Proceedings of the Nantucket Historical Association: Thirty-second Annual Meeting

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

Nantucket Historical Association

Thirty-Second Annual Meeting July Twenty-first, Nineteen Twenty-six

Born June 2, 1844.

MRS. SARAH C. RAYMOND Died February 22, 1926.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

Nantucket Historical Association

Thirty-Second Annual Meeting July Twenty-first, Nineteen Twenty-six

THE INQUIRER AND MIRROR PRESS NANTUCKET ISLAND MASS.

OFFICERS President WILLIAM F. MACY

Vice-Presidents MILLARD F. FREEBORN WILLIAM F. CODD MRS. S. M. ACKLEY MRS. IRVING ELTING G. LISTER CARLISLE, JR. HENRY P. SCHAUFFLER

Secretary MISS MARY E. STARBUCK Treasurer MRS. MARY MACY BROWN GARDNER Curator and Librarian MISS SUSAN E. BROCK Assistant Curator and Librarian MRS. NANCY GRANT ADAMS Councillors MAURICE W. BOYER MISS PHEBE BEADLE MISS ANNIE W. BODFISH JOHN DITMARS MISS ANNE RING FRED V. FULLER MRS. ANNA FOLGER HUFF REV. JOSIAH COLEMAN KENT 5

Auditors MISS EMMA COOK ALBERT G. BROCK MISS HANNAH G. HATCH

Committees—1926-27 Finance—William F. Codd, Millard F. Freeborn, Miss Susan E. Brock.

Publication—Miss Susan E. Brock, Harry B. Turner, Miss Annie W. Bodfish.

Building—William F. Codd, Miss Susan E. Brock, Mil­ lard F. Freeborn, William Sumner Appleton, John Ditmars.

Annual Meeting—William F. Macy, Frederick V. Ful­ ler, Miss Eliza M. Hussey, Mrs. Irving Elting, G. Lister Carlisle, Jr. New Work—Mrs. Mary M. Gardner, Mrs. Nancy Grant Adams, Miss Annie B. Folger, G. Lister Carlisle, Jr., Miss Sarah L. Macy, Miss Anne Ring.

Siasconset House—Millard F. Freeborn, Miss Annie B. Folger, Mrs. R. C. Small, Mrs. Frederick Hill.

Purchasing—Miss Susan E. Brock, Millard F. Free­ born, William F. Codd.

Old Mill—Millard F. Freeborn, Harry B. Turner, Fred­ erick V. Fuller.

Nominating Committee for 1926-27—John G. Locke, Herbert G. Worth, Mrs. George D. Richmond, Miss Anne Wilson, Mrs. George L. Carlisle, Jr. Note: It is understood by the Council that the Building Committee and the Committee on the Old Mill together constitute the Committee on the Oldest House and also on the Old North Burying Ground.

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ANNUAL MEETING The thirty-second Annual Meeting of the Nantucket Historical Association was held in the Old North Vestry, July 21st, at three o'clock in the afternoon, with an un­ usually large attendance.

The President, Mr. William F. Macy, opened the meet­ ing. He announced that since the report of the last Annual Meeting had been printed in the Proceedings, its reading, unless especially called for, would be omitted.

The Annual Report of the Secretary was then read and approved, and ordered printed in the Proceedings.

The Report of the Treasurer was given and accepted, and ordered printed in the Proceedings.

The announcement by Mr. Macy that our Curator, Miss Brock, was present, and would read her Report, was greeted with applause by the "steadies" who knew what to expect, and by the new-comers who anticipated with pleasure a delight of which they had only heard.

Miss Brock did not disappoint her audience, but read clearly her accurate, suggestive and witty report of the year's loans and gifts.

This paper also was ordered printed in the Proceedings.

Mr. Freeborn reported for the Building Committee, speaking especially of the now necessary new roof for the Fire Proof Building. The required estimates were not quite ready for consideration, but he stated that the cost would be heavy. The Old Mill also needs looking after if it is to be preserved for even one more generation.

It would seem worth while to keep this last one of the four mills that were of such service to the early Islanders; 7

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moreover, mills of this type are fast disappearing from this motor-driven world that looks back with scorn upon the rough and ready work of its ancestors.

The Report of the Building Committee was ordered printed in the Proceedings.

The Report of the Committee on Historical Essays was given by the Chairman, Rev. J. C. Kent. The usual three prizes had been awarded for the most deserving among the essays submitted, without the names of the writers. The winners were found to be First prize, $5.00 (in gold)—Merle Turner—"The De­ velopment of Nantucket."

Second prize, $3.00—Cecil Richrod—"Notable Old Structures."

Third prize, $2.50—Florence Chadwick—"Early De­ velopment of Nantucket Schools."

Mr. Kent suggested the continuation of these prizes, to be given by the Council, and said that since the contest had been initiated by the late President Emeritus, Mr. Alexander Starbuck, it might be fitly known as "The Alex­ ander Starbuck Prize Essay Contest."

As a reader of these essays for six years, Mr. Kent was of the opinion that the contest was of great value, both as to its written results and to the influence upon the writers. It was an interesting item that one year, forty essays were submitted.

Mr. Kent also suggested that the essay winning the first prize should be printed in the Proceedings. These remarks were heard with very evident interest and appre­ ciation by all present.

The Chairman of the Nominating Committee read his Report, and the ballots were distributed.

Departing from the usual custom of voting upon the nominees, on the motion of Mr. Harry Turner, the Meeting voted that the Secretary be instructed to cast one ballot for 8

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the ticket as printed. The Secretary then read the names upon the ballot as follows President—William F. Macy.

Vice Presidents—Millard F. Freeborn, William F. Codd, Mrs. Seth M. Ackley, Mrs. Irving Elting, G. Lister Carlisle, Jr., Henry P. Schauffler.

Secretary—Miss Mary E. Starbuck.

Treasurer—Mrs. Mary Macy Brown Gardner.

Curator and Librarian—Miss Susan E. Brock.

Assistant Curator—Mrs. Nancy Grant Adams.

Auditors—Miss Emma Cook, Albert G. Brock, Miss Hannah G. Hatch.

Councilors for four years—Mrs. Anna Folger Huff, Rev. Josiah Coleman Kent.

Then followed the appointment of the Nominating Committee for next year as follows: Mr. John Locke, Mr. Herbert G. Worth, Mrs. George D. Richmond, Miss Anne Wilson, Mrs. George Carlisle, Jr. The President then spoke briefly regarding the work of the Association, and stopped all too soon for the interest of his listeners, to whom he introduced the first speaker on the program prepared by the Annual Meeting Committee, Mrs. Stokeley Morgan.

Her paper upon "Early American Silversmiths" was not only educational historically, but most entertaining, es pecially as it referred to early Nantucket silver and silver­ smiths, and probably many among her hearers went home to look over the old silver in search of "rat tails" and initials.

Mr. Moses Joy then told of six silver spoons which were purchased by one of his family, with the proceeds from the sale of one of the chests of tea supposed to have gone overboard with the rest, into Boston harbor. This particular chest someway fell into the hands of a thrifty housewife who cannily turned it into "something that would last." Mr. Joy owns one of these spoons which he means to give to the Historical Association. He has tried 9

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in vain to procure the other five for the same purpose. But the end is not yet. Perhaps they will eventually join their solitary former comrade.

Miss Helen Marshall, well-known Nantucketer though not now a resident, was then introduced. Though not a professional "whaler" she yet was able to give a most de­ lightful account of "going whaling" when she was a child.

Her experiences and her mother's on the voyage with her father were vividly set before the audience, whose appre­ ciation was continuously shown by laughter and applause.

At the close of her talk, the President remarked that Miss Marshall's hearers had been rarely privileged in hear­ ing such a tale from "one who was there." That it would be highly interesting and entertaining, we who had "acted" with "Helen" in the old days, had of course, foreseen.

Mr. Henry Schauffler was then called upon, and he spoke enthusiastically of the beginning and course of the movement to establish a "Whaling Museum" on Nantucket.

The work as contemplated will be one of several, perhaps of many, years, with the result that the Museum will be one of the most important collections, perhaps the very fore­ most, in the country. It seemed certain that all who listened to Mr. Schauffier's stirring story will take every means possible to enable them to stay here until the work is ac­ complished! Nantucket is surely a fitting place for such a Museum.

Mr. Macy then asked Miss Phillips, the speaker for the evening, to come forward and be introduced to the meeting.

Miss Phillips spoke a few words of appreciation of what Nantucket had given her during her short visit and prom­ ised to give her best in her turn.

And so one of the most delightful of the always enjoy­ able Annual Meetings came to its end.

Mary E. Starbuck, Secretary.

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SECRETARY'S REPORT Mr. President, Members and Friends of the Nantucket Historical Association: One chilly day last Fall, meeting a friend on the street, I happened to remark that it felt like snow, adding that I supposed that it was time for us to expect it.

"Robert B. says so", she replied, and I felt justified in my observation.

And now according to "Robert B." it is a full year since we met here to talk about a matter in which we have a common interest, the welfare of the Historical Association.

The year has not been one of great activity, and we have few items to offer for your consideration, but we have nevertheless much to be thankful for, and most of all for our friends.

Four meetings of the Council have been held, and at the first one after the Annual Meeting we discussed and finally felt obliged to decline, though with the greatest re­ gret, Mr. William Appleton's offer to give his time for the superintendence of a certain amount of work which he con­ sidered of first importance in the restoration of the Oldest House.

But with the roof of the Fire Proof Building hanging over us, and grave doubts as to how long it would continue to hang, the Council decided that for the present, nothing more than the most necessary repairs could be undertaken for either building.

We could only hope that Mr. Appleton's interest would continue until the long and narrow financial lane should come to its turning.

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sons of our late lamented President Emeritus, Mr. Alex­ ander Starbuck, who had with all loyalty hastened to carry out as soon as possible the request of their father that $3000.00 of his estate be turned over to the Historical As­ sociation.

It was characteristic of Mr. Starbuck that he should ask that this gift should in memory of his wife, be known as the "Ella F. Starbuck Fund."

"Like father, like son." Loyalty has happily, not yet been legislated out of existence !

And then a Council meeting was held when dreams seemed to have come true! The letters were read of a cor­ respondence that had quietly been carried on among three persons, Mr. Winthrop Coffin of Boston, President Macy and our valuable ally, Mr. William Appleton. The gist of the matter was that Mr. Winthrop Coffin had most gener­ ously offered to assume the entire cost of the restoration of the Oldest House, in accordance with the carefully worked-out plans of Mr. William Appleton, who once more offered his services as superintendent of the work.

It only remained for the Council to vote upon the ac­ ceptance of this offer. The vote was recorded as unanimous.

The work was to have been undertaken in the spring, but was unavoidably postponed until early this fall.

It has been a matter of some interest to us that each year an increasing number of visitors out of season begs for admittance to the Historical Rooms. Our fame seems to be spreading far abroad and our remarkable exhibit must be seen, though the temperature of the unheated build­ ing may not be far above freezing, or a floor or two navi­ gable without at least rubbers. Moreover, the visitors are occasionally asked to help in the removal of trunks, furni­ ture or heavily framed portraits from the pools of water that have formed since the last repairs on the roof.

We are glad to record that once again this spring the 12

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old Meeting House was used for a Quaker Meeting, called by a group of friends from "away", and who "had a con­ cern" to come to Nantucket for that purpose.

It was an old-time meeting, and our ancestors would have said, "one of great tenderness." Those who failed to attend lost something that cannot be described, but only recognized.

Our correspondence steadily increases, and though we discontinued our exchange list several years ago, our mail­ ing list slowly lengthens. Ancestry is still the leading sub­ ject of the many letters received, and the number of persons who can claim descent from the early settlers is only equaled by the number of those who wish they could!

For if Nantucket is no longer a force to be reckoned with in great affairs, she still seems to retain an unexplainable drawing power. From all over the world "her spirit's kindred hear her calling, and they come." And they come again. Sometimes they stay.

We are grateful for their appreciation of our beloved Island, and for their help in preserving what is of value as evidence of its early life and its no mean share in making American history.

Death has claimed from us a heavy toll during the past year, Nantucketers born, and adopted, all loyal lovers of the Island. And the first that comes to mind of "the names we loved to hear" is that of Mrs. Sarah Raymond, one of the founders of the Association, a Life Member, a VicePresident for many years, and a most popular attendant from the early days of volunteer service until recently, when ill-health compelled her retirement from active work.

With keen appreciation of our losses we add the names of two other Life Members, Mr. Irving Elting, and Mrs. Ed­ ward Carrington, and of Annual Members the following: Mr. Edwin F. Atkins, Mrs. William Barnes, Sr., Mr. Joseph Chase Brock, Miss Clara Louise Doeltz, Mr. John B. Folger, 13

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Miss Phebe Coffin Edwards, Mr. Frederick G. Hallett, Miss Harriet Harding, Miss Isabel Harding, Mr. Edward H. Perry, Mrs. Charles L. Mead, Mr. Henry K. Willard, Mrs. Henry Wood.

We shall miss them sadly, their warm interest, their ready help, their varied and attractive personalities.

No one can take another's place, but we ask you whose names are not yet on our membership list, to come to us, to know us better, to become members of our Association, and so to claim for yourselves a place in our ever-widening and increasingly important work. Moreover, you will find the past—our past—to be of incredible inspiration and charm.

Respectfully submitted, Mary E. Starbuck, Secretary.

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TREASURER'S REPORT For the Year Ending June 30, 1926.

RECEIPTS. Balance on hand, June 30, 1925 Life Membership fees Annual dues Admission fees, Historical Rooms Admission fees, Oldest House Admission fees, Old Mill (net) Interest on bond Sale of publications Contributions for Oldest House Ella M. Starbuck fund

$

128.67 90.00 397.00 923.95 482.40 51.00 42.50 50.20 1,031.00 3,000.00 $6,196.72

PAYMENTS. Cleaning Historical Building and Oldest House ..$ Postage Inquirer & Mirror, Annual Reports Inquirer & Mirror, advertising and printing Inquirer & Mirror, subscription Bay State Historical League, dues W. B. Marden, labor W. B. Marden, expenses, 'Sconset pump Wannacomet Water Co Archibald Cartwright, stock and labor Holmes & Co., lumber William Voorneveld, flowers Henry Folger, prize for essay 15

78.05 28.00 242.85 41.35 2.50 2.00 8.00 53.90 20.00 20.10 4.00 16.10 3.00

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Paul Frye, prize for essay 2.00 A. G. Brock, insurance 69.24 M. W. Boyer, portrait 25.00 M. W. Boyer, photograph interior Oldest House 30.00 Halliday Photo Co., photograph Oldest House kitchen 15.00 Ralph I. Bartlett, repairs .50 F. V. Fuller, expenses of lecture 13.00 M. F. Freeborn, stock and labor 21.27 Edith Sylvia, typewriting .50 Wannacomet Water Co., covering for chimney ..

5.49 Ella Sylvia, History of Nantucket 5.00 Amy W. Coffin, checkerboard 40.00 James T. Worth, carting 5.50 Express 5.19 Transferred to Permanent Fund 195.00 Transferred to Oldest House Fund 1,031.00 Transferred to Ella M. Starbuck Fund 3,000.00 Salary of Attendants, Historical Rooms and Oldest House 690.67 Salary of Janitor 100.00 Salary of Curator 100.00 Salary of Secretary 100.00 Salary of Treasurer 100.00 Balance to new account 122.51 $6,196.72

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SUMMARY. Assets.

Fireproof Building and Meeting House Collection, (insurance) Siasconset House Old Mill Oldest House

$ 8,860.00 1,000.00 2,220.00 4,500.00 2,000.00 $18,580.00

Susan W. Folger Fund: Nantucket Institution for Savings Ella M. Starbuck Fund: Bonds (Liberty Loan) Oldest House Fund: Nantucket Institution for Savings Permanent Fund (Life Membership fees) Bond (Liberty Loan) Nantucket Institution for Savings On deposit subject to check

408.23 3,000.00 1,936.00 1,000.00 931.93 75.23 $25,931.39

Liabilities—None.

Examined and approved, Emma Cook, Albert G. Brock, Hannah G. Hatch, Auditing Committee.

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Membership, June 30, 1926.

Total Membership, last Annual Meeting New Life Members New Annual Members Lost by death, Life Members Lost by death, Annual Members Changed from Annual to Life Members Withdrawn Dropped for non-payment of dues Present total membership Life Councilor Life Members Annual Members Honorary Member

520 6 35 561 3 13 2 3 5 26 535 1 83 450 1 535

Respectfully submitted, Mary M. Gardner, Treasurer.

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CURATOR'S REPORT Mr. President and Friends: The reports of our President, Secretary and Treasurer relate to you the story of the wonderful help and encouragement that has come to us in financial gifts, be­ quests and promises, since we last met together here. These have surpassed our wildest dreams and the recital seems almost like a fairy tale.

Such great things rather dwarf the smaller happenings which I have to chronicle, yet it is of interest to note that each succeeding year brings its quota of valuable accessions to our collections, and the twelve months just passed have been no exception to this rule.

Our late President Emeritus, Alexander Starbuck, de­ sired that his accumulations of Nantucket newspapers, books, historical data, etc, should come to us for permanent care and preservation. His sons dutifully fulfilled his wishes, sending us eight large packing cases filled with this mate­ rial. This has all been sorted and listed. The books, many of which are now out of print and of great value, have been card-catalogued and placed on our shelves. Unfortunately, having no facilities for filing the large collection of news­ papers, we have been compelled to pack these away, to pre­ serve them for the spacious library that is one of our dreams for the future.

An important item of this accession is a collection of more than six hundred picture post-cards of Nantucket, classified as much as possible and contained in ten albums.

These are not on exhibition for the general public to handle, but may be seen and examined by any one making appli­ cation to our attendants. There are many views of houses 19

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and streets, taken years ago, which will grow more and more interesting as time goes on, obliterating some old landmarks and changing others.

Some of these cards were photo­ graphed by Mr. Starbuck himself and show views of by­ streets and lanes which have never been on public sale.

Besides these, we have received other bequests. One from Mrs. Annie Maria Imbert—of Nantucket relics, such as an inlaid work-box, evidently made on a whaleship, a quadrant of early style, a handsome brass fire-trumpet, log­ books of Schooner "Oneco", Capt. Peter Raymond, 1851, and ship "Hercules", 1847, two portraits, one painted in oil of Capt. Reuben Kelley, and a large photograph of George L. Imbert.

Another bequest is from Mr. Thomas Coleman, of Boston, formerly of Nantucket, and consists of three arti­ cles, viz:—A water-color painting of Ship "Enterprise" which was commanded on different voyages by several well known Nantucket captains.

Two antique china pitchers, one of Liverpool ware with the customary full-rigged ship on the side and the initials S. E. C., standing for Silas and Elizabeth Coleman. The other is unique in that it is of perfectly plain copper lustre, with no colors or decorations to break its gleaming surface.

For two years the mate to this has been in our case, but was only loaned to us by another member of the family and was liable to be withdrawn at any time, so we are especially glad to know that this one belongs to us permanently. These pitchers were formerly the property of Mrs. Dinah Gardner, great-aunt of the one who bequeathed them to us.

Our donations have been numerous and varied as usual.

A series of ten photographs of last year's Main Street Fete, came to us from Mr. George A. Hough of the New Bedford Standard, and these, mounted and framed, present an en­ gaging and accurate picture of that interesting event. Photo­ graphs have also been received of some prominent former 20

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citizens, one of which deserves special mention, being a beautiful picture of Mary S., wife of Peleg Mitchell. She lived to be the last member of our once large and powerful Society of Friends, and her portrait in its calm and peaceful dignity, shows the distinguishing attributes which we ven­ erate so greatly in the character of our Quaker ancestry.

We have lately received also an unusually interesting addition in this line, consisting of a framed photograph of an oil portrait of Owen Chase, mate of the ill-fated ship "Essex" and writer of the description of the loss of the ship, with its tragic consequences, well known to all students of the history of whaling days. For this we are indebted to Dr. George D. Richmond.

To our collection of miniatures has been added one finely drawn specimen of the art, representing Capt. William E. Sherman of the ship "Kingston."

Some samples of paper made from the paper-mul­ berry tree by Pitcairn's Islanders and sent to Capt. Mayhew Folger. Also four letters written by Capt. Folger and his wife.

Twelve charts of Buzzards Bay, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket Sound. Two genealogical charts of Gifford and Swain families. A book on the genealogy of the Long family. The History of Oregon by John B. Horner and a few Nantucket bills of dates between 1831 and 1847. These are mostly for town taxes and the modest amounts stated therein cause the present-day tax-payer to sigh for "good old times."

It has come in our way to purchase some articles of historic value this year. One being a presentation copy of the second edition of "Miriam Coffin", which belonged to the Rev. Phebe Ann Hanaford and contains notes in her handwriting,—and another most surprising relic consisting of a checkerboard which belonged to Abiah Folger, mother of Benjamin Franklin. While it is quite impossible for this to 21

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be verified by documentary proof, the fact that it has been handed down with its legend, from one generation to an­ other in a reputable family belonging to the Coffin clan, makes it as likely to be authentic as most such heirlooms and relics of antiquity.

Although showing its age, it is in excellent preservation and while some doubting ones amongst us may be incredu­ lous, we like to think it is one more proof that the "Many sided Franklin" inherited his remarkable versatility from his Nantucket mother, who certainly possessed this quality in large measure if she could care for husband and seven­ teen children and still take an active part in the diversions and games of her times!

While expressing our grateful appreciation of the good fortune that has thus far attended our career, it may not be amiss to speak of the fact that there are still difficult prob­ lems before us, that will require much careful consideration and wisdom for their solution.

Our new cement building has proved satisfactory in general but the builders paid so much attention to our main object that, while it was made practically fire-proof, they failed lamentably in making it water-proof, and we have been annoyed for years by periodical breaks and consequent leaks in the roof. We are told that to remedy this fault will require a radical change in construction which means large expenditure and more appeals to the never-failing generos­ ity of our members and friends.

One more puzzling question is what can be done to make the Old Mill more nearly self-supporting. We must cer­ tainly preserve this relic of antiquity, but to do so requires constant repairing of the old structure—and it has been difficult to obtain a suitable custodian to exhibit it and make it of enough interest to visitors to give us some income towards its support.

Another more serious threat to the successful contin22

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uation of our work, is the apparent attitude of the coming generation, which seems in its zeal for change and so-called progress almost to forget and ignore the lessons learned from the experiences of the past.

These instances are cited to show that in this voyage of ours, all is not entirely "plain sailing" before us—and that rocks and shoals still dot the sea of our future. But, like those of the "Vanished Fleet", our ship is staunch and sea-worthy and we do not need to fear disaster, as long as those at the helm have the faithful support of our "Owners", our "Underwriters" and our "Old Folks at Home".

Respectfully submitted, Susan E. Brock.

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PRESIDENT'S REPORT Fellow-Members of the Historical Association, and Friends: The next item on the agenda with which the Secretaryhas furnished me is: "Annual Address of the President." I hope the time may come when I shall have a real address to make to you, but if such is expected this time, I am afraid I shall have to disappoint you. Up to noon yesterday I was still in doubt as to whether I could be here at all, and in view of this uncertainty, I had sent to our vice-president, Mr. Freeborn, a brief message to be read at this meeting, which he has just handed back to me. So, with your permis­ sion, I will just read a few extracts from that.

As I anticipated in my letter to him, enclosing this brief message, I can add little to the excellent reports you have had from our Secretary, Treasurer and Curator, as they will between them cover the ground; but I feel that I must congratulate you on three important events of great interest to us all which have happened since we last met.

First—the very generous offer of Mr. Winthrop Coffin, of Boston, to finance the restoration of the Jethro Coffin House, and the equally kind offer of Mr. William Sumner Appleton, Secretary of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities—the one man best equipped for the job— to supervise the work when the time comes to do it.

Second—the organization of the Nantucket Whaling Museum Association, and the proposal of Mr. Sanderson and his associates to make our Association the ultimate custo­ dian of the collection when the plan is finally realized.

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you will then understand some of the difficulties and obsta­ cles in the way of the initiators of this most worthy enter­ prise, in bringing their dreams to fruition. They are not going to be satisfied with anything short of the best thing of its kind in the world, as befits the setting; and that means time, labor and money. So much of each that we must be patient and at the same time co-operate to the best of our ability in helping them to realize the high ideal they have set before themselves as to what a real whaling museum should be.

Third—the bequest of three thousand dollars from our former president and late president-emeritus, Mr. Starbuck. This was a fitting climax to the long years of devotion to the interests of our Association which he had given and to such good purpose, as is evidenced by its thriv­ ing condition today. Mr. Starbuck was not a wealthy man, and his estate was not a large one. Hence his request is the more notable, and serves, if that were possible, to increase still further the high regard and esteem in which his memory will always be held by us all.

There is one point which I wish to stress today and that is the great importance of enlarging our field of activity by interesting a larger number of our own people and of our summer visitors in the work we are trying to do. These annual meetings of ours are delightful affairs, but we see much the same faces here each year, and these hundred or two active members, devoted and loyal as they are, are, it seems to me, only a fraction of the number who might be interested if they knew more about us and about our pur­ poses and ambitions.

During his administration, Mr. Starbuck, by his own personal efforts, did much to increase our membership and the interest in our work. If even ten percent of our members would do as much, this appeal would bring the desired re­ sult. In such an organization as ours, the burden must 25

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always be carried by a few enthusiasts, but any one of you can be one of the ten per-cent. Will you ? Talk about the Historical Association to your friends. Tell them what we have done, what we are doing, and what we hope to do; write some letters; telephone. Hundreds are waiting to be asked to join us. Get their names and their dollar bills and report to Mrs. Gardner, the treasurer. Every one can help in this way. And do it now—while it is fresh in your minds.

Help us to "sell" the Association to others and thus enlarge our field of usefulness to the community and to posterity.

In closing I want to extend the usual felicitations to you all on the completion of another successful year, and on the general prosperity of the organization—which latter holds good—even if our treasury is pretty well depleted just now. At least it has been depleted in a good cause, and we have faith that in the future, as in the past, means will be found to meet all obligations without running into debt, and still have funds sufficient to acquire, when the opportunity offers, such additions and accretions to our collection as the Council, in its wisdom, may deem necessary or advisable.

I bespeak for Miss Phillips, who is to tell you something about old furniture tonight, an audience which will pack the old vestry to the doors. But just a word of warning. Don't ask her what that old highboy, or those chairs of greatgrandmother's, or any other of your treasures, are worth.

She is not an appraiser—much less dealer in antiques. Her interest in and knowledge of her subject is from the histor­ ical and artistic—and not the financial—standpoint. Please bear this in mind.

William F. Macy.

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EARLY AMERICAN SILVER-SMITHS

By ELEANOR W. MORGAN

Some years ago, Miss Anna Swain was visiting with my mother and me before a cosy open fire, and in the course of the conversation she told us that in a recent visit to Boston she had taken some spoons of old family silver to an old established firm of jewellers to have them marked. The gentleman who was waiting on her picked up a spoon, and glancing at the "Hall-mark" said: "Why, these spoons were made by Benjamin Bunker." "Do you know of him?" asked Miss Swain. "Oh, yes," was the answer, "he was a famous old silver-smith of Nantucket."

I immediately went to my drawer of old silver, and to my joy found a cream ladle and tea spoon stamped B. B. in a rectangle.

At that time came the desire and intention to look up the silver-smiths represented by old Nantucket silver, but not until last winter, with the resources of the Congressional Library at my disposal and Miss Emily B. Mitchell to assist me, did I attempt the research of which this paper is the outcome. And this is only American silver-smiths. I must become more proficient before I attempt the intricate solution of English Hall Marks.

The search has not been easy. I consider that this paper contains more suggestions than authoritive information. It was disconcerting and amazing to find how often there were several smiths with the same initials—J. D. for example may be John Dixwell, son of the regicide Jeremiah Dummer, partner of John Hull the mint-master, or John Dexter.

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I found that Benjamin Bunker had a double in Barzilla Benjamin, of New York, listed as "a skillful smith, fine examples remain of his work."

He and Benjamin Bunker have exactly the same mark in French's book of "American Silver Smiths and Their Marks." Benjamin Bunker is listed as about 1810, in Provi­ dence, Barzilla Benjamin working in 1774.

In many cases marks have been scoured by our cleanly ancestors until they are worn beyond a certainty of recog­ nition. Expert antiquarians are obliged to resort to family data and they also depend on the transition in shape, style and decoration, for fashions in plate came and went and are the surest way of determining a period.

The craft of the silver-smith descended through gener­ ations, and I found that names familiar to me, as Shriev in Boston, went back over a hundred years. As soon as the colonials became well-to-do, they accumulated plate. In the first place it could be made here, and it would last, while china and glass, brought from England and France, was often broken when it arrived.

About 400 listed American smiths plied their trade before 1800. Even the first settlement at Jamestown had its smith. Thomas Howard, Boston, leads in these craftsmen in the 17th century. Robert Sanderson was the first,1608-93.

John Hull, the mint-master, was his partner and successor, and the line continues through Appolos Rivoire and his better known son Paul Revere, while Dawes, his partner on the famous ride, was of the same trade.

I have not as yet been able to establish any silver made by these men on Nantucket. One of the oldest and most interesting pieces of silver here is a cup which belonged to George and Deborah Coffin Bunker. It was made by George Hanners of Boston, 1696-1740. He and his son did beautiful work. There is an example in Francis Hill Bigelow's book, Historic Silver of the Colonies and its Makers." This is a 28

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tankard, at present in the Boston Art Museum. It is dated 1738 and marked P.-P. M. for Paul and Mehitable Pollard, of Nantucket.

The dates that I giVe I do not take to mean births or deaths, but dates when the smiths were known to be at work.

There is quite a collection of silver here marked B. B. At least two porringers. One marked M.—R.H., 1775. This is Richard and Hepzibah Mitchell. The date is early for either of the two B. B.'s, but I happen to know that Richard and Hepsy were married on the "16th day of first month in the year, according to the Christian calendar, 1755". I can vouch for this, for I possess their wedding certificate, and I think it probable that the date was put on to mark that event.

I found no earlier B. B.'s than the two I have mentioned.

Besides the porringers there is a cream ladle, and many tiny, dainty spoons.

The transition in spoons from colony days until now is very interesting. Tea was then a great luxury and served in the smallest of cups with spoons that matched them.

Then, as people grew richer, and tea grew cheaper, the cups and spoons grew, too. The old spoons differ from modern after-dinner coffee spoons in having longer handles. The ends are often three-sided as well as rounded, usually plain with initials, but not infrequently with delicate engraving.

One maker represented here is John Noyes, of Boston, 1674.

He is famous as having made the earliest silver forks. The Boston Art Museum has two, made with only two tines.

Another spoon in the Historical collection belonged to Miriam Coffin. This has clearly the mark of S. Pitman of Providence, 1732-1804.

There are pictures of church silver made by him in Bigelow's book, and examples of his work in a number of Nantucket silver chests. One fascinating piece, which I think can be safely attributed to him, is a snuff box. On the lid is engraved: "A pinch of this is worth a kiss."

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To return to spoons, an interesting transition can be seen in the Historical collection. Two large bowled spoons, intended, I think, for broth or hasty-pudding, bear the mark of John Jackson (spelled with an I) of New York. The first has a round bowl and the handle, with a notch on the foil end, is fastened to it on the back with a long point—known as "rat tail." The bowl of the other is slightly oval, and the handle ends on the back with the short, blunt finish com­ monly seen. There is also a beautiful porringer made by him.

In the Boston Art Museum are some mugs made with the Jackson mark, decorated with Chinese designs, on a reed pattern very popular in the time of Charles II. This places them definitely between 1660-1685.

There are spoons made by William Hamlin of Provi­ dence and William Taylor of Philadelphia about 1772. A pair of sugar tongs marked with a B., with a graduated circle each side.. This is probably A. Bradley of Hartford, 17531824. He was a colonel in the Revolutionary Army, and a prominent man in the town.

S. Barrett 1760, Providence and Nantucket, is the earliest silver smith I find who is actually listed Nantucket.

There is the cut of a spoon by him in Bigelow (which I regard as a kind of peerage) marked "Solomon Gardner , so I am sure it ought to be here along with other good examples of his work.

An old guild of long standing well represented is the Moulton family of Newburyport. They begin with William I. in 1602 passing, from father to son, to Edward, 1846-1907.

At least he was the last in the book I was consulting. They were famous for church silver, and J. Moulton 2nd made a pitcher hooped like a barrel with a cover and a hinged strainer over the spout, which is inscribed: "To Mr. Isaac Harris for his intrepid and successful exertions on the 100 of the Old South Church when on fire Dec. 29, 1810. Pre­ sented as a token of gratitude by the Society."

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In Philadelphia from 1780 to 1822 there was a little group of French silver-smiths, possibly refugees from the French revolution. Silver marked I. Tanguey on a ribbon scroll comes from them.

The head of what might be considered the Nantucket Guild was William Hadwen, listed as Providence and Nan­ tucket, 1813. He was a partner of Jabez Gorham, founder of the famous house that still exists. J. Easton was his apprentice, and the firm later became Easton and Sanford, and then J. Easton 2nd. There is much silver of that period here in town and, of about the same time, made by E. & J. Kelly, Providence and Nantucket.

I found very little that was personal about the silver smiths, except a few of the very earliest, but while looking through a file of Boston News Letters I came upon some interesting items.

John Coburn 1725-1803, who is represented not only on Nantucket but in the Boston Art Museum, lived in a beau­ tiful house with 47 windows on Federal Street at the head of the town dock. He advertises that he has "stopt" a silver spoon supposed to be stolen. Owner can recover same by proving property."

Another advertises as stolen "a silver can made by George Hanners—will hold a wine quart. Whoever can stop said can will receive 40 shillings and no questions asked."

Losers of silver applied to the smith many such items.

John Edwards, represented here by a box, died in 1746.

His obituary says he was a gentleman of very fine charac­ ter, well respected by all who knew him.

Silver-smiths sometimes came from families of much less aristocratic trades. John Coney, our first engraver of currency, was the grandson of a butcher of such casual habits that his neighbors complained to the Selectmen who warned him that he must not kill "critters" in the streets.

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had to be a man of muscle as well as the blacksmith. It was as necessary to his craft, as his delicacy of touch or his artistic feeling. There was a wide range in his work—from the great beakers and tankards (for our ancestors were wine drinkers, not wine tasters) to the silver hat-bands, once very popular, knee and shoe buckles, often set with bril­ liants, ladies purses and ornamental jewels of all kinds; not to forget the quaint and often curious medals and deco­ rating.

But despite all this variety, according to the Boston News Letter, the smiths, at times, had to engage in other pursuits, on the side, to make both ends meet. One has coffee for sale. Another will dispose of a library of books, while Joseph Goldthwaite, at his house near the sign of the Red Lion, will supply any gentleman or woman with any kind of pocket-cases. John Hastier, a gold-smith of New York in 1739, was one day approached by two men who asked him if he could engrave a copper plate like a 5 shilling, New Hampshire bill. He said he could, and received the order.

He reported to a magistrate, and the intended counterfeiters were arrested. Counterfeiters and hold-up men in these days are not so naive and have more direct methods.

A piece of plate here on Nantucket, rather later than the scope of this paper, but of very great interest, came to my attention yesterday. This is a large and very beautiful pitcher which is inscribed "Presented to Frederick Sanford by the members of the Merchants and Ship Owners Ex­ change Reading Club of Nantucket, 1872." It was made by Jones Low and Ball of Boston.

I have not been able in the time that can be allowed me this morning to mention all the smiths represented by Nan­ tucket family silver, and there were marks that 1 could not place, besides English marks, which I have not attempted, but I have a fair list of silver-smiths and would be glad to have anyone interested consult it.

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MEMORIES OF A WHALING VOYAGE.

By HELEN MARSHALL.

The opening sentence of David Copperfield you remem­ ber is: "I am born." I will not go back quite to that time but to six weeks later, when my mother made the trip from Fayal to Boston in a small packet in the middle of winter.

The following summer she went to the west coast of South America, crossing the isthmus of Panama.

The first part of the journey was by boat on the Shagres river and the last on mule back. When half way up the river the boatmen struck for more pay. It was growing dark. A little way ahead they saw what looked like logs on the banks and occasionally one rolled off into the river.

They proved to be alligators. The passengers gave the extra fee.

At the end of the river trip the members of the party took mules. You bought a mule and at the end of the day, at Panama, sold him. Each day these mules went back and forth, always stepping in the same little holes their hoofs had worn in the stones.

Indian guides took the babies of the party in baskets on their backs through the woods by paths known only to them. At intervals they appeared, the babies were fed, put into the baskets again and the Indians disappeared into the woods. Each time the mothers thought it was the last they would ever see of their babies.

The steamer down the west coast of South America was a day late so the travellers stayed at what was called!

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a hotel. There was an open loft where the women and chil­ dren slept, hut one mother did not sleep for fear the rats which were scurrying over the rafters might think her baby a refreshing morsel.

All the food was flavored with garlic, even the boiled rice, which looked so tempting. The sugar for the coffee had to be poured out on a plate to let the ants run away before it could be used. No wonder after this experience the English steamer for Payta seemed luxurious.

So much for the beginning of the first voyage. On the return, the baby that had crossed the Isthmus on an In­ dian's back was three and half years old. Memories of happenings on that voyage soon faded, save one. A man who was tending the mincing machine that gashed the blub­ ber before it was tried out lost the two middle fingers of his left hand.

How those two could be cut off and the others left is still a mystery.

That a woman should follow her husband on a whaling voyage around Cape Horn, one can understand when one recalls the grit and courage of the women of the earlier years of the last century, but what is really astonishing is that, after those years of privation, she should be willing to go again. Yet it was not a very unusual thing for wives to go on those voyages.

Today we know only the glamour that surrounds the stories of those shipping days. The hard life, the long years from home, the tragedies are forgotten.

The men were not all saints nor yet all sinners, neither were they all heroes, although, as a class, they were coura­ geous and brave to an unusual degree. There are letters in my possession complaining of boatsteerers who missed whales because they were afraid, and at the next port were to be discharged. Human nature is about the same from one generation to another and the captains, who commanded 34

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ships, differed greatly. Some were fastidiously neat and kept their ships spic and span; others were careless and did not mind if the cockroaches were thick and the decks oily. The power of a captain is absolute and we all know it depends upon character how such power will affect a man. Of some it made tyrants. Strict discipline was kept and instant and absolute, unquestioning obedience expected.

Once a sailor who had been sent to do something came back and began to say, "I thought—" The captain said: "You go and do what you were told to. I did not ship you to think. I'll do the thinking."

No matter how young a captain was, he was called among the sailors "The Old Man." The ports most frequently visited by whaling ships were Talcahuauo, Valparaiso, Callao, Payta, Tumbez and Guayaquil. One can imagine how eagerly letters from home were expected after six months at sea and also how deep the disappointment when none were at the consul's office at Payta. The consul was a man named Alexander Bathurst, a character, a veritable old gossip, who dealt out the latest news with greatest relish. He had never seen Nantucket but talked of persons there as familiarly as a native born Nantucketer. Once he reported that Aunt Nabby Bailey was dead. She was laid out in black alpaca and gaiter boots and had a fine funeral. At another time, that James Coffin was the only one who had any right to ring the Baptist bell.

Think how this must have sounded in a foreign port, sur­ rounded by persons speaking only Spanish, and after months upon the ocean.

What did the Captain's wife do those many days at sea, when not a vessel was in sight in any direction, only the \ast unbroken surface of the ocean to look upon? There wTas sewing, there were the lessons of the little girl to be heard and some time for reading. When they met another ship and went on board for a "gam" they sometimes ex35

MEMORIES OF A WHALING VOYAGE changed books with the captain and such treasures as D'aubigny's "History of the Reformation"—Macaulay's "History of England", four volumes of each, Young's "Night Thoughts", a set of Burns would be brought back.

The little girl had her lessons every forenoon from ten to twelve, and learned the difficulties of fractions with a bucket of oranges, soon finding a half was larger than a quarter, although four was twice as much as two. The child's greatest delight was to do whatever the men did and the sailors were wonderfully patient with her. If a sail was to be mended she had a small piece of Russia duck and put on a patch, for a sailor-dad made her a small palm so she could push the three-sided needle through the tough canvas.

Once, when her mother had made her a dark blue pea jacket like a sailor's, she took it without any enthusiasm. After a time the child could keep back the tears no longer and sobbed, "It hasn't got any patches on it!"

When the captain took her on shore at any of the islands she always came back with some gift from the natives. Sometimes it would be a little white wooly dog that lived a few days, had fits and died, parrakeets without number, a pair of blackbirds in a cage, and once a black hen.

At Tahiti there was civilization and a dusky queen, Queen Pomeri, reigned as ruler. The captain and his wife were permitted an audience, but as the queen and her at­ tendants were about to have supper the interview was short.

The supper was bread, fruit at each place laid upon large leaves spread on the ground, bananas and oranges.

The queen and the others sat on the ground cross-legged.

Each day at noon the captain and the first mate "took the sun" as it was called, that is, with the sextant they found the altitude of the sun, the Captain's wife counted seconds on the chronometer and then, with logarithms, all three worked out the latitude and longitude to find just 36

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where the ship was. A large chart was spread out on the cabin table and a fine line traced to show just how many miles and in what direction they had gone since the day before.

A watch at masthead was kept constantly, and when, way in the distance, the man saw the slender, feathery spout of a whale, he called out "There she blows", prolong­ ing the sound most musically. Instantly every one was alert, the ship headed in the direction of the spout, all sail set and no time lost getting as near as was prudent. Then every man scrambled into a boat, and each man knew ex­ actly where he belonged, and they pulled until near enough to take paddles instead of oars.

As silently as possible they paddled up to striking dis­ tance when the boatsteerer hurled the harpoon into the whale. Like a flash the whale disappeared under the water and the line began to run out. Some one near the stern must throw water on it or it would catch fire as it flew across the gunwhale. As soon as the boatsteerer had darted the harpoon he scrambled aft to take the steering oar and the mate went forward to the bow, ready to dart a lance in as soon as the whale came up and the boat could pull up near. After he had lanced the whale whenever the boat could get near enough they would know the whale was nearly conquered for he would go round and round in his death flurry until he rolled over "fin out." Then he was towed by the flukes to the ship, where he lay alongside, flukes near the bow, until the cutting-in.

Some of the whalers went up to the Arctic Ocean for right whales which differ in many ways from the sperm.

A right whale has two spouts, the sperm only one. The right whale has no teeth, only plates of whale bone, depend­ ing from the upper jaw, the lower edges fringed. As he lies on the surface of the water, with his jaw partly open, the food floats in and is strained through this fringe into the very small gullet.

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The sperm whale has large strong teeth on the lower jaw only and has tremendous power to crush whatever comes in his way, as many a boat's crew has known.

Every harpoon, lance, and iron is marked with the ini­ tials of the ship, or master, and date. Many times in cutting-in a whale, harpoons are found broken off and imbedded in the flesh. In some cases they had been there for years.

Not long ago a very old whale, covered with barnacles and sea weed was captured off Nahant. There was found in him a harpoon marked "Hiram Swain—Nantucket 1853".

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF NANTUCKET.

By MERLE TURNER Winner of First Prize in Historical Society's Contest.

Sometimes we wonder what the future has in store for Nantucket. If the next three hundred years bring such a great transformation as did the last three hundred, no one can predict what the coming generations will experience.

All we can do today is to peruse the pages of history and take pride in the island's glorious past, satisfaction in her present prosperity, and look through optimistic glasses into the future.

Nantucket's early development is interesting. When Bartholomew Gosnold first landed on the island in 1602, on his way to Virginia, he was probably the first white man to ever step foot on the island soil.

Altho Gosnold stopped here, he made no settlement.

From the account of the voyage by one of Gosnold's crew, we learn that Gosnold discovered and named Cape Cod from "the great number of codfish" found there.

In 1659 the first white people came here to live, the Macys, the Starbucks and the Colemans. Then came the "ten original purchasers"—Tristram Coffin Sr., Thomas Macy, Christopher Hussey, Richard Swain, Thomas Bar­ nard, Peter Coffin, Stephen Greenleaf, John Swain, William Pile, and Thomas Mayhew—who bought the island first and then sold all but a tenth to the other nine. The amount paid for the island was thirty pounds sterling and two beaver hats.

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During the next two years many families moved to the island. John Bishop was the first carpenter and built a number of houses.

The first house, built for Edward Starbuck, stood near iMadaket. Then one was built for Tristram Coffin. The site of Tristram's house is today marked by a marble tablet fast­ ened to a granite post not far southwest of Capaum pond.

It was placed there in 1881 by Tristram's decendants.

In 1667 Nathaniel and Mary Starbuck had a house, called the Parliament house, on the hill north of Hummock Pond. Around 1820 this was moved to town. The old house on the corner of Pine and School streets is supposed to be this old Parliament house.

During these years the town was called Sherburne and was located between Maxcy's and Capaum ponds. Wood for the construction of houses must have been brought from off island but bricks were made as early as 1720.

When the commerce and business of Sherburne in­ creased it was found necessary to move in nearer to the "Great Harbor" to a place called Wesco, or Wesco Acre.

This was somewhere near the Lily pond and covered a section of land west of Center street, north of Main, and south of West Chester. The Lily Pond was then called Wesco Pond. It is a matter of choice in the spelling of Wesco for it has been found spelled with a C, a K, and again with a Q and an O. Some Nantucket people claim that the Nathaniel Macy house on the west corner of Liberty street and Walnut Lane was one of the first houses to be moved from the site near Capaum pond. The old Macy house is now used by the Nantucket girls for the Monnohanit Club House.

The town of Sherburne seems to have gradually moved eastward to Wesco. What we call the "Oldest House" was built in 1686 on Sunset Hill, which probably overlooked Wesco Pond at the time. The Congregational Meeting 40

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House, which had been built in 1711 near Capaum Pond, was moved to Beacon Hill in 1765. It is now used as the vestry.

Straight Wharf had already been built, and in 1730 the people started to dig away Quanaty Hill in order to make room for a throughfare, now called Union street.

The town of Sherburne, instead of over-looking Capaum Pond, had moved a few miles east and now over-looked the "Great Harbor".

In 1723 the first mill was erected and before long there were four in a row on Mill Hills. The one now standing was built in 1746.

About the time the town was fully settled in its new place the whaling business was in full swing and soon there were rope walks, candle houses, grist mills, fulling mills and many other industries connected with whaling.

In 1772 the building that we now know as the "Cap'n's Room" was built by William Rotch and it was from there that the ships Dartmouth, Eleanor, and Beaver cleared when they went to London with oil and returned loaded with tea and became the principal factors in the "Boston Tea Party".

Sherburne changed its name to Nantucket in 1795 and the "Sherburne Turnpike" on the cliff is all that is left to recall old town.

The years passed and Nantucket grew. The whaling business waned and the island later became popular as a summer resort, but there was a long period of inactivity during which many houses were moved to the Cape and a few even moved to California on whaling ships.

The first steamboat was run to the island in 1818, gas installed in 1854, the high school was built in 1856, a water system made in 1880, and electric lights in 1889. The rail­ road, which ran from town to 'Sconset via Surfside and Tom Never's Head, came in 1881 and stayed until 1917, when it was shipped to France; and then the automobiles 41

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arrived. Telegraph and long distance telephone cables, sewer system, motor fire apparatus, electric fire alarm, and many other improvements have come, and today no town is more prosperous than Nantucket anywhere in New England.

Fifty years ago land and buildings were not worth much and tradition says that Captain Coleman once bought most of the Point for $500. Everybody thought that he was foolish to pay so much for a quantity of sand. Now that same piece of land must be worth a million dollars.

One of the best things about the development of Nan­ tucket is that there are no pessimists. Everyone realizes it has been a steady, healthy growth from the time when Edward Starbuck and Tristram Coffin, and the rest of our forefathers, first built their homes until the present time.

The future of Nantucket is assured.

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LIST OF MEMBERS LIFE COUNCILORS Folger, Annie Barker, Lily St., Nantucket, Mass.

Lang, Florence Osgood (Rand), Nantucket, Mass.

LIFE MEMBERS Ackley, Mrs. Seth Mitchell, Nantucket, Mass.

A field, Mrs. Bertha Bacon, 113 Willow St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Austin, Mrs. W. H. M., Nantucket, Mass.

Barnard, Prof. Charles, 139 East 39th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Barnard, Frederick, 236 Main St., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Barnard, Marianna (Sprague), Care Mr. Frank R. Barnard, 290 Broadway, N. Y. Barrett, John Wendall, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Barrett, William M., 214 Ave. A, Bayonne, N. J. Beebe, Alice Geissler, 33 Grove St., Wellesley, Mass.

Blackburn, Elizabeth M., Orange St., Nantucket, Mass.

Bodfish, Annie Warren, Nantucket, Mass.

Brock, Susan Emma, Fair St., Nantucket, Mass.

Brown, Julia D., 35 West 130th St., New York, N. Y. Brown, William Frederick, Armidale, N. S. W., Australia.

Carlisle, G. Lister Jr., 18 Orange St., Nantucket, Mass.

Capp, Seth Bunker, Box 2054, Philadelphia, Penn.

Cathcart, Wallace Hugh, President Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio.

Catlin, Sarah Affia, Lily St., Nantucket, Mass.

Channing, Eva, Hemenway Chambers, Boston, Mass.

Clark, Anna (Swain), Orange St., Nantucket, Mass.

Coffin, Elizabeth Rebecca, Lily St., Nantucket, Mass.

Coffin, Maurice P., 4 Union Park Ave., Jamaica, N. Y. Coffin, Winthrop, 60 State St., Boston, Mass.

Coggeshall, Walter, 1 F St., Eureka, California.

Colket, Tristram Coffin, 2nd, WynneWood, Penn.

Colket, Tristram Coffin, 3rd, 253 Hathaway Lane, Wynnewood, Penn.

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LIST OF MEMBERS Davis, Charles Henry, 18 Old Slip, New York, N. Y. Davis, Margaret (Underwood), 100 Common St., Belmont, Mass.

Dudley, Mary (Marrett), Standish, Maine.

Durfee, Mary Galushea (Hatch), Palmyra, N. Y. Elkins, Harriette Ann, Pearl St., Nantucket, Mass.

Elting, Susan (Green), 729 Washington St., Brookline, Mass.

Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Coffin, 147 Milk St., Boston, Mass.

Folger, Gulielma, Cliff Road, Nantucket, Mass.

Ford, James B., 1790 Broadway, N. Y. Frothingham, Ellen Folger, 9 Exeter St., Boston, Mass.

Fuller, Frederick Vincent, Milk St., Nantucket, Mass.

'Fuller, Mary Louisa (Myrick), Nantucket, Mass.

Greene, Howard, First National Bank, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Gries, Ethel Goff (Folger), Rosewood, Ohio.

Gwynn, Mrs. Mary, 228 South 22nd, St., Philadelphia, Penn.

Hinchman, Anne, 3635 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Penn.

Hinchman, Lydia Swain (Mitchell), 3635 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Penn.

Hinchman, Margaretta, 3635 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Penn.

Husband, Joseph, New Dollar Lane, Nantucket, Mass.

Hussey, Martha, 303 East Avenue, Rochester, N. Y. Hutaff, Grace (Elkins), Pearl St., Nantucket, Mass.

Jannotta, Mrs. Stella S., Warrenville Road, Wheaton, 111.

• Jenks, Anna (Starbuck), North Water St., Nantucket, Mass.

Johnson, Minnie Agnes (Jonah), Bath, Maine.

Joy, Moses, 121 West 68th St., Camera Club, New York, N. Y. Johnson, Pauline (Mackay), Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

Kimball, Martha W., 13 Argyle Ave., Rochester, N. Y. King, Samuel G., 367-369 Atlantic Ave., Boston, Mass.

Lang, Henry, Nantucket, Mass.

Langlands, Helen (Coleman), 103-105 Hotel Earle, Waverly Place, New York, N. Y. Larkin, Mrs. Ruth Williams, Larkin Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Leavitt, Gertrude Mitchell (Goodsell), Scarsdale, N. Y. MacDonald, Mrs. Elizabeth H., Hotel Margaret, Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, N. Y. Macy, Nelson, 441 Pearl St., New York, N. Y. Manter, Captain Harry, 386 Park Ave., Cliff Side, N. J. McCleary, Helen Cartwright, 3 Auburn Court, Brookline, Mass.

Mead, Edwin D., 20 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.

McGill, Mrs. Frances M., 36 Rue Desaix, Paris, France.

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LIST OF MEMBERS Mitchell, Helen (Leeds), Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

O'Gorman, Mrs. Ella Foy, 230 E st., N. E., Washington, D. C. Paine, Mary Elizabeth (Folger), 315 Thayer St., Providence, R. I. Pearson, Edward J., President N. Y., N. H. and H. Railroad, New Haven, Conn.

Robb, Nancy Delia, Nantucket, Mass.

Rollins, Rev. Walter Huntington, President Fairmount College, Wichita, Kansas.

Sharp, Benjamin Karl, 49 West Castle Place, New Rochelle, N. Y. Sharp, Virginia May (Guild), Gorham's Court, Nantucket, Mass.

Smith, Pauline Starbuck Byron, Main St., Nantucket, Mass. . Starbuck, Charlotte Puffer (Baxter), The Gregson, Santa Barbara, California.

Starbuck, George Franklin, Waltham, Mass.

Starbuck, John Austin, Balfour Building, San Francisco, California.

Starbuck, Mary Eliza, Pleasant St., Nantucket, Mass.

Starbuck, Susan Amelia, Orange St., Nantucket, Mass.

Starbuck, Walter Fisher, Waltham, Mass.

Swain, David Whiton, 31 Nassau St., New York, N. Y. Swain, Eunice Swain (Barney), 194 Clinton St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Voorneveld, William, Centre St., Nantucket, Mass.

Ward, Mrs. Adelaide, The Cliff, Nantucket, Mass.

Wilson, Anne, Nantucket, Mass.

Worth, Frank, Amherstdale, West Virginia.

ANNUAL MEMBERS A Ackley, Rev. Joseph B., Burnside, Conn.

Adams, Harry B., 4 Ashmore Road, Worcester, Mass.

Adams, Karl, 36 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.

Adams, Nancy (Grant), Fair St., Nantucket, Mass.

Alford, A. S., 1500 West 9th St., Los Angeles, California.

Albertson, Alice Owen, The Gunther, 41st St. and Baltimore Ave., Philadelphia, Penn.

Allen, Mrs. LeMoyne Dillingham, Granville, N. Y. Allen, Mrs. Lucy Ellis, West Newton, Mass.

Allen, Marian Hallett, Orange St., Nantucket, Mass.

Allen, Olive Marchant, Orange St., Nantucket, Mass.

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LIST OF MEMBERS Anderson, Florence Mary (Bennett), 364 Boyer Ave., Walla Walla, Washington.

Anderson, Prof. Louis F., 364 Boyer Ave., Walla Walla, Washington.

Appleton, William Sumner, 2 Lynde St., Boston, Mass.

Armstrong, John R., Cranston, Providence Co., R. I. Atkins, Mrs. Katherine W., P. O. Box 1250, Boston, Mass.

Avery, Henry C., 204 Harrison Ave., New Brunswick, N. J. Ayers, Annie, 14 Pearl St.., Nantucket, Mass.

Ayers, John Killen, 56 Centre St., Nantucket, Mass.

Ayers, Mary, 14 Pearl St., Nantucket, Mass.

B Babb, Miss Emily Gilmore, Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

Babcock, Edwina Stanton, Nyack-on-the-Hudson, N. Y. Bacheller, Augusta F., 51 Franklin St., Lynn, Mass.

Bacheller, Helen L., 51 Franklin St., Lynn, Mass.

Balch, W. E., 7801 Illinois Building, Indianapolis, Ind. Baker, Chester A., 29 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, Mass.

Baker, Maude, 67 Stimson Ave., Providence, R. I. Baldwin, Annie (Osgood), 158 Bay State Road, Boston, Mass.

Barker, Burt Brown, 120 Broadway, N. Y. Barnard, Frank Redfield, 290 Broadway, N. Y. Barnard, Mrs. Mary V., Newcastle, Henry County, Ind. Barnard, William O., Newcastle, Henry County, Ind. Barnes, Mrs. Anna Knapp, The Little Book House, Quince St., Nantucket, Mass.

Barnes, Grace (Davis), Garden Court, Nantucket, Mass. « Barney, Alanson Swain, Nantucket, Mass.

Barney, Charles Neal, 115 Broadway, N. Y. Barney, Mrs. Maginel, N. Water St., Nantucket, Mass.

Barrett, Anna E. C., Siaseonset, Nantucket, Mass.

Barrett, Marjorie, Nantucket, Mass.

Bartlett, Edith M., Gardner St., Nantucket, Mass.

Bartlett, Mrs. Josiah, Roland Park, Baltimore, Md. Bassett, Mrs. George P. Jr., 5440 Northumberland St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Bassett, George Pomeroy, 3rd, 5440 Northumberland St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Baxter, Anna, Nantucket, Mass.

Beadle, Phebe H., Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

Benham, Elizabeth Elliot (Thompson), 86 Howe St., New Haven, Connecticut.

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LIST OF MEMBERS Bennett, Mrs. Flora Moore, Bennett-Baker Lumber Co., Viola, Idaho.

Bennett, Harriet Stanton, Pleasant St., Nantucket, Mass.

Bennett, Henry Hollis, Bennett-Baker Lumber Co., Viola, Idaho.

Benson, Mrs. R. E., Winter St., Nantucket, Mass.

Benton, Amy Alice (Isom), Chestnut St., Nantucket, Mass.

Benton, William Josiah, Chestnut St., Nantucket, Mass.

Bettridge, Agnes E., 1619 Masachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Mass.

Bigelow, Edmund, Pleasant St., Nantucket, Mass.

Bigelow, Edward Alden, 8 Francis Circuit, Winchester, Mass.

Bigelow, Mary E., Fair St., Nantucket, Mass.

Black, Alice L., 183 Belmont St., Fall River, Mass.

Blackmur, Eleanor, Pearl St., Nantucket, Mass.

Bohan, Mrs. Arthur B., 1535 Juneway Terrace, Chicago, 111.

Bolles, W. B., 553 West 55th St., New York, N. Y. Bolles, Mrs. W. B., 533 West 55th St., New York, N. Y. Booth, Mrs. Dorothy C., 39 West 67th St., New York, N. Y. Boyer, Maurice Weimer, Vestal St., Nantucket, Mass.

Bracher, Mrs. Catherine Morrison Coffin, Dongan Hills, Staten Island, N. Y. Bray, Louise W., 357 Harvard St., Cambridge, Mass.

Brayton, Annie Sale (Chinery), Nantucket, Mass.

Brayton, Caroline E. (Slade), Fall River, Mass.

Brewer, Mrs. Margaretta McC. C., 57 Main St., Hingham, Mass.

Bridgman, Bessie, Nantucket, Mass.

Briggs, Charlotte Puffer, 257 Steuben St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Broadhurst, Edward T., 44 Firglade Ave., Springfield, Mass.

Broadhurst, Mrs. Edward T., 44 Firglade Ave., Springfield, Mass.

Brock, Albert Gardner, N. Liberty St., Nantucket, Mass.

Brock, Annie (Cartwright), N. Liberty St., Nantucket, Mass.

Brooks, Anne Roberts, 24 North St., Greenwich, Conn.

Brooks, Josephine (Sylvia), 326 Highland Ave., West Somerville, Massachusetts.

Brooks, Nelson Merrill, 24 North St., Greenwich, Conn.

Brown, Eleanore E., Pleasant St., Nantucket, Mass.

Brown, Helen Dawes, Howard St., Nantucket, Mass.

'Brown, Henry, Orange St., Nantucket, Mass.

Brown, Melvin W., Wakefield, Mass.

Brown, Mrs. Sarah D., 38 Babcock St., Brookline, Mass.

Bunker, Alice Macy, Nantucket, Mass.

Bunker, Austin T., 14 Chestnut St., Maiden, Mass.

Bunker, Emily (Winslow), Gay St., Nantucket, Mass.

Bunker, Lauriston, Gay St., Nantucket, Mass.

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LIST OF MEMBERS Bunker, William, Ridgefield, Conn.

Bunker, Theodore, 188 Elleson St., Paterson, N. J. Burgess, Ellen H. (Coffin), Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

Burgess, Thomas F., Scarsdale, N. Y. Burleigh, Erwin C., Vineyard Haven, M. V., Mass. « Bunnell, Barker, 1045 Sixth St., San Diego, California.

Burrell, Caroline (Cayford), 14 Hilliard St., Cambridge, Mass.

Bushnell, Eleanor Gray, 16 Elm St., Morristown, N. J. C Campbell, Olive (Dame), Hastings Lane, West Medford, Mass.

Capen, Walter Nelson, F. R. G. S., 17 Battery Place, New York, N. Y. Carpenter, William D., Nantucket, Mass.

Carret, James W., 121 Griggs Road, Brookline, Mass.

Cartwright, Archibald, Nantucket, Mass.

Cartwright, Mrs. Archibald, Nantucket, Mass.

Cash, Helen, Centre St., Nantucket, Mass.

Ceeley, Dorcas E. (Dunham), 5 New Mill St., Nantucket, Mass.

Ceeley, Lincoln, 5 New Mill St., Nantucket, Mass.

Chadwick, Mrs. James F., 463 Pine St., Fall River, Mass.

Chamberlain, Pauline, Nantucket, Mass.

Chamberlin, Henry Harmon, May St., Worcester, Mass.

Chase, Annie Baker (Coffin), Pine St., Nantucket, Mass.

Chase, Charlotte Bunker, 41 North St., New Bedford, Mass.

Chase, Edward Gardner, 4851 Kenwood Ave., Chicago, 111.

Chase, Estelle Lillian (Jenness), 4851 Kenwood Ave., Chicago, III. Chase, Sidney, Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

Chase, Warren Benson, Pine St., Nantucket, Mass.

Clark, Edith (Gardner), Pleasant St., Ashland, Mass.

Clark, Elsie B., Tenafly, N. J. Clark, Jacob Wendell, 122 South Michigan Boulevard, Chicago, 111.

Clark, Susan Tyler, 2050 Garden St., Santa Barbara, California.

Cobb, Edward Clifton, 716 Pleasant St., Worcester, Mass.

Codd, Sarah E. (Marchant), Orange St., Nantucket, Mass.

Codd, William Fitzgerald, Orange St., Nantucket, Mass.

Cody, Margaret A., Public School No. 1, 8 Henry St., New York, N. Y. Coffin, Adelaide B., 15 Fairview Heights, Rochester, N. Y. « Coffin, Albert S., McGregor, N. Y. Coffin, Mrs. Celia M., 155 Nyack Ave., Pelham, N. Y. Coffin, Mrs. Cora Ann, 618 South Cushman Ave., Tacoma, Wash.

Coffin, Dorothy Leonard, 130 East 57th St., New York, N. Y. Coffin, Frank Mitchell, 155 Nyack, N. Y. 48

LIST OF MEMBERS Coffin, John Bridger, 15 Fairview Heights, Rochester, N. Y. Coffin, Mrs. John Bridger, 15 Fairview Heights, Rochester, N. Y. Coffin, Louis, Summer St., Nantucket, Mass. » Coffin, Mrs. Margaret, Stone Alley, Nantucket, Mass.

Coffin, Mrs. Tristram, 183rd St., and Pinehurst Ave., New York, N. Y. Coffin, William H., 618 South Cushman Ave., Tacoma, Wash.

Coffin, William M., 3755 Hyde Park Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio.

Colby, Josephine, Brookwood, Katonah, N. Y. Cole, Mrs. Helen W., Centre St., Nantucket, Mass.

Cole, William T., Centre St., Nantucket, Mass.

Coleman, Harriet Maude, 2 Potter Park, Cambridge, Mass.

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

Coleman, Mary Myrick, 91 Pinckney St., Boston, Mass.

Colt, James D., 27 Suffolk Road, Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Colt, Mrs. Jeanne N., 27 Suffolk Road, Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Conable, Florence (Easton), P. O. Box 406, Monrovia, Los Angeles Co., California.

Conable, Mrs. Leska Littlefield, 356 North Primrose Ave., Monrovia, Los Angeles Co., California.

Conable, Captain Morris Easton, Quarters 15-B, Fort Amador, Panama Canal Zone.

Congdon, May Housatonic, Concord, Mass.

Cook, Emma, Quince St., Nantucket, Mass.

Cox, Ellen, Gardner St., Nantucket, Mass.

Crosby, Mrs. Almira Esther, Alden Park Manor, Brookline, Mass.

Crosby, Everett U., Mermaid House, West Mermaid Lane, St. Martins, Philadelphia, Penn.

Crosby, Mrs. Everett U., Mermaid House, West Mermaid Lane, St. Martins, Philadelphia, Penn.

Currier, Mrs. Grace Silsbee, 16 Brewster Terrace, Brookline, Mass.

Cutler, Earle, Cliff Road, Nantucket, Mass.

D Dame, Daisy Gertrude, Hastings Lane, West Medford, Mass.

Dana, Bessie Andrews, 34 Church St., Englewood, N. J. Danforth, Isabelle, 493 Lexington Ave., New York, N. Y. Defriez, Sarah Elizabeth (Barron), 537 Washington St., Brookline, Massachusetts.

Delano, Henry C., 879 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.

Delano, Lydia M., 879 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.

Denton, Eugene Willis, New Hyde Park, Long Island, N. Y. Denton, Lydia M. (Garretson), New Hyde Park, Long Island, N. Y. 49

LIST OF MEMBERS Devoe, Franklin M., 354 Ocean Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Devoe, Idalia S., 354 Ocean Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Dibble, Annie (Hayt), 215 North Columbus Ave., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Dillingham, Mrs. Louise G., Millburn, N. J. , Ditmars, John, Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

Ditmars, Mary Coffin (Worth), Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

Dodd, Mary (Dillingham), 16 Cedar Road, Belmont, Mass.

Dunham, Harrison Gray Otis, 135 Front St., New York, N .Y. Dupee, Jeannie U., 181 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass.

Duponte, Charles, Silver St., Nantucket, Mass.

Dyer, Mrs. Eva S., 62 Washington St., East Orange, N. J. E Easton, Helen, 51 Franklin St., Lynn, Mass.

Edgerton, Mildred Gardner (Coffin), 15 Fairview Heights, Rochester, New York.

Elliot, Dr. Herbert, Arlington, Mass.

Emery, Jennie Starbuck (Chadwick), Milk St., Nantucket, Mass.

F Farnham, Joseph Ellis Coffee, Providence, R. I. Fessenden, Anna, 3 Hamilton St., Salem, Mass.

Fish, Anna Gardner, Perkins Institution, Watertown, Mass.

Fisher, Charles J., Union St., Nantucket, Mass.

Fisher, Leila Capen, 25 Richwood St., Boston, Mass.

Fitz-Randolph, Reginald T., Nantucket, Mass.

Flagg, Mrs. Mary B., Pleasant St., Nantucket, Mass.

Folger, Annie Alden, Gardner St., Nantucket, Mass.

Folger, Arthur Hanaford, Nantucket, Mass.

Folger, Clifford, Nantucket, Mass.

Folger, Lizabeth Sarah (Lawrence), Gardner St., Nantucket, Mass.

Folger, Lydia Maria, Gardner St., Nantucket, Mass.

-Folger, Rear Admiral William Mayhew, Cornish, N. H., P. 0., Windsor, Vt. Folsom, Charles F., 114 Marlborough St., Boston, Mass.

Folsom, Anna Smith, 114 Marlborough St., Boston, Mass.

Francis, Eben Willis, Nantucket, Mass.

Fraser, Emma J., Nantucket, Mass.

Freeborn, Lydia Sanford, Liberty St., Nantucket, Mass.

Freeborn, Millard F. Liberty St., Nantucket, Mass.

Fuller, Mrs. Susan B., Milk St., Nantucket, Mass.

Fuller, Walter N., 40 Chester Ave., Waltham, Mass.

Furber, Mary Coleman (Smith), Nantucket, Mass.

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LIST OF MEMBERS G Gale, Mrs. Sadie M., Schenectady, N. Y. Gardiner, Mrs. Alice C., Belmont, Mass.

Gardner, Grace Brown, Framingham Normal School, Framingham, Massachusetts.

Gardner, Isaac B., 930 Riverside Drive, New York, N. Y. * Gardner, Lucretia Macy, Main St., Nantucket, Mass. v Gardner, Mary Macy (Brown), Milk St., Nantucket, Mass.

Gardner, Whittemore, Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

Gayer, Echlin Philip, 240 West 72nd St., New York, N. Y. Geddes, Mathilde H., 39 Fairmount St., Brookline, Mass.

Giffin, Mary E. (Brown), Hussey St., Nantucket, Mass.

Giffin, Norman P., Nantucket, Mass.

Gifford, Arthur, Hudson, N. Y. Gilbert, Nathan F., Wabash, Ind. Gill, Phebe Andrews (Luther), 187 Sherwood Place, Englewood, N. J. Goodrich, Annie (Starbuck), Orange St., Nantucket, Mass.

Gray, Donald Cameron, 337 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass.

Greene, Mary Elizabeth (Coffin), Nantucket, Mass.

Griggs, Adelaide Louise Greenwood, 421 Wood St., Pittsburgh, Penn.

Griggs, Jeremiah Brooks, 421 Wood St., Pittsburgh, Penn. > Grouard, Dr. John Shackford, Centre St., Nantucket, Mass.

Grouard, Lena (Weymouth), 97 Bowdoin St., Dorchester, Mass.

Grout, Mrs. John, Siasconset, Nantucket, Mass.

Gummere, Amelia (Mott), Haverford, Penn.

Gurley, Rev. Richard H., St. Martin's Rectory, Radnor, Penn.

H Haggerty, Susan W., 42 Strathmore Road, Brookline, Mass.

Hallowell, Thomas Jewett, Traders Lane, Nantucket, Mass.

Ham, Charlotte (Woodman), Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

Ham, Charlotte Woodman, Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

Hamilton, Dora Macy (Pearson), Avery, Idaho.

Harris, Edward, 25 Clover St., Rochester, N. Y. Hart, Mrs. B. R., 5332 Enright Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Harwood, Margaret, 23 Craigie St., Cambridge, Mass.

Hatch, Hannah Gifford, Union St., Nantucket, Mass.

Hayden, Arthur D., Princeton Club, New York, N. Y. Heard, Reginald E., 73 Indian Heads Road, Greenwich, Conn.

Heard, Mrs. Reginald E., 73 Indian Heads Road, Greenwich, Conn.

Hemingway, A. F., 82 Cold Spring St., New Haven, Conn.

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LIST OF MEMBERS Hickson, Elizabeth C., Anthony Hall, Carbondale, 111.

Hildreth, Susan W., St. Cloud, Orange, N. J. Hill, Florence (Merriam), Siasconset, Nantucket, Mass.

Hill| Murray Gardner, 20 Oak Knoll Gardens, Pasadena, Calif.

Hiller, Helen, Gardner St., Nantucket, Mass.

Holland, Annie, Gay St., Nantucket, Mass.

Holland, William, Gay St., Nantucket, Mass.

Hollister, Elizabeth (Watson), 987 East Ave., Rochester, N. Y. Hollister, Emily Weed (Barnes), 9 Granger Place, Rochester, N. Y. Holt, Mary Exton, 66 Montague St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Homans, Mrs. Alice, 53 Leicester St., Brookline, Mass.

Howard, Frank B., 48 South Hamilton St., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Howes, Sarah Sprague (Sampson), Summer St., Nantucket, Mass.

Hubbard, Alma R., Wheeling, West Virginia.

Huff, Anna (Folger), Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

Humes, Mrs. Lucy D., Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

Husband, Eleanor (Brown), New Dollar Lane, Nantucket, Mass.

Husband, Ethel, New Dollar Lane, Nantucket, Mass.

Husband, Thomas Blair, New Dollar Lane, Nantucket, Mass.

Hussey, Arrietta (Cathcart), Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

Hussey, Elliott Benham, 134 Summit Cross, Rutherford, N. J. Hussey, Eliza Myrick, Gardner St., Nantucket, Mass.

Hussey, John E. A., 45 Milk St., Boston, Mass.

Hussey, Robert F., 1340 West Dearborn St., Chicago, 111.

Hutaff, Richard Elkins, Pearl St., Nantucket, Mass.

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Ide, Lilla D., Pearl St., Nantucket, Mass.

Ingall, Mrs. Elizabeth C., Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

Ingall, Oswald D., Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

J Jelliffe, Mrs. Jane N., Plandome, Long Island, N. Y. Jenney, Edgar W., 17 Summit St., Glen Ridge, N. J. Jernegan, Elsie, Federal St., Nantucket, Mass.

Johnson, Bertha Blinn, P. 0. Box 2654, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Johnson, Florence H., Pleasant St., Nantucket, Mass. * Johnson, Herbert Linsly, Pleasant St., Nantucket, Mass.

Jones, Arthur W., Orange St., Nantucket, Mass.

Joy, Captain B. Whitford, Nantucket, Mass.

K Kelley, Charlotte Rebecca (Macy), 478 County St., New Bedford, Massachusetts.

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LIST OF MEMBERS Kellogg, Mrs. Louise Livingston, Hussey St., Nantucket, Mass.

Kellogg, Herbert Steele, Hussey St., Nantucket, Mass.

Kendall, William Mitchell, 101 Park Ave., New York, N. Y. Kent, Rev. Josiah Coleman, Fair St., Nantucket, Mass. »Killen, Captain John, Federal St., Nantucket, Mass.

Killen, John R., Ash Lane, Nantucket, Mass.

Kimball, Mrs. James P., Howard St., Nantucket, Mass.

Kitchen, Miss Macy, 414 Carroll St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Knevals, Jessie (Baxter), Orange St., Nantucket, Mass.

L LaFontaine, Charles Ellis, Nantucket, Mass.

Lake, George M., Nantucket, Mass.

Lally, George H., 1300 Cunard Building, Chicago, 111.

Lamson, Kate Glidden, 12 Remington St., Cambridge, Mass.

Latham, Ethel L., 9 Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass.

Lathrop, Mrs. Mable Blossom, 10 Prescott Ave., Montclair, N. J. Lawrence, Bertha, Main St., Nantucket, Mass. * Lawrence, Edward Abbott, Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

Lawrence, Sarah (Farrally), Pine St., Nantucket, Mass.

LeBus, Mrs. Clarence, Orange St., Nantucket, Mass.

Lehmaier, Isabel (Macy), 140 West 57th St., New York, N. Y. Lewis, Annie Bartlett (Robinson) Rogers, Nantucket, Mass.

Lewis. Frank Edward, Centre St., Nantucket, Mass.

Lewis, Mary (Brock), Centre St., Nantucket, Mass.

Lewis, Mrs. Susie A., Milk St., Nantucket, Mass.

Lewis, Vivian M., Paterson, N. J. Lewis, Mrs. Vivian M., Paterson, N. J. Little, Grace Louise, 600 S. W. 62nd St., and Muskogee Ave., Valley Junction, Iowa.

Littlefield, Harriet S., 120 West 92nd St., New York, N. Y. Locke, Isabella F., 1969 Alameda Terrace, San Diego, Calif.

Locke, John G., 1969 Alameda Terrace, San Diego, Calif.

Loines, Elma, Flora St., Nantucket, Mass.

Long, Carrie James, Bloom St., Nantucket, Mass.

Lord, Katherine, Quince St., Nantucket, Mass.

Loring, Clara S., 174 Belleview St., West Roxbury, Mass.

Lothrop, Sarah Gorham, 101 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.

Lovell, Sarah Elizabeth, 31 Glenwood St., Brockton, Mass.

Lowden, Matthew Crosby, 146-148 West 22nd St., New York, N. Y. Lowell, Nathaniel E., Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

Luther, Mary Hartness (Gould), 886 Carroll St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 53

LIST OF MEMBERS M Mackay, George Henry, Pearl St., Nantucket, Mass.

Mackie, Mrs. David Ives, 128 East 39th St., New York, N. Y. Macy, Elizabeth Easton, Federal St., Nantucket, Mass.

Macy, Huram Wade, West Chester St., Nantucket, Mass.

Macy' Janet P., 214 Alexander Ave., Upper Montclair, N. J. Macy, John Williams, 966 Hubbard Lane, Hubbard Woods, 111. , Macy, Mary Ella, Orange St., Nantucket, Mass.

Macy, Maude Conant (Thomas), West Chester St., Nantucket, Mass.

Macy, Sarah Lucretia, Centre St., Nantucket, Mass.

Macy, William Francis, 40 Broad St., Nantucket, Mass.

Manville, C. Rollin, Lawrence Park, Bronxville, N. Y. Manville, C. Rollin, Jr., Lawrence Park, Bronxville, N. Y. Manville, Edith, Lawrence Park, N. Y. Marden, Willard B., Milk St., Nantucket, Mass.

Marshall, Elizabeth E., Federal St., Nantucket, Mass.

Marshall, Mary Etta, Federal St., Nantucket, Mass.

Marshall, Helen, 71 Williams St., Norwich, Conn.

Martin, Charles H., 28 North 3rd St., Easton, Penn.

Martin, Mrs. Ferrier J., 55 East 73rd St., New York, N. Y. Marvel, Mrs. Helen Gardner, 1119 De Victor Place, Pittsburgh, Penn.

Marvel, William Macy, 1119 De Victor Place, Pittsburgh, Penn.

Mason, Arnold C., 4053 Parkview Place, St. Louis, Mo. Maynard, Julia M., 257 Mystic St., Arlington, Mass.

Mead, Mabel C., 103 East 86th St., New York, N. Y. Meyer, Edith Wells, 460 Scotland Road, South Orange, N. J. Meyer, Fredrik Fischer, 460 Scotland Road, South Orange, N. J. Miller, Mrs. Henry, Siasconset, Nantucket, Mass.

Miles, Irene Lenore, 222 Henry St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Milne, Helen (Ring), Nantucket, Mass.

Mills, Mrs. Henrietta A., 11 Portsmouth Terrace, Rochester, N. Y. Minshall, Charles, Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

Mitchell, Dr. Clifford, 25 East Washington St., Chicago, 111.

Mitchell, Leeds, Rookery Building, Chicago, 111.

Mitchell, Leeds Jr., 45 East Schiller St., Chicago, 111.

Mitchell, Mrs. Mary K., Siasconset, Nantucket, Mass.

Mitchell, Richard, Webster, Mass.

Mitchell, Sidney, 200 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. Mitchell, William Rich, 15 Prospect St., Taunton, Mass.

Moore, Frederick Gardner, Segregansett, Mass.

Morgan, Eleanor (Williams), 1 Martins Lane, Nantucket, Mass.

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LIST OF MEMBERS Morris, Mrs. Mary E., Easton St., Nantucket, Mass.

Mowry, Mrs. G. H., 473 South Main St., Woonsocket, R. I. Murray, Evelyn F., 44 Chestnut St., Wakefield, Mass.

Myrick, Alexander M., Nantucket, Mass.

Myrick, Lydia B. (Smith), Nantucket, Mass.

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MacDougal, Robert Bruce, 137 West 12th St., New York, N. Y. MacGregor, John Jr., National City Building, Chicago, 111.

McElwain, Harriet Aurelia, 1798 Riverside St., West Springfield, Massachusetts.

McElwain, Pauline Witherell, 1798 Riverdale St., West Springfield, Massachusetts.

McElwain, Rachel Doane, 1798 Riverside Street, West Springfield, Massachusetts.

McElwain, Reuben Franklin, 1798 Riverdale St., West Springfield, Massachusetts.

MacKay, Mrs. W. E., North Liberty St., Nantucket, Mass.

McKay, Donald D., 46 Woodbridge Road, Newton Highlands, Mass.

McKeag, Henry S., Nantucket, Mass.

McKeag, Mrs. Henry S., Nantucket, Mass.

McLenegan, Mrs. Carrie Cutler, 2728 Belrose Avenue, Berkeley, California.

McLenegan, Samuel B., 2728 Belrose Ave., Berkeley, Calif.

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Nelson, Ernest W., Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Nerney, George E., 204 North Main St., Attleboro, Mass.

Newell, Helen Hunt, Pearl St., Nantucket, Mass.

Nicholson, Caroline Harriet (Bartlett), 27 G. St., South Boston, Mass.

Norris, Emma F. (Marsh), 9 Norway St., Boston, Mass.

Norton, Alice Lyon, 12 Appleby St., Wellesley, Mass.

Norton, Prof. Arthur O., 12 Appleby St., Wellesley, Mass.

Norton, Clara A. (Winslow), Pearl St., Nantucket, Mass.

Nunn, Stella (Chase), 42 Alton Place, Brookline, Mass.

Nye, Harriet, Hotel Kimball, Springfield, Mass.

Nye, Mrs. Mary F., Hotel Kimball, Springfield, Mass.

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Oliver, Mrs. G. G., Pleasant Valley, Wheeling, West Virginia.

Orr, Robert Aimer, 419 Wood St., Pittsburgh, Penn.

Osborne, William E., 610 Guaranty Building, Indianapolis, Ind. 55

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P Paddock, Mrs. Elsie M., 398 S. La Salle St., Chicago, 111.

Paddock, George A., 398 S. La Salle St., Chicago, 111.

Page, Walter Gilman, Fair St., Nantucket, Mass.

Parker, Clara, Nantucket, Mass.

Parker, Clinton, Nantucket, Mass.

Parker, Mary Scollay, Ash St., Nantucket, Mass.

Pease, Ellen Gray (Parker), Nantucket, Mass.

Pease, Lillian (Murphey), Federal St., Nantucket, Mass.

Peelle, Reuben B., Wilmington, Ohio.

Perry, Annie Mabel, Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

Perry, Eugene M., Liberty St., Nantucket, Mass.

Peters, G. Quincy, 1302 18th St., Washington, D. C. Phelan, Joseph W., Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.

Phinney, Joseph W., 270 Congress St., Boston, Mass.

Phinney, Priscilla (Morris), 270 Congress St., Boston, Mass.

Pitman, Albert B., Siasconset, Nantucket, Mass.

Pitman, Charlotte (Wyer), Siasconset, Nantucket, Mass.

Piatt, F. G., Seven Doors, The Cliff, Nantucket, Mass.

Piatt, Mrs. F. G., Seven Doors, The Cliff, Nantucket, Mass.

Porte, Christine Fairbanks, Pleasant St., Nantucket, Mass.

Porter, Charlotte M., Ridgeland Ave., Waukegan, 111.

Pray, Nellie M. (Chamberlain), 29 Crowinshield Road, Brookline, Massachusetts.

Prosser, Harriet R., Dwight Place, Englewood, N. J.

R •, Ratcliffe, Rev. Charles A., West Chester St., Nantucket, Mass.

Ratcliffe, Mrs. Frances, West Chester St., Nantucket, Mass.

Ray, Annie Sheffield, 92 Campbell St., New Bedford, Mass.

Ray, Mrs. Mary, 86 Orange St., Nantucket, Mass.

Raymond, Charles Beebe, Stone House, Akron, Ohio.

Raymond, Mary Perkins, Stone House, Akron, Ohio.

Reed, Elizabeth F., 51 South Clay St., Frankfort, Ind. Richmond, Dr. George Danforth, 196 Marlborough St., Boston, Mass.

Richmond, Dorothy (Sharp), Nantucket, Mass.

Riddell, Benjamin Franklin, Fall River, Mass. » Riddell, Elizabeth Swain, Nantucket, Mass.

Ring, Anne, Nantucket, Mass.

Ring, John C., Liberty St., Nantucket, Mass.

Rixford, Mrs. Mary E., 140 Summit St., Woonsocket, R. I. Robb, Mrs. Ann, Nantucket, Mass.

Robinson, Annie D., 808 Aiken Ave., Pittsburgh, Penn.

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LIST OF MEMBERS Robinson, Celeste M., 67 Union St., Montclair, N. J. Robinson, Edward Collins, 18 East 125th St., New York, N. Y. Robinson, John Henry, Nantucket, Mass.

• Round, Ellen Miner (Thomas), Fair St., Nantucket, Mass.

Rowland, Stanley J., Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Ave., and 82nd St., New York, N. Y. Russell, Mrs. Adelaide T., Monomoy, Nantucket, Mass.

Russell, Benjamin F. W., 100 Goddard Ave., Brookline, Mass.

Russell, Mrs. Benjamin F. W., 100 Goddard Ave., Brookline, Mass.

S Sand, Alice L., 130 East 67th St., New York, N. Y. Sand, Henry A. L., 130 East 67th St., New York, N. Y. Sanderson, Rev. Edward F., Nantucket, Mass.

Sandsbury, Edith M., 8 Wellington Court, Roxbury, Mass.

Schauffler, Rev. Henry P., Nantucket, Mass.

Sears, Mrs. Henrietta Bird, 517 Grand Ave., Keokuk, Iowa.

Severance, Madeleine (Fish), 125 State St., Harrisburg, Penn.

Severance, Susan, 236 Bay State Road, Boston, Mass.

Severance, Walter E., 125 State St., Harrisburg, Penn.

Selden, Charles Albert, P. O. Box 34, Plainfield, N. J. Selden, Grace (Savage), P. O. Box 34, Plainfield, N. J. Sharp, Mrs. Elting, 729 Washington St., Brookline, Mass.

Shaw, Helena, 208 Winthrop Road, Brookline, Mass.

Sheldon, Mrs. Clara P., Gharlesgate Hotel, 535 Beacon St., Boston, Massachusetts.

Sheldon, Mrs. Elizabeth F. D., 151 Cold Spring St., New Haven, Conn.

Sherwood, T. W., P. O. Box 56, Fort Wayne, Ind. Sibley, Alice M., Jasmine Cottage, Zephyr Hills, Florida.

Simonds, Jennie (Smith) Allen, Winchenden Springs, Mass.

Simpson, Lydia Gardner (Coffin), Nantucket, Mass.

Simpson, Robert Coffin, 10 Chester St., Groton, Mass.

Sims, Thomas, 63 Willowdale Ave., Montclair, N. J. Singleton, James, Quidnet, Nantucket, Mass.

Slack, Mary Church (Potter), 573 High St., Fall River, Mass.

Small, Phebe Hanaford (Coffin), Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

Small, Reuben Cahoon, Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

Smalley, Josephine, Broad St., Nantucket, Mass.

Smith, George M. Jr., 3912 Washington Boulevard, Indianapolis, Ind. Smith, Harrison, 18 Commerce St., New York, N. Y. Snelling, Eugenia (Meneely), Nantucket, Mass.

Snelling, Rev. Samuel, Nantucket, Mass.

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LIST OF MEMBERS , Solly, Judge William Franklin, 908 De Kalb St., Norristown, Penn.

Soule, Mary Adelaide (Yeates), Baker City, Oregon.

Spencer, Ella (Young), Summer St., Nantucket, Mass.

Sprague, Mary S., 1661 Beacon St., Brookline, Mass.

Stanton, Eva T., 85 N. Lansdowne Ave., Lansdowne, Penn.

Starbuck, Rev. Andrew B., Newport, R. I. Starbuck, Mrs. Annie Whitefield, The Blackstone, Chicago, 111.

Starbuck, Dr. C. Leonard, 400 West 153rd St., New York, N. Y. Starbuck, Frederick L., 8 Chestnut St., Binghampton, N. Y. Starbuck, George W., Bournedale, Mass.

Stevens, Cora, Centre St., Nantucket, Mass.

Stevens, Frank F., 34 Pelton St., West Roxbury, Mass.

Stevens, Margaret (Pearson), 34 Pelton St., West Roxbury, Mass.

Still, Ella (Hussey), 50 Meade Ave., Passaic, N. J. Storrow, Mrs. James, 417 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.

Strader, Mrs. Charlotte Swain, Siesta Key, Sarasota County, Florida.

Strong, Austin, Quince St., Nantucket, Mass.

Strong, Mary (Wilson), Quince St., Nantucket, Mass.

Sturdevant, Ethel H., 171 South Franklin St., Wilkesbarre, Penn.

Sturdevant, Mrs. George A., 430 East 53rd St., New York, N. Y. Sturdevant, Lucy, Quince St., Nantucket, Mass.

Sutphen, Isabella (Baxter), Orange St., Nantucket, Mass.

Sutton, Virginia Cox, Pasadena, Cal. i Swain, Anna G., Orange St., Nantucket, Mass.

Swain, Anna (Knevals), 31 Nassau St., New York, N. Y. Swain, Charles B., 454 Main St., Winchester, Mass.

Swain, F. Anthony, Iron Age Pub. Co., 239 West 39th St., New York, New York.

Swain, Millicent Augusta, 1830 Beersford Road, East Cleveland, Ohio.

Swain, Robert Edward, 80 West Grand St., Elizabeth, N. J. Swain, Wilbert D., Aberdeen, South Dakota.

Swain, William T., Nantucket, Mass.

Swift, Caroline Elizabeth, Winter St., Nantucket, Mass.

Swinburne, Charlotte Gardner, 501 West Ave., Rochester, N. Y. Sylvia, Ella Frances, Pleasant St., Nantucket, Mass.

Sylvia, Florinda M., Nantucket, Mass.

T Terry, Carolyn (Ingalls), Centre St., Nantucket, Mass.

Terry, Ernest R., Centre St., Nantucket, Mass.

Thomas, Mrs. Carrie H., Buckeystown, Maryland.

Thomas, Mrs. Florence Chase, Nantucket, Mass.

Tibbits, Rev. Edward D., D. D., Hoosick, N. Y. 58

LIST OF MEMBERS Tirrell, E. S., Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

Todd, Helen (Mitchell), 417 East 48th St., Chicago, 111.

Todd, James, Jr., 171 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. Todd, Mitchell, 417 East 48th St., Chicago, 111.

Tolman, Mrs. Helen M., Canton, Mass.

Torrey, Mary Adams, 23 Winthrop St., Roxbury, Mass.

Tracy, Phebe Whippey, Nantucket, Mass.

Tufts, Borden, 7 Stratford Road, Winchester, Mass.

Turner, Grace (Gordon), Chestnut St., Nantucket, Mass.

Turner, Harry Baker, Chestnut St., Nantucket, Mass.

Turner, Merle E., Chestnut St., Nantucket, Mass.

Tuttle, Isabelle (Hollister), Groton School, Groton, Mass.

V Van Kleeck, Mrs. Frederick, 99 Green Ridge Ave., White Plains, N. J. Valentine, Anna, Beliefont, Centre Co., Penn.

Varney, Theodore, Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

Van Tuyl, Effie (Hyatt), 522 Osage St., Leavenworth, Kansas.

Veo, Harriette (Williams), North Water St., Nantucket, Mass. iVeo, Richard, North Water St., Nantucket, Mass.

Vinal, Marianna (Veeder), 25 Seventh St., New Bedford, Mass.

Voss, William H. N., 850 Seventh Ave., New York, N. Y. Voss, Mrs. William H. N., 850 Seventh Ave., New York, N. Y.

W Wait, Annie (Spencer), Nantucket, Mass.

Waite, Mary, 31 Dudley St., Braintree, Mass.

Wales, Gertrude Nye, 35 Cedar St., Gardner, Mass. * Wales, Lucy (Morse), 358 Elm St., Braintree, Mass.

Walker, Mary Elizabeth, Milk St., Nantucket, Mass.

Wallace, Jovette (Lee), Wallace Hall, Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

Wallace, William, Wallace Hall, Main St., Nantucket, Mass.

Walling, Mrs. Georgie L., Easton St., Nantucket, Mass.

Washburn, Margaret (Hedges), Haverstraw-on-Hudson, N. Y. Whipple, Phila M., 27 East Housatonic St., Pittsfield, Mass.

Whitelaw, Ralph T„ 316 South Commercial St., St. Louis, Mo. Whitford, J. Mortimer, 1523 East 15th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Whitney, Henry L., 7 Exeter St., Boston, Mass.

Whittemore, Jennie R., 56 Cedar St., Fitchburg, Mass.

Wieand, Irma C., Centre St., Nantucket, Mass.

Willard, Mrs. Helen Parker, 1333 K St., Washington, D. C. 59

LIST OF MEMBERS Williams, Arthur, York St., Nantucket, Mass. , Williams, Benjamin Franklin, Orange St., Nantucket, Mass.

Williams, Mary Francis (Mitchell), 1 Martins Lane, Nantucket, Mass.

Williams, Philip A., Jr., Nantucket, Mass.

Wilson, James, 32 Elizabeth St., Pittsfield, Mass.

Wilson, Mrs. Laura Rawson, 1140 Murray Hill Ave., Pittsburgh, Penn. « Wing, Clementina (Swain), 152 Clinton St., Brooklyn, N. Y. .Winslow, Addison T., Nantucket, Mass.

Winslow, Bessie (Chadwick), Nantucket, Mass.

Wood, Albert E., North Easton, Mass.

Wood, Dr. George C., Hanover, N. H. Wood, James H., The Cliff, Nantucket, Mass.

Wood, Nannie R., Pearl St., Nantucket, Mass.

Woods, Phebe A. (Meader), Nantucket, Mass.

Worth, Annie M. (Driscoll), Fair St., Nantucket, Mass.

Worth, Herbert Gelston, North Water St., Nantucket, Mass.

Worth, Mrs. Henry B., 15 Washington St., New Bedford, Mass.

Wyer, Arthur C., Delhi, N. Y.

The Officers of the N. H. A. are often asked whether a Nantucket ancestry is a required condition of membership in the Association. Other than interest in the work of the Historical Association the only conditions are stated in the by-law printed below.

Article U, Constitution and By-Laws of the Nantucket Historical Association.

Any person may become and continue a member of this associa­ tion by the payment of one dollar per year. Any person may become a life member, and be entitled to a certificate of membership, on the payment of fifteen dollars. Any person may become a life councillor by a vote of the Association, on the payment of fifty dollars, and shall be entitled to a certificate of membership. The annual tax shall be due the 30th day of June each year.

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PUBLICATIONS of the Nantucket Historical Association: Quakerism on Nantucket since 1800, by Henry Barnard Worth.

Vol. 1, No. 1, 1896, out of print.

Timothy White Papers, by Rev. Myron Samuel Dudley.

Vol. 1, No. 2, 1898, 50 cts.

Nantucket Lands and Land Owners, by Henry Barnard Worth.

The Title and The Nantucket Insurrection.

Vol. 2, No. 1, 1901, 50cts.

The Settlers, Their Homes and Government.

(Map) Vol. 2, No. 2, 1902, 50 cts.

The Indians of Nantucket.

Vol. 2, No. 3, 1902, 50 cts.

Sheep Commons and The Proprietary.

Vol. 2, No. 4, 1904, 50 cts.

Ancient Buildings of Nantucket.

Vol. 2, No. 5, 1906, out of print.

Indian Names, Wills and Estates, Index.

Vol. 2, No. 6, 1910, 50 cts.

Wills and Estates Continued.

Vol. 2, No. 7, 50 cts.

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

Vol. 3, No. 1, 1903, 50 cts.

Proceedings of the Annual Meetings of the Nantucket His­ torical Association, from 1895 to 1926 (with the ex­ ception of 1899, which is out of print), price 25 cents.

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