were Mary Russell (afterward the wife of Peleg Mitch­ ell) Sarah C. Easton, Alice Mitchell, Susan Burdick Channing, Maria L. Tallant Owen. These and many others left their record on Nantucket girls and boys, some of whom live yet to honor them with loving memory.

Mary Swift Lamson was a member of the first graduating class of the first Normal School, then in Lexington, Mass., and was called at once by Dr. S. G. Howe to teach the blind. She taught Laura Bridgeman for years. Later she served on the Board of Trustees of the State Industrial School at Lancaster, and also served on the School Committee of the town of Win­ chester. Mrs. Lamson's "Life of Laura Bridgeman," given largely in diary form, shows not alone the patient persistent effort of the pupil, but as well the rare skill, sympathy and power of a wonderful teacher.

Others won their laurels in schools where often marked executive talent placed them even at the head of schools and institutions. Miss Minnie Austin and Miss Sarah J. Baker were such. Miss Austin, after long and successful years of teaching, found scope for her executive power in lucrative raisin cultivation in California, and for years her brand of fruit was sought in the leading markets of the country.

Miss Baker, at the head of a large public school of Boston, maintained rank and name of one of the best in the city. A fine school building preserves her name in Roxbury.

There have been poets and singers of no common voice among our women. Mrs. Anne Mitchell Macy, Mrs. Elizabeth Starbuck, Mrs. Eliza Barney, Mrs. Han-

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nah Robinson, Margaret Perry Yale, Emily Shaw Forman, Mrs. Phebe Ann Hanaford, Miss Anna Gardner.

Mrs. Hanaford has written much musical verse and has wielded a facile and graceful pen on many occasions.

Mrs. Hanaford was prominent among reformers, espec­ ially in the temperance cause, and was a well known preacher in the towns of Hingham and Waltham in Massachusetts, in New Haven, Conn., and in Jersey City. She has published several volumes both of prose and of verse. In her own words, she "claims to be a busy, hopeful, loving woman, whose highest joy will be attained when right shall triumph over might, and ev­ ery soul shall be saved from sin."

Miss Anna Gardner also was active in reform.

Through her influence an anti-slavery convention was called at Nantucket, at which Frederick Douglass made his early effort in behalf of the slave. At the time, when strong prejudice prevailed on the question of col­ ored children being allowed to attend school with white children, and the question decided that the two should be separated, Miss Gardner opened a school for them and taught them herself, until later she became a teacher of freedmen in the Southern states. Miss Gardner was a writer of marked ability, and a volume of poems published in 1881 she dedicated to another prominent reformer, Charlotte Austin Joy. Nor can we omit tribute to one who but recently has laid down her life in honor and love of her towns­ people, a scholar, a woman of rare character, a teacher loved, one who felt certain that daily duties and daily bread were the sweetest things of life.* A preacher and speaker of rare eloquence was Miss *Miss Marianna Hussey.

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Louise S. Baker, who filled the pulpit of the North Con­ gregational church for several years.

The daughters of Nantucket have filled various po­ sitions of trust and responsibility. Mrs. Ellen Mitchell was the first woman member of the Board of Education of Chicago. Her sister, Miss Annie B. Mitchell, was court stenographer to Judge Gresham of Chicago.

Miss Margaret Getchell filled a most responsible finan­ cial office in the great store of R. H. Macy, New York.

At the close of the Revolution, women began to lay aside the distaff and loom to attend to trade. Mrs. Hanaford, in her "Women of the Century," quotes from a letter of Mrs. Eliza Barney. She says: "Fifty years ago all the dry goods and groceries were kept by women, who went to Boston semi-annually to renew their stock. The heroine of 'Miriam Coffin' was one of the most influential of our commercial women. She not only traded in dry goods and provisions, but fitted vessels for the merchant service. Since that time I can recall near seventy women who have successfully engaged in commerce, brought up and educated large families and retired with a competence. It was the in­ fluence of the capitalists from the continent that drove Nantucket women out of trade, and they only resumed it a few years since, when the California emigration made it necessary." The names of Rachel Easton, Abby Bates, Lydia Hosmer, are familiar with oldest memories, and later Hannah Fosdick, Harriet Macy, Sophia Ray, Eunice Paddock and others have proved themselves worthy business women of the town.

Not alone the names of those who may not answer the roll-call may we cite; certainly the name of Miss Elizabeth R. Coffin in our midst is loved and honored in the home of her ancestors. Her patient devotion and

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elucidation of plan and practical knowledge has done and is doing much for the boys and girls here.

To the young women who seek the city as the promised land of their ambition, another Nantucket de­ scendant stands in the place of protector, guide and helper. A host of wage earners in Hemenway House of Boston bless the name of Miss Bertha Hazard. She "knows neither Jew nor Greek." The law of common humanity, common love and common inheritance, con­ trols this home for working girls in their co-operative daily work.

Miss Sarah E. Gardner, also, at the head of Brooke House, Boston, works for the same end—both striving for the moral uplift and support of the girl absent from home and home protection.

Nor is the day of simple noble womanhood depart­ ed from our life of today. The Nantucket paper during the last year told a story worthy to be placed in our chapter of heroic women. The men of Coskata Life Saving Station started forth on a perilous trip to save wrecked men. They left behind a frail little woman the wife of the Captain. Through that long day and the longer night she waited for their return, main­ tained her lonely vigil, watched for the coming of her stalwart husband, kept the fire burning brightly hour after hour, and prayed for the safety of her husband and his crew of brave men. Her prayers were an­ swered. The lives of the shipwrecked sailors were saved and the life savers returned. Faithfully had the little woman remained on duty all day and night, and when her husband stepped ashore after an experience seldom equalled, she drew the bronzed face down to­ wards her own and fervently kissed each cheek, while tears flowed swiftly down her own. She did not col-

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lapse. Asa keeper's wife she had a duty to perform, and she did it as fully as did her husband and the brave fellows whom his remarkable seamanship and skill had brought safely to land.** We plaee laurel wreaths upon the brows of poets and singers, we reward vietors in battle, we burn in­ cense at the shrine of genius, but we often overlook the service rendered by the quiet, unimpassioned folk who can be relied upon to do the right thing in the right way, at the right time.

The world cannot do without the prosaic, unin­ spired people who perhaps are not stirred by the read­ ing of Chapman's Homer or Tennyson's Ulysses, or even Chanticler's "Apostrophe to the Sun." They are not spell-bound by Caruso's singing or by Melba's "Lucia." But they know how to make good bread; they can nurse a child through the whooping cough.and rise to an emeigency when the connoiseur of art might be helpless. Stevenson dedicated his best book to his old nurse. She was not interested in suffrage, she had never looked through a telescope or studied science.

She had not read Ruskin or John Stuart Mill, but it was she who made pleasant the land of counterpane by her ministrations.

If you were a child and were sick or sorrowful,you would want her and you would not mind if she did not play the mandolin or sing operatic airs, in place of the old cradle songs. Here in our Nantucket community, beside the woman of public life, the scientific, the learned and brilliant woman, there was the great motherhood of our town. Thomas Macy speaks of "The women that joined in the economical principles always **Mrs. Walter N. Chase.

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helpful and careful to make all practicable savings in their household department. On the mother devolved almost every family care. The nature of their cares and the common interests gave rise to the most friend­ ly intercourse among them and were the origin of that sociabilty, the absence of unmeaning ceremony, that cordial good will, which have ever characterized J;heir descendants."

In the days of the whaling industry, when husband was at sea, many a wife eked out the support of her household by her needlecraft. It was then the tailoress plied her trade, beautifying the garment with seam and button-hole no machine can equal—scorning often to touch the income of the husband's earnings in her zest as helpmeet. To a rare degree she trained her daugh­ ters in household economies, her sons to helpful obedi­ ence and responsibility—all helping in the frugal man­ agement of the family income.

All honor to this motherhood! We recall the at­ mosphere of that day as one remembers the spicy pinks of old gardens. The daguerreotype of that day pre­ serves her early likeness, sometimes awakening a smile by its quaintness and primness, but behind all is the great heart of motherhood that has left a rich inheri­ tance to her island children.

EMILY WEEKS.

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PUBLICATIONS of the Nantucket Historical Association:

Quakerism on Nantucket since 1800, by Henry Barnard Worth.

Vol. 1, No. 1, 1896, 25 cts.

Timothy White Papers, by Rev. Myron Samuel Dudley, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1898, 25 cts.

Nantucket Lands and Land Owners, by Henry Barnard Worth.

The Title and The Nantucket Insurrection.

Vol. 2, No. 1, 1901, 25 cts.

The Settlers, Their Homes and Government.

(Map) Vol. 2, No. 2, 1902, 25 cts.

The Indians of Nantucket. Vol. 2, No. 3, 1902, 25 cts.

Sheep Commons and The Proprietary.

Vol. 2, No. 4, 1904, 25 cts.

Ancient Buildings of Nantucket.

Vol. 2, No. 5, 1906, 35 cts.

Indian Names, Wills and Estates, Index.

Vol. 2, No. 6, 1910, 35 cts.

A Century of Free Masonry on Nantucket, by Alexander Starbuck.

Vol. 3, No. 1, 1903, 25 cts.

Proceedings of First, Second and Third Annual Meet­ ings of the Nantucket Historical Association.

1895-6-7.

Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Nan­ tucket Historical Association. 1898.

Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Nan­ tucket Historical Association. 1899. Out of print.

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Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Nan­ tucket Historical Association. 1900.

Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Nantucket Historical Association. 1901.

Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Nan­ tucket Historical Association. 1902.

Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Nan­ tucket Historical Association. 1903.

Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Meeting of the Nan­ tucket Historical Association. 1904.

Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Nantucket Historical Association, Constitution and List of Members. 1905.

Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Nantucket Historical Association, with List of Members. 1906.

Pi-oceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Nantucket Historical Association. 1907.

Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Nantucket Historical Association. 1908.

Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Nantucket Historical Association. 1909.

Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Nantucket Historical Association. 1910.

Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Nantucket Historical Association. 1911.

Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Nantucket Historical Association, with List of Members. 1912.

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List of Members.

1894-1912.

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Mrs. Mary A. Albertson, 3940 Brown St., Philadelphia, Pa. Miss Alice Owen Albertson, 3940 Brown St., Philadelphia, Pa. Major Willard Abbott, North Logan Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.

Admiral Seth M. Ackley.* Mrs. Deborah C. Adams, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Mr. and Mrs. James W. Adams, 107 Clinton Ave., Newark, N. J. Mrs. Letitia Mary Adams, 2785 Morris Ave., Bedford Park, New York City.

Mrs. James Alden.* Geoffrey Charlton Adams, 608 Flat Iron Building, New York City.

Dr. Harrison Allen.* Mrs. Julia Colton Allen, 4209 Chester Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Clarissa G. W. Allen.* Miss Clara L. Allen, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. Nathaniel Allen, West Newton, Mass.

Miss Lucy Ellis, West Newton, Mass.

Mrs. Lemoyne Dillingham Allen, Granville, N. Y. Mrs. W. H. M. Austin, 134 St. Mary's St., Boston, Mass.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Warren Austin, Nantucket, Mass.

Lydia Macy Austin.* John K. Ayers, Nantucket, Mass.

Anthony W. Ayers, Nantucket, Mass.

B Mrs. Joseph S. Barney, Nantucket. Mass.

Mrs. Elizabeth C. Bennett, Nantucket, Mass.

Miss Florence M. Bennett, Nantucket, Mass.

Miss Harriet S. Bennett, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. Elizabeth G. M. Barney, Lynn, Mass.

Capt. George H. Brock.* Mrs. Charlotte A. C. Brock.* Miss Susan E. Brock, Nantucket, Mass.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Brock, Nantucket, Mass. ^Deceased.

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Joseph C. Brock, Nantucket, Mass.

1 Col. George M. Brayton.* Mrs. Joseph M. Belcher, Providence, R. I. Capt. James F. Brown.* Mrs. Susan P. C. Barrett.* Mary Elizabeth Brown, Middle St., New Bedford, Mass.

Mary W. C. Brown.* William Francis Barnard.* Miss Sarah J. Baker.* Alexander P. Brown, 82 Water St., Boston, Mass.

Charles H. Baker.* William M. Bates.* Mr. and Mrs. John R. Bacon, Winthrop, Mass Roland Russell Bunker.* Clarence C. Buel, Union Sq., New York.

Mrs. Alice S. Buel.* Mrs. George Brayton, Washington, D. C. Thomas E. Bowman.* Mrs. Eliza W. Bowman.* Benjamin Allen Barney.* Mrs. Benjamin A. Barney, Menlo Park, Cal., San Mateo Co. Mrs. John W. Bovey, New York, N. Y. Mrs. Paul Babcock.* Herbert J. Brown.* Dr. and Mrs. William Lincoln Ballenger, 100 State St..

Chicago, 111.

George Butterfield, Washington, D. C. Mrs. J. T. Benham, 78 Walley Ave., New Haven, Conn.

Miss Elizabeth M. Blackburn, 108 Thornton St., Roxbury, Mass.

Alanson S. Barney, Nantucket, Mass.

Hon. William Mitchell Bunker, San Francisco, Cal. Rev. George H. Badger, West Medford.

Mrs. Sarah Gardner Bensusan, London, England.

Mrs. William Barnes, Jr., 229 State St., Albany, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. William Barnes Sr., Cliff Road, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. Marianna S. Barnard, New York, City.

Miss Marian Jessup Barnard, New York City.

Frank R. Barnard, Am. Bk. Co,, Washington Sq.,N. Y. City.

Mrs. Amy Alice Benton, 117 Kensington St., Cleveland, Ohio.

•Deceased.

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Miss Alice G. Beebe, Boston, Mass.

Miss Maud Babbage, New York City.

Prof. Charles Barnard, 139 E. 39th St., New York City.

Joseph Terry Bishop.

Mrs. Walter Burgess.* Mrs. R. A. Babbage, New York City.

Mrs. Harry R. Brayton, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. Wiliiam Boone, 327 Central Park West, New York City.

Mr. and Mrs. Percy A. Bridgham, Boston, Mass.

Mr. and Mrs. William Bunker, 1 Broadway, New York.

Miss Phoebe W. Bunker, Nantucket, Mass.

Miss Julia D. Brown, 35 W. 130th St., New York City, Henry P. Brown.* Dr. Anne M. G. Blossom, Nantucket, Mass.

Lauriston Bunker, Nantucket, Mass.

Barker Burnell, San Diego, Cai. Mrs. Henry Brown.* Dr. Herbert L. Burrell.* Mrs. Herbert L. Burrell, Cambridge, Mass.

William M. Barrett.* Mrs. Charles Brooks, Nantucket, Mass.

John W. Barrett, Wall St., New York.

Charles C. Barrett, 176 Randolph St., Chicago, 111.

Job Barnard, U. S. Court House, Washington, D. C. Mrs. Eleanore E. Brown, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. Charles H. Baker, 67 Stimson Ave., Providence, R. I. Mrs. Allen Harwood Babcock, 1216 Webster St., Oakland, Cai. Andrew S. Booth, Ballston Spa., New York.

Miss Maria L. Booth, Ballston Spa., New York.

William C. Briggs, 257 Steuben St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Miss Charlotte P. Briggs, 257 Steuben St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. J. Sellers Bancroft, 917 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bunker, 29 Juniper St., Roxbury, Mass.

Miss Alice May Bunker, State House, Boston, Mass.

Miss Annie W. Bodfish, Nantucket, Mass.

Thurlow W. Barnes, 2 53 Broadway, New York City.

Mrs. Adelaide T. Bryant, Denver, Col. •Deceased.

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Allen Coffin.* Miss Elizabeth R. Coffin, Nantucket, Mass.

Tristram Coffin, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Miss Harriet M. Coffin.* Henry Coffin.* Mary Cartwright Coffin.* Robert Barnard Coffin.* Benjamin Austin Coffin, Nantucket, Mass.

Miss Sarah A. Catlin, Warsaw, Indiana.

Sidney Chase, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. Ella M. Chase.* Miss Winnifred T. Chase.* Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Chase, 4851 Kenwood Ave., Chicago, 111.

Miss Harriet A. Chase, Nantucket, Mass.

Miss Mary Jane Chase, Nantucket, Mass.

Frank M. Coffin, 54-56 Franklin St., New York City.

Miss Ethel M. Coffin, Kansas City, Mo. Albert S. Coffin, 179 Alexander Ave., New York.

Elisha P. Coleman.* Dr. Ellenwood B. Coleman, Nantucket, Mass.

Miss Emma Coleman, Nantucket, Mass.

Miss Harriet Maud Coleman, 2 Potter Park, Cambridge, Mass.

Miss Eudora Coleman, 2 Potter Park, Cambridge, Mass.

Miss Sally Ann Coleman.* Thomas Coleman, Boston, Mass.

Miss Mary Myrick Coleman, lOlPinckney St., Boston, Mass.

Charles C. Crosby.* Mrs. Charles C. Crosby.* Miss Mary E. Crosby, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. Elizabeth C P. Crosby.* Francis Dane Chase, Chicago, 111.

Miss Eva Channing, Exeter Chamber, Boston, Mass.

Silas B. Coleman.* Mrs. Delia Upham Chapman.* Mrs. Henry A. Chisholm, 2025 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.

Mrs. Llewellyn Crowell, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. A. M. Callender, 42 Pine St., New York City.

"Deceased.

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Frank Jesse Crosby.* Mrs. Morris Conable, Monrovia, Los Angeles, Co., Cal. Miss Hannah H. Coggins.* Oliver C. Chadwick.* Mrs. Phebe M. Coggeshall.* Henry L. Clark, Hadley, N .Y. Col. H. O. Clark, East Orange, N. J. Mrs. Edith Gardner Clark, West Newton, Mass.

Miss Susan T. Clark, 799 Asylum Ave., Hartford, Conn.

Morris Easton Conable, 415 North Primrose, Ave., Monrovia, Cal. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Chinery, Nantucket, Mass.

James H. Cary, 152 Friendship St., Providence, R. I. George Howard Cary, 54 Beacon Hill Ave., Lynn, Mass.

Miss Eliza Codd, Nantucket, Mass.

William F. Codd, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. Mary J. Cobb, Nantucket, Mass.

Miss Emma Cook, Nantucket, Mass.

Philip Campbell, Kansas City, Mo. Miss Harriet E. Caryl, Beacon St., Boston, Mass.

Wallace Hugh Cathcart, President Western Reserve Hist. Ass'n., Cleveland, Ohio.

Miss May H. Congdon, Nantucket, Mass.

Capt. Joseph William Congdon.* Mrs. Mary Esther Congdon, Nantucket, Mass.

Mr. and Mrs. William Schenck-Cooper, P. O. Box 181, Brooklyn, N. Y. George Lisle Carlisle, New Rochelle, N. Y. Mrs. Mary Swift Coffin Carlisle, New Rochelle, N. Y. Bracey Curtis, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. Cora N. Staples Collins, Nantucket, Mass.

Arthur Howard Churchill, 6 Westover Road, Montclair, New Jersey.

D Rev. Myron Samuel Dudley.* Mrs. Mary Marrett-Dudley, Standish, Maine.

Capt. Charles Bunker, Dahlgren.* Mrs. Augusta Smith Dahlgren, Trenton, N. J. *Deceased.

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Harrison Gray Otis Dunham, 135 Front St., New York City.

Miss Harriet Kempton Dunham, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. William Duff, 925 Madison Ave., New York City.

Horace Dodd.* Mrs. Emily Guild Dodd.* Miss Margaret Eliot Dodd.

Mrs. Thaddeus C. Defriez.* Anthony Dyer, Providence, R. I. Cyrus Garrett Davis, Madison Sq. Tower, New York.

Mr. and Mrs. George W. Dibble, 275 No. Fulton Ave., Mt. Vernon, New York.

Mrs. Mary Ewer Denham.

Miss Hannah W. DeMilt, 149 West 105th St., New York.

Mrs. Henry R. Durfee, Palmyra, New York.

Rev. Edward Day, Wichita, Kansas.

Charles Henry Davis, 18 Old Slip, New York City.

George W. Daw, Lansingburg, N. Y. Mrs. Emily Cecilia Dorsey, 6 Brimmar St., Boston, Mass.

Mrs. William P. Defriez, 53 7 Washington St., Brookline, Mass.

Mrs. John Ditmars, 800 Carroll St., Brooklyn, N. Y. William H. Dunham, 1419 Judson Ave., Evanston, 111.

E Miss Harriet Ann Elkins, Nantucket, Mass.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gardner Elkins, P. O. Box 2310, W. Newton, Mass.

Miss Elizabeth Cushing Edes.* Mrs. Benjamin C. Easton, Nantucket, Mass.

Horace Easton.* Mr. and Mrs. George W. Edwards, 539 Cass Ave., Detroit.

Paulino Echeverria.* Mr. and Mrs. Irving Elting, Brookline and Nantucket.

Miss Harriet R. Easton.* John Tracy Edson, 66 W. 49th St., New York City.

Miss Sarah F. Earle, 18 William St., Worcester, Mass.

Miss Phebe C. Edwards, 422 Columbus Ave., Boston, Mass.

Herbert Elliot, M. D., Arlington, Mass.

Albert W. Ellis, 10 High St., Boston, Mass. *Deceased.

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F George Gardner Fish.* Mrs. Judith J. Derrick-Fish.* Miss Lydia Maria Folger, Gardner St., Nantucket, Mass.

Miss Sarah Joy Folger, Cliff Road, Nantucket, Mass.

Miss Gulielma Folger, Cliff Road, Nantucket, Mass.

Josiah Folger.

Annie Barker Folger, Lily St., Nantucket, Mass.

George Rowland Folger, Medford, Mass.

Mrs. Rebecca Watson Farnham.* Millard F. Freeborn, Nantucket, Mass.

Edmund Burke Fox.* Miss Ellen Frothingham, 9 Exeter St., Boston, Mass.

Miss Mary Eliza Folger.* Miss Susan Wilson Folger.* Mrs. Emily Shaw Forman.

Frederick V. Fuller, West Medford.

Miss Caroline L. W. French, Boston, Mass.

William B. Field.* Mrs. William B. Field, Nantucket, Mass.

Mr. and Mrs. Seth W. Fowle, 164 Federal St., Boston, Mass.

Mrs. A. H. Franciscas, Philadelphia, Pa. Herbert Folger, 214 Sansome St., San Francisco, Cal. Prof. John Fisk.* Prof. Edward A. Fay, Kendall Green, Washington, D. C. Eben W. Francis, Nantucket, Mass.

Mr. and Mrs. John B. Folger, Nantucket, Mass.

Miss Anne Alden Folger, Nantucket, Mass.

Franklin Folger, Nantucket, Mass.

Rupert Folger, 61 Eighth Ave., Whitestone, N. Y. Clifford Folger, Sea Cliff Inn, Nantucket, Mass.

Clinton Folger, 312 California St., San Francisco, Cal. Mrs. Keddy Ray Fletcher, Buckland, Surrey, Eng. William Hyatt Farrington, 1099 Mary St., Elizabeth, N. J. Joseph E. C. Farnham, Box 916, Providence, R. I. Miss Louisa B. French, 97 High St., Woonsocket, R. I. Charles Noel Flagg, Hartford, Conn.

Mrs. Mary Myrick Fuller, Kennebunk, Maine.

Capt. Arthur Fisher, Nahayametedori, 4 Chorne, Kobe, Japan.

•Deceased.

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1 G Mr. and Mrs. Herbert C. Gardner, West Medford, Mass.

Mrs. Sara C. Whippey Gardner.* Louise Gardner, 653 High St., Pottstown, Pa. Alida Gardner.* Edward Waterman Gardner, Passaic, N. J. Mrs. Mary Coffin Greene, Nantucket, Mass.

Phebe A. Russell Gardner.* Rev. Walter R. Gardner, D. D.* Miss Ella P. Gardner.* Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Gardner, Nantucket, Mass.

Miss Eliza D. Gardner.* Miss Anna Gardner.* Rev. Edward Coffin Gardner.* George Henry Gardner, M. D.* Miss Charlotte M. Gardner.* Mrs. Robert F. Gardner.* Miss Plelen Anthony Gardner, 2 Cleveland St., Roxbury, Mass.

Miss Lucretia Macy Gardner, 2 Cleveland St., Roxbury, Mass.

Miss Lydia Bunker Gardner, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. Sarah D. Gardner.* Miss Grace Brown Gardner, New Bedford, Mass.

John C. F. Gardner, 60 Wall St., New York.

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred A. Gardner, Garden City, Long Island.

Alfred A. Gardner, Garden City, Long Island.

Mrs. Elizabeth Howard Gurley, Nantucket, Mass.

Mary Oliver Grover, 1745 Washington St., Boston, Mass.

William C. Gardner, Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. William C. Gardner.* Mrs. Rebecca N. Wellington Guild.* Mrs. Elizabeth F. M. Goodsell, 144 Clinton St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. Sarah W. Cartwright Galushia * Mrs. Francis B. Gummere, Plaverford, Pa. Edward Payson Greene, 236 Cumberland St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Charles L. Greene, 9 Prescott Place, Lynn, Mass.

Donald C. Gray, Boylston St. and Mass. Ave., Boston, Mass.

Mr. and Mrs. George S. Griscom, Pittsburg, Pa. Mrs. Philip L. Gill, 769 Carroll St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Dr. and Mrs. John S. Grouard, Nantucket, Mass.

^Deceased.

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Rev. Phebe A. C. Hanaford, 23 0 W. 95th St., New York City.

Miss Bertha Hazard.

Mrs. Ha.rriet Clapp Hazard.* Mrs. Cornelia Johnson Hammond.* Mrs. Adeline Johnson Holbrook.* Mrs. Annie E. Hodge, Nantucket, Mass.

Mr. and Mrs. Roland B. Hussey, Nantucket, Mass.

ElliotB. Hussey, Ilion, New York.

Peter B. Hoyt.* Mrs. Moreson Hutchinson, Nantucket, Mass.

Charles W. House.* Mrs. George C. Hollister, 6 Granger PL, Rochester, N. Y. Miss Martha Hussey, 303 East Avenue, Rochester, N. Y. Mrs. O. W. Humes, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. Andrew G. Hussey.* Mrs. Lydia 8. Hinchman, 3635 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Marcellus Hartley, 232 Madison Ave., N. Y. Mrs. John H. Hutaff, 321 W. 79th St., New York City.

Edwin J. Hulbert.* Mrs. George Hooper.* Mary S. Macy-Hardy, New Bedford, Mass.

Mrs. G. T. Howland, 1916 N. St., Washington, D. C. Miss Grace Hathaway, 66 So. Washington St., Rochester, N. Y. Edward Everett Hale, D. D.* Mrs. William G. Hopper.* Mrs. Lydia Coffin Hussey.* Mrs. Sarah S. Howes, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. Sarah D. Hammond, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. Summerfield Haggerty, Clifton, Mass.

Miss Hannah G. Hatch, Nantucket, Mass.

Howard D. Hodge, Waltham Abbey, Essex, England.

Mrs. Granger Hollister, 375 East Ave., Rochester, N. Y. Joseph Husband, 118 South 6th St., Minneapolis, Minn.

Mrs. Alice Steele Hawes, 1 Allston St., Dorchester, Mass.

Thomas V. Hussey, 353 Fifth Ave., New York City.

Frederick L. Hoffman, East Orange, N. J. Merritt. M. Harris, Brookfield, N. Y. S. M. B. Hopkins, 13 Garden Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. N. Watson Howard, 240 Lyndon St., Holyoke, Mass.

•Deceased.

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E. S. Isom, 177 Kensington St., Cleveland, Ohio.

Mrs. Lucy A. Ivey, 63 Botoiph St., Melrose Highlands, Mass.

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Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Janes, 2192 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, Mass.

Stanley Edwards Johnson.

Minnie A. J. Johnson.

Moses Joy, New Haven, Conn.

Mrs. Frances D. Jackson, Manhasset, Long Island, N. Y. Iv Robert Bowne King, Nantucket, Mass.

Gertrude Mitchell King, Nantucket, Mass.

Charles E. Kelley, 1926 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Sara Wendell Kelley, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. William L. Kelley, 478 County St., New Bedford, Mass.

Harold C. Kimball.* Mrs. Laura Kimball, 13 Argyle St., Rochester, N. Y. Rev. Royal Jasper Kellogg.

William R. Kimball.* Elizabeth Sara Kite.

William H. Kent, 204 Montague St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Sarah A. M. P. Kent, Montague St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Eliza P. Kent, 2 9 Orange St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Laura Maxwell Kendrick, New Highlands, Mass.

Mrs. Eliza J. Adams Kempton, Sharon, Mass.

Mrs. Isabel Defriez Kimball.* Mrs. E. N. Kingsbury, 93 Blackstone St., Woonsocket, R. I. L Hon. A. B. Lamberton, 303 East Ave., Rochester, N. Y. Eunice B. S. Hussey Lamberton.* William H. C. Lawrence.* Mrs. William H. C. Lawrence.* Sarah Elizabeth Lovell, 31 Glenwood St., Brockton, Mass.

Mrs. Isabel Macy Lemair, 132 Nassau St., New York.

Rev. Francis P. S. Lamb, Boston, Mass.

Isaac B. Leonard, 215 Winthrop St., Taunton, Mass.

"Deceased.

LIST OP MEMBERS. Cteorge M. Luther, S86 Carroll St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. Mary G. Luther, 886 Carroll St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Miss Mary G. Luther, 886 Carroll St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Breckinridge Long, St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Sarah G. L. Lothrop, 101 Beacon St., Boston.

Mrs. Susan B. Lowden, 175 William St., New Bedford, Mass.

James Morton Lowden, Hotel St. George, Clark St., Brook­ lyn, N. Y. Matthew Crosby Lowden, 415 Washington St., New York, N. Y. Mrs. Christiana Luther, Nantucket, Mass.

Miss Harriet L'Hommedieu, 104 Johnson St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. Harrison Loring, 2 Cleveland St., Roxbury, Mass.

Miss Carrie J. Long, Nantucket, Mass.

Josiah Coffin Long, 148 E. 20th St., New York City.

M Augustus Macy, New York City.

Lydia H. Macy.* Mary E. Macy, Nantucket, Mass.

Nelson Macy, 23 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. John W. Macy.

Miss Elizabeth E. Macy, Nantucket, Mass.

Cromwell G. Macy, 261 Broadway, N. Y. Cromwell G. Macy, Jr., 261 Broadway, N ,Y .

Mr. and Mrs. William S. Macy, Reynolds Terrace, Orange, N. J. Mrs. Sarah Eliza Mildram.

Mrs. Judith Mitchell.* Mrs. Susan R. Mitchell, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. Sidney Mitchell, Nantucket, Mass.

Sidney Mitchell, M. D.* Miss Emily B. Mitchell, 405 Franklin Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Miss Rosamond L. Mitchell, 3 Home St., Worcester, Mass.

Mr. and Mrs. George H. Mackay, 304 Bay State Road, Boston, Mass.

Miss Carrie A. Middlebrook.

Miss Madeleine Mixter, 241 Marlborough St., Boston, Mass.

Mrs. Charlotte E. Morissey, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. Samuel Mattocks, Lyndon, Vt. Miss Helen Marshall, 71 William St., Norwich, Conn.

"Deceased.

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Edwin D. Mead, 2 0 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.

Mrs. Eleanor W. Morgan, Nantucket, Mass.

Almon T. Mowry, Nantucket, Mass.

Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Macy, New Bedford, Mass.

Wilson Macy.* Eliza W. P. Clapp Mitchell.* William Henry Macy.* Eliza W. Macy, 208 Fulton St., New York, N. Y. Thomas Macy, Nantucket, Mass.

Sidney Mitchell, 200 Fifth Ave., New York.

Edwin W. Morse, Fair St., Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. E. W. Morse, Fair St., Nantucket, Mass.

William R. Mitchell, 15 Prospect St., Taunton, Mass.

Charles Minshall, Terre Haute, Indiana.

Miss Louise Macy, Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

Richard Mitchell, Webster, Mass.

Rev. John Frederic Myer, Natick, Mass.

Mrs. W. A. Montgomery, 106 Spencer St., Rochester, N. Philip Macy.* Coggeshall Macy, New York.

Anna M. P. Merrick, 540 Green Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. Mary Mitchell Macy.* Prof. Henry Mitchell.* Mrs. Henry Mitchell.* Marian Agnes Mclntyre.

Arthur Macy.* William Henry McElroy, New York.

Charles Chase Macy, Nantucket, Mass.

James Mitchell, Nantucket, Mass.

Andrew Jackson Morton.* Eliza H. Macy Morton.* Mrs. John Nota McGill, Washington, D. C. Josiah Gorham Macy.* Lieut. John Morissey.* Mr. and Mrs. Alexander M. Myrick, Nantucket, Mass.

William F. Macy, 1135 Old South Building, Boston, Mass.

M. F. Mann, M. D.* M. E. Mann, M. D., Nantucket, Mass. *Deceased.

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N Miss Emma Louise Nickerson, 98 Chestnut St., Boston, Mass.

Mrs. Caroline H. B. Nicholson, 27 G. St., South Boston, Mass.

Mr. and Mrs. George M. Neall, Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Henry Taylor Noyes, 2 83 Alexander St., Rochester, N. Y. O Lottie O'Connor, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. Maria Louise Tallant Owen, 167 McDonough St., Brook­ lyn, N. Y. P Henry Paddack, Nantucket, Mass.

Harry Piatt.* Timothy Coffin Pitman, Nantucket, Mass.

Benjamin F. Pitman, M. D.* Nieltje Knickerbocker Pruyn, Glens Falls, N. Y. Hon. Hiram Price.* Rev. Edward G. Porter.* Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Phinney, 270 Congress St., Bos­ ton, Mass.

Frank Jean Pool, London E. C. England.

Miss Marie S. Piatt, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. Jane Coffin Perry, Nantucket, Mass.

Miss Catherine Power, 181 S. Madison Ave., Pasadena, Cal. Mrs. Washington R. Prescott, 175 Ontario St., Providence, R. I. Henry Morris Pinkham.* Mrs. Sarah H. G. Penniman.* Mrs. William Howard Paine, 315 Thayer St., Providence, R. t.

Edgar J. Phillips.

R Elizabeth Swain Riddell, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. Hannah M. B. Robinson.* Henry William Riddell.* Anna Frances Riley, New York.

Rev. Daniel F. Round.* Benjamin Franklin Riddell, Fall River, Mass.

William M. F. Round.* •Deceased.

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LIST OF MEMBERS.

Mrs. William M. F. Round, 129 South Franklin St., Wilkes Barre, Pa. Mrs. Sarah C. C. Raymond, Nantucket, Mass.

Sophia West Russell, 1035 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. Rev. Walter Huntington Rollins, Waterloo, Iowa.

Dr. George D. Richmond, Yokohama, Japan.

John H. Robinson, 1932 First St., Washington, D. C. James E. Reeves, Lovelands, Ohio.

Mrs. Sarah F. Read, Nantucket, Mass.

J. E. T. Rutter, 814 Fifth Ave., New York.

Edward C. Robinson, 2 5 Pine St., New York City.

Mrs. Clara B. Robinson, 25 Pine St., New York City.

Mrs. Albert E. Rogers, 223 Newbury St., Boston, Mass.

Miss Eva Rhodes, 1707 West Lafayette Ave., Baltimore, Maryland.

Mrs. George Rogers, 31 Orange St., Nantucket.

S Elizabeth Swain Starbuck.* Susan Amelia Starbuck, Nantucket.

Sidney Starbuck.* Laura Nichols Starbuck.* Mary Eliza Starbuck, Nantucket.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pease Starbuck, Santa Barbara, CaL John Austin Starbuck, Santa Barbara, Cal. Horace Starbuck, Nantucket.

Alexander Starbuck, Waltham Mass.

Mrs. Alexander Starbuck.* Mary Abby Starbuck.* Mrs. Mary H. Starbuck, Nantucket.

Mrs. Annie Starbuck, 5324 Jefferson Ave., Chicago, 111.

George Franklin Starbuck, Waltham, Mass.

Walter Fisher Starbuck, Waltham, Mass.

David W. Swain, 33 Sidney Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Wilbert Swain, Alberdeen, So. Dakota.

Miss Mary Abby Swain.* Mrs. Eunice S. B. Swain, Nantucket, Sylvester Swain.* r Edward A. Swain.* *Deceased.

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Mrs. Augustus Swain, Barton, Vt. Norman P. Swain, 188 Walnut St., Cincinnati, OMo. Thurston Chase Swain.* Mrs. Anne Folger Swain.* Ellen O. Swain.* Mrs. Sarah S. B. Swain.* Miss Anna Gardner Swain, Nantucket.

Miss Mary Frances Swain.* Mrs. Ellen Starbuck Swain, 144 Clinton St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. Maria T. Swain; Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. Hannah B. Sharp, Nantucket, Mass.

Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Sharp, Nantucket, Mass.

Dr. Leedom Sharp, 421 So. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. Miss Sarah Bunker Swain.* Mrs. Mary C. San ford.* Mrs. William H. H. Smith, Nantucket, Mass.

Sarah Winthrop Smith.* Mrs. Mary P. R. Smith, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. Albert D. Smith, Orange, N. J. Mrs. Jesse M. Smith, 120 Riverside Drive, N. Y. Alfred E. Smith, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. Allen Smith, Nantucket, Mass.

Charles A. Snow, Boston and Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. Alice Coggeshall Sawyer, Eureka, Cal. Judge William F. Solly, Morristown, Pa. Col. John W. Summerhayes, U. S. A.* Lillian Carpenter Streeter, 234 North Main St., Concord, N. H. Hannah Gardner Sheffield, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. J. W. Adams, Newark, N. J. Sarah Winthrop Smith.* William H. Swift, Pittsfield, Mass.

Ann C. Swift, 12 Brooks St., Medford, Mass.

Caroline E. Swift, 12 Brooks St., Medford, Mass.

Mr. and Mrs. Reuben C. Small, Nantucket.

Mrs. Alden Sampson, Haverford, Pa. Mrs. T. L. Shelden.* Mr. and Mrs. Walter Severance, Lockport, N. Y. Mrs. Robert M. Swinburne, 501 West Ave., Rochester, N. Y. Capt. Richard Swain, Nantucket, Mass.

•Deceased.

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Mr. and Mrs. John W. Searing, Kensington, N. Y. Samuel B. Sweet, Gen. Freight Agent Lake Erie and Western R. R., Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs. Mary S. Straw, 83d St. and Broadway, New York City.

J. H. Smith, Bessemer City, North Carolina.

Miss Ida A. Shaw, 25 W. 58th St., New York City.

Miss Ella Sylvia, Nantucket, Mass.

Charles West Sawtelle, Boston, Mass.

Miss Emma J. Steele, 1 Allston St., Dorchester, Mass.

T. Mrs. Mary G. Tallant, 1807 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. John P. Treadwell.* Mrs. Mary A. Torrey, 23 Winthrop St., Roxbury, Mass.

Edward G. Thomas, Nantucket.

Miss Minnie Townsend, Nantucket.

Jane L. McCall Turner, 265 W. 129th St., New York City.

Miss Phebe W. Tracy, Nantucket, Mass.

Mr. and Mr. Jonathan R. Taylor, Baltimore, Md. Miss Jane M. Tobey, Nantucket, Mass.

Paul G. Thebaud, 527 Fifth Ave., New York City.

Harry B. Turner, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. M. D. Turlay, Great Barrington, Mass.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Macy Upham, 29 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass.

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Miss Plorette Upham, Nantucket, Mass.

George Bruce Upton.* Mrs. Alice H. Upton, Milton, Mass.

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Mrs. L. N. Veo, 24 Walker St., Newtonville, Mass.

Mrs. Mary H. Gardner Vincent.* Mrs. Sidney Valentine, Nantucket, Mass.

W Henry S. Wyer, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. Rebecca C. H. Wyer.* Miss Nannie Riddell Wood, Nantucket, Mass.

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Mary Crosby Wyer, Nantucket, Mass.

Mrs. Lois N. P. Wyer.* Miss Mary S. Whippey.* Miss Elizabeth Holden Webb.

Josiah L. Webster.* Mrs. Phebe A. M. Woods, Nantucket, Mass. brederick Worth, Jr., 314 Cumberland St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. Frederick Worth, 314 Cumberland St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Frederick Worth, Jr., Cumberland St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Miss Fanny L. Weaver, 27 May St., Worcester, Mass.

Miss Emily Weeks, 1904 Beacon St., Brookline, Mass.

Mary Cartwright Whippey.* William Harris Wyer, Nantucket, Mass.

Prof. Burt Greene Wilder, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Charles Henry Webb.* Sarah Gardner Whitman.* Miss Helen B. W. Worth.* Miss Annie Spencer Wait, Nantucket, Mass.

Henry Barnard Worth, Water St., New Bedford, Mass.

Mary C. Webb, Rochester, N. Y. Prof. William Watson, 107 Marlboro St., Boston, Mass.

Richard P. White.* Mrs. Caroline Earle White 1024 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. Henry Augustus Willard.* Mrs. Sarah Bradley Willard.* Mrs. John R. P. West.* Mrs. Mary F. Williams, 10 Rockland St., Roxbury, Mass.

Mrs. Sarah M. Wing.* William S. Walsh, Yonkers, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. James Chase Wallace, Am. Ship-building Co., Cleveland, Ohio.

Elias H. White, 700 W. End Trust Building, Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Amelia Barnard White, 1087 Madison St., Brooklyn, N. Y. J. Mortimer Whitford, 125 East 50th St., New York City.

Miss Julia Macy Wagner, Nantucket, Mass.

Dr. and Mrs. Frank C. Walker, Nantucket, Mass.

Rev. William D. Woodward, Mapleville, R. I. William Armstrong, 24 S. Sixth St., New Bedford, Mass.

Mrs. Clementine S. Wing:, 152 Clinton St., Brooklyn, N, Y. •Deceased.

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Dr. Sidney Worth, San Francisco, Cal. Miss Elizabeth Watson, 3 83 East Ave., Rochester, N. Y. Alice M. Wing.

Arthur Williams, Nantucket, Mass.

Y Miss Anna Yarnall, 1227 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.