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FLYING The invention of artificial wings,
NANTUCKET MARINE BIBLE SOCIETY
Ship ESSEX, Captain POLLARD, of NANTUCKET, has been lost in the Pacific Ocean, by being struck by a whale. The crew had to leave her so suddenly that they were only able to take a few articles of provisions. They embarked in three boats. Afterwards, in a gale, the boat in which the captain was in separated from the other two & they have not been heard from since. At length, the number of survivors was reduced to the captain and two others- and having for many days no sort of food-they cast
30 Degrees
BELOW ZERO he mercury in Fahrenheit’s At a meeting of the Nantucket Marine Tthermometer stood at 30 degrees
Bible Society the Treasurer reported that 192 Bibles and 179 Testaments have been distributed among poor seamen belonging to whale ships and other vessels of this port. We have the satisfaction to report that the seamen are generally pleased with an opportunity of reading the scriptures. Poor seamen will travel the pathless ocean with a light to direct them to the haven of perfect enjoyment.
LORD NELSON
When the body of LORD NELSON, who was killed at Trafalger, was put into a cask of spirits to be transported, the bung accidentally fell out and one of his Lordship’s fingers made its appearance through the opening. A seaman who had for some years served in the Admiral’s ship, seized the finger and giving it a cordial grip, at the same time wiping a tear that glistened on his weather beaten cheek exclaimed, ‘Shiver my topsails, my old boy if you are not in better spirits than any of us!’
ART OF
by which man would be enabled to traverse the aerial regions, most certainly affords a fine theme for philosophical contemplation, as well as a delicious repast to the ambition of those mechanical geniuses who are striving to supply this art and science. It will be seen if something of this kind is to be brought forth, provided sufficient encouragement is afforded the undertaker.
EST. 1816
below zero, the coldest weather ever known here. The communication between the MAIN and NANTUCKET has been suspended for 37 days. As no wood for fuel is raised, that article has become scare, and pinewood sold for $14 per cord, and oak for $20.
lots which should die to subsist the others-one in consequence perished, upon whose remains the others supported themselves. Capt. P was one of those who were preserved. The mate and three of the crew of the ESSEX have arrived on this island in the ship EAGLE, from ValparaisoCapt. Pollard was left rather unwell. The mate and other two men all survived in the other boat- after being 89 days at sea in the boat. The other boat had not been heard from.
FOR
ONE NIGHT
VENTRILOQUISM At the Town House, This evening, Friday. Mr. Nichols, the Ventriloquist, respectfully informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of Nantucket that he will exercise his astonishing powers of Ventriloquism at the Town House. Tickets 50 Cts: Children 1/2 price -- to be had at Mr. Clapp’s Bookstore, at Mr. Harvey Hartshorn’s and at the door -- Doors open at 1/2 past 7 -- to Commence at 8 o’clock precisely.
NEWS FROM ABROAD R ats Stuffed with Gold; or, the Robbery of the Russian Mint. When Alexander, then Emperor of Russia, was in England, viewing the Mint, he observed there was no preventing the robbing of the Mint in his country. They used every precaution -- the workmen came in naked, worked naked, and went out naked. It was discovered the men killed rats, STUFFED them with gold after which they threw them over the wall, and after finishing their work gathered the rats, and by this robbed the state.
NEWS FROM THE PAST Pages 1 — 6, 34 — 35
NANTUCKET WINTER GUIDE Christmas Stroll Guide - Page 10 Gift Guide - Page 12 -13 Town Map - Page 17 & 20 Island Map - Page 18 — 19 Nantucketers Linked to the Past Page 21 Fishing Map - Page 22 — 23 Shipwreck Map - Page 24 — 25 Town Shoppes - Page 28 —29 Sites & Activities - Page 30 — 31 Dining Guide - Page 32 — 33
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MUTINYAND MURDER
PACIFIC OCEAN
The inhabitants of this town are praying for a survey of the islands of the Pacific for more specific information. Trade pursued by our citizens in the Pacific Ocean are: the whale fishery, sea-otter skin, seal skin, sandal wood, ivory seaelephant tooth, land animals fur, and feather trades. Are the trades of sufficient importance to engage the attention of Congress? Will the government suffer difficulties, exposure and extreme hazard? The Pacific is full of most dangerous reefs and it is in this sea that the Spermaceti whale must be taken. Nearly 70 ships from this port alone pursue the whale in that ocean. The inhabitants of this island pray our Government will immediately sanction such an expedition.
SHEEP
Our island, being famous for its numerous sheep and shearing time one of our most jovial holidays, it is said that out of 20,000 sheep the late severe weather killed about 500.
By ship PALLADIUM, arrived at this port, we learn that ship GLOBE, of this town, arrived at Valparaiso, about the middle of June, under command one of the boat steerers, the crew having mutinied and murdered the Captain Thomas Worth, William Beetle, 1st mate, and John Lombard, 2nd mate. On January 26 1824 about 1 A.M. the attack was made-The Captain and 1st mate were killed and thrown out the cabin-window. After sail had been made on the ship the 2nd and 3rd mates were dragged on deck, ropes fastened to them and thrown overboard. A tyrannical code of murderous laws was then produced by the mutineers, which every one was required to sign. On the same day the former steward, a black, acting as 2nd mate, was discovered loading a
BOARDING HOUSE
pistol in the cabin; on being asked what he was going to do, he replied “not much of anything.”- He was tried by the mutinous court, found guilty, and sentenced to be hung-after being allowed 14 seconds by the hour glass to make his peace with God. He was hung to the steering sail boom. The crew began to waste and destroy her stores. They made for King’s Mill Groupe and laid off these Islands; the natives being so savage it was dangerous to land. It appears the mutineers took the ship to the Mulgrave Islands and that they quarreled among themselves as to who should be Captain, and shot the head mutineer, Samuel Comstock, for giving clothes and other articles to the natives, before the articles had been divided. Afterwards they hung the Steward,
A Lawyer
suspecting him to not be favorably disposed towards them. While most of the mutineers were ashore, Smith and a few men and boys left on board who had joined the mutiny, but only through fear, seized the opportunity to save the property and themselves by cutting the cables and making sail from the island. On the coast of Peru she fell in with a vessel, the mate of which took her safe into Valparaiso, where she was taken possession of by the American Consul and would sail soon for Nantucket under command of Thomas Raymond. We further learn from Capt. Macy, that the Mutineers of the Globe intended to have burnt the ship; that only six persons arrived in the Globe at Valparaiso, and that 11 of the crew were left at the Mulgrave Islands.
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examining a witness, asked All persons are forbid trusting my B ETSEY CARY respectfully in- Ihimn cross where he was on a particular
MARRIED In this town, in the Friend’s North Meeting House. Mr Henry Burdick to Miss Lydia Easton. In Greensburgh, Pa, Mr. Christian Gumbert aged eighty to Mrs. Mary McCucheon, aged seventy. After such an example let none despair!
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forms her friends and the public that she intends to devote her entire attention this spring and summer to the occupation of accommodating boarders. Having relinquished her store, she flatters herself as being able to give general satisfaction to those who are pleased to favor her with their patronage.
day, to which he replied in company with two friends. ‘Friends?’ exclaimed the lawyer. ‘Two thieves I suppose you mean.’ ‘ They may be so,’ replied the witness, ‘for they were both lawyers.’
wife, (Mary Orpin) on my account, as I am determined to pay no debts of her contracting after this date—We now live separate and apart from each other, and as soon as Mr. Hussey, my Attorney, can prepare the papers, I shall petition the Supreme Judicial Court for a divorce from the bonds of matrimony. John B. Orpin, Jr
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Captain Elwell on his outward journey in company with Brig Fortitude of Boston, fell in with the wreck of the schr. DASHER and took off the survivors, the Captain, Mate and Cook having been lost overboard. The Maryland, Captain Folger, from New Bedford for Havre, fell in on an open boat which had drifted 600 miles from the Azores, with 10 Portuguese, who were in a state of extreme suffering. Capt. Pinkham, of sloop Akerly has brought home a sea turtle, which was caught on his passage to Norfolk, weighing upwards of one hundred and eighty pounds! James Hussey Barker aged 16, a native son, has shipped out on the whaler ‘George” from Nantucket.
Letter to the
EDITOR
Sir,
Among the great comforts of life there are none which concern our comfort more than a candle. I wish some character of genius may invent self consuming wicks which will perish at equal rate as the candle. At present every ten minutes the consumer of tallow candles is in absolute darkness and must jump up to find the snuffer, which are never where they ought to be. And now that we are inventing, let me suggest the self preserving cloth with the addition of something odorous in the woolen dye which renders the cloth distasteful to moths but not to the wearer. Your readers may laugh at these humble hints but great coats and great eyes have their advantages and whatever tends to preserve them is not entirely to be despised.
A Ghost! D
“ uring my stay at St. Petersburgh, says Mr. Holman, “the following story was spoken of. Two gentlemen had a bitter feud. A servant of one happened to die, was buried within 24 hours, when the other determined to revenge upon his adversary, by accusing him of the murder of this man. To give a colour to this accusation, accompanied by his confidential servants, he proceeded to dig up the corpse, with the intention of inflicting marks of violence upon it. The body was removed from the coffin, and held erect, that it might undergo a severe flogging; when, to the astonishment of the party, after a few blows had
PROVISIONING A WHALESHIP
EST. 1816
MASONIC At a meeting of members of the Rising Sun Chapter, in this town, held in Free Masons Hall, the following companions were elected Officers. M.Exc. Elisha Starbuck, High Priest, Exc. Zaccheus Hussey, Esq.King, Exc. Josiah Hussey, Esq. Scribe Stephan Bates, Royal Arch Captain, Samual. H. Jenks, Capt. Of the Host Henry M. Pinkham, Principal Sojourner
T he necessary articles put on board a ship for a sperm whale voyage are too numerous to mention; it will suffice to name a few of the principle ones. Beef and pork, 100 bbls each; 11 tons of bread, baked from superfine flour; 80 bbls of flour packed, for pudding; 1400 gallons of molasses; peas, beans, corn, dried apples, coffee, tea, chocolate, butter in ample quantities and of good quality. About 4,000 barrels of new casks are made for each ship. A ship which mans four boats, six persons to a boat, requires, including the number necessary to take care of the ship when the boat is in pursuit of whales are 30 to 32 men.
THE
FISHERIES In the course of last week fiveschooners arrived at Provincetown, from the Grand Banks having been out about 7 weeks with 191,000 fish equal to 5 or 6,000 quintals. These vessels were manned with less than 40 men and boys. Although this fare may be considered an excellent one, we are told that double the quantity could have been caught in the same space of time in the bays and rivers by which we are excluded by the Treaty of Ghent.
been inflicted, animation returned, and the frightened men ran off. The corpse, recovering its animation, was able to move off, and regain its master’s habitation, which it entered, to the great terror of its inhabitants. As his reality becoming certain, the supposed ghost communicated all he could remember of the state he had been in; which was, that his sense had not left him, he had felt so cold and torpid as to be incapable of speech or motion, till the blows had restored him. This led to the detection of the diabolic plan against his master’s life and character.”
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PIRACY!
short stay of only four months on the coast of Africa made the following captures of vessels illegally employed in trading of slaves.
The TEMARARIO, 18 guns, 80 men is fitted for carrying 600 slaves but had only 40 embarked as she was captured at the commencement of her human traffic. She did not surrender to the BANN until after an obstinate contest and where she had every sail and yard shot away. She hoisted an American flag and after Portuguese colors and likewise had a red flag, called a flag of defiance, with her name upon it. The SAN ANTONIO, Portuguese brig, with 600 slaves onboard. She took her cargo in at Camaroon. The NOSTRA SENORA DEL CARMEN, a Spanish schooner with 150 slaves and a Spanish schooner with 400 slaves that had sprung a leak at sea and bore up for Sierra Leone was taken by the Colonial cruiser and the BANN.
TIDES at Nantucket bar
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14 Tuesday
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15 Wednesday
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16 Thursday
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18 Saturday
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19 Sunday
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PORT OF NANTUCKET TUESDAY
The BANN, of 20 guns, during a
The ROSA, American schooner, of 6 guns 19 men, had 276 slaves onboard.
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The English ship NORTH STAR from Colombo for London, with several officers, invalid soldiers, women, and children passengers. On the refusal of the NORTH STAR to send a boat on board the pirate, the latter fired a broad side into her and wounded one man. A boat was then sent and the crew was taken. The NORTH STAR was then boarded by the pirates, who beat and wounded the seamen, and compelled them to load the boat with plunder, and robbed the passengers of their clothes and money. They then took the ships chart and settled her forward having run her
into smooth water. They compelled all the males to go below forwards and the women in the after cabin. About midnight the women, finding it quiet on the decks and discovering the pirates had quit the ship, released the men, and six feet and half water was found in her hold. The pirate took away with her the captain, the second mate, two seamen and a soldier. One man was killed and six severely wounded by the pirates, who were each armed with two pistols and a long knife.
Arrived. Sloop Factor, Capt. Starbuck, Providence; schr Sally Brown, N.Y. Sailed Brig Belvidere, Capt. Coleman, for the coast of Patagonia. WEDNESDAY Arrived. Sloops William , Capt. Starbuck, with loss of cable and anchor. Charleston, Hawk, Capt. Starbuck, Boston. THURSDAY No arrivals FRIDAY Arr. schr Thetis, Capt. Macy, Cape De Verds. Sailed sloop Omega, Capt. Ray, Boston. SATURDAY Arrived Sloop Capt. Peter Barnard, New York. Sailed packet experiment Hayden, Boston. SUNDAY The sloop Orbit, Capt. Colesworthy, anchored at Sciasconset Saturday evening, where she will remain for a few days on account of the indisposition of the Captain. Spoken Latitude 33, longitude 75, schooner JUNO of Nantucket on a whaling voyage. On the northern edge of the Gulph Stream sloop Sally Luce, 20 days from Nantucket, no oil. Arrived at Marblehead, forty-two vessels from the Grand Banks bringing in 430,000 fish. The average time of their several cruises was about ten weeks. This is said to be the greatest fare ever known in that enterprising town.
NEWS B
y a gentleman of this county, who returned from a western tour a few days since we have been informed of one of the most shocking occurrences. A man from St Clairsville, who had his smoke house robbed frequently by some persons unknown, undertook to detect the thief by rubbing arsenic over a piece of bacon and leaving it in a convenient place. The next day a whole family had taken ill in the neighborhood, the wife and three children of the thief died and all the rest, two or three children and the thief were at a point of death when our informant passed.
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HINKLEY
A finished COQUETTET
Portrait and Miniature painter, offers his services at the Room over Mathew Barney’s Store.
her, whilst she adjusted her tuckerwhether he could flirt a fan, which she held in her hand. ‘No madam,” said he, proceeding to use it, ‘but I can fan a flirt.’
The subscriber offers for sale a dwelling house and 20 rods of land belonging near the homestead of Charles Russell, in that part of Nantucket called New Town. Any persons desirous of a pleasant and healthy situation, somewhat retired from the noise and bustle of the world, may possess those enjoyments for the small sum of 500 dollars, a small part will be expected to be paid down. Please enquire of the subscriber JOSIAH HUSSEY
MEDICAL ELECTRICITY SERVICES Mr. Woods tenders his services to those ladies or gentlemen who stand in need of medical electricity, and would inform them that he cures the gout, rheumatic complaints, dysentery, toothache, ague, asthma, felon or whitlow, lock-jaw, pally, inflammation of tonsils, rickets, St. Vitus’ Dance, and a variety of other complaints to the human body.
SHIP WRECK
put on shore at the east end of this island on Friday last. In passing the sound she struck on Tookanook shoal and beat off her rudder. She then came to anchor, but the gale was so violent, that her cables parted. One mast, being cut away, carried the other overboard with it. In this condition, without rudder or sails, she drifted around Great Point and struck on the point rip. This
MURDER OF MR. WHIPPLE
Imported into NANTUCKET and NEW BEDFORD during 1820 to 1822, is as follows: 1820 NANTUCKET 581,366 galls. e spoke of the arrest of Jo1821 719,952 seph Orton, he had been commit1822 799,974 ted, under a strong presumption of Totaling 2,101,292 guilt. While under examination, after much contradictory evidence, he re1820 N. BEDFORD 417,438 fused to answer without the aid of 1821 617,935 obtaining counsel. It seems that Mr. 1822 372,424 Orton lived with Mr. Whipple - and Totaling 1,407,797 had expressed to Mrs. Whipple his Making in all, 3,509,089 gallons. determination to kill her husband. The annual income to Nantucket Mrs. W went down to Forbes’ Hotel, and New Bedford together, from where her husband was in the habit the same fishery, is estimated at of stopping and wrote him not to $1,500,000. The oil and bone brought come home after dark, as she feared into both places, since the late war, he would be murdered - having seen to Jan. 5th 1822 is stated to have ex- suspicious persons lurking about the ceeded $6,000,000. The North Pacific premises. On her examination, she Ocean, between the latitudes 38, confessed that Orton had urged her and 48, is said to afford, at the pres- to give her husband arsenic, declarent, the most profitable fishing. The ing that if she did not, he would number of vessels now engaged in shoot him. the spermaceti whale fishery from Nantucket is 83; those from New Bedford are 42.
THE WOMEN OF
ENGLAND
The women here are generally
The brig Francis Miller Adams, was
THE
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At ball, asked a gentleman near
NOTICE
THE QUANTITY OF SPERMACETI OIL
EST. 1816
directed her head to the shore, having set tattered sails she escaped entire destruction and she reached the shore. The vessel was lost. Her cargo, consisting of mules, flour, and corn was safely landed, and has been transported to town. -- Experience is the great teacher. Had there been placed on Tookanook shoal, the light vessel so long been expected, this accident could scarcely have happened.
more handsome than in other places, sufficiently endowed with natural beauties, without the addition of adulterated sophistications. In an absolute woman, say the Italians, are required the parts of a Dutch woman, from the girdle downwards; of a French woman, from the girdle to the shoulders: over which must be placed an English face.
OYSTER ROOM
A Mr. Van Renssal, a relative of Mrs. Whipple also died at Mr. Whipple’s house, where Orton had been living for some time. Mr. Whipple had been previously indisposed, and Orton had been sent for an emetic to give him; but as he felt better before Orton returned, the medicine was not taken. When Mr. Van Rennsal sickened he took the dose which had been procured for Mr. Whipple. He died in great agony, very suddenly. His body was to have been taken up and examined on Wednesday.
TO LET
J. W. Brady, Proprietor Main Street just above Post Office
The subscriber has fitted up a room That chamber in Mechanic’s Row, in his store which he occupies for the recently improved as a Taylor’s Shop, purpose of keeping Oysters for the by Reuben Smith. For terms inquire accommodation of his friends and of WILLIAM COFFIN the public. CHARLES A WORTH.
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A WHALER
NOTICE T ——
he subscriber informs his friends and the public in general, that he has obtained a License for Retailing Spirits—and offers for sale at his House, Rum, Brandy, Gin, Cordials, and Wines. The smallest favor gratefully acknowledged.
The number of miles traversed by many of the Nantucket Whalemen, in their daring pursuits, is almost incredible. We have one person belonging to our hardy island, George Washington Gardner, who has passed over a million miles on the ocean, and taken one thousand and sixty
A BILL
four whales. The whalemen keep their memoranda by sketching in their journals the form of a whale, whenever they have succeeded in capturing one; and it would be considered the basest of forgery to make a false entry of this kind.
To REGULATE TAVERNERS and RE-
NOTICE
TAILERS was read a second time and the he subscriber has recently been question on passing it was taken by yeas and nays as follows: YEAS 3- NAYS 26. informed, that individuals have reported, that he objected to certain The bill was rejected people taking Tea at Mrs. Elins at Siasconsett, on the 25th of June, which report is absolutely false and without the least foundation. Those from whom the report originated and who have taken pains to give Run away from the subscriber on it publicity and general circulation the 11th, JAMES MANSFIELD, an may rest assured that unless they indented apprentice. One cent will make suitable acknowledgements be paid for his apprehension, but no they shall not go unpunished. REUBEN STARBUCKS charges will be allowed.
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ONE-CENT REWARD
ROBERT HUSSEY
LUMP TOBACCO for sale by T & P MACY
In kegs and boxes, warranted good.
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LOST
A Lady’s black velvet Indispensable, containing a black morocco pocket book, in which were forty five dollars, in bills of the Nantucket bank and sundry papers of no use to any person but the owner. The finder shall be suitably rewarded.
EST. 1816
MAST & SPAR MAKING SAMUEL ASPINWALL informs his friends and the public that he carries on the above business at the yard adjoining Mr. Hart’s shipyard, where he will attend with fidelity and execute with dispatch the above business in all its branches. A complete assortment of masts and Spars. All orders will be gratefully received and punctually attended to.
RED BIRD DEAD
FRESH
FRUITS for Thanksgiving Fresh raisins, in cakes, whole, half and quarter boxes; jars of fresh Grapes, Zantes Currents, Figs, Almonds, Lemons, Oranges, Brandy Fruits, Citron, Preserved Ginger, and a variety of other fruits. For sale by WILLIAM STEARNS JR.
CAUTION T ——
o those who are in the habit of suffering their tongues to run at large. A MR DONALDSON has been fined $10,000 for telling a falsehood respecting his neighbor.
UNCLE SAM
This expression, which originated during the war from the initials U.S. on the soldiers knapsacks has come into general use. The Indians at the west have the idea that it is actually the name of the President and while at Sacketts Harbour a considerable number of Indians and squaws crowded around the President wishing, as they expressed it, to shake hands with Uncle Sam.
Dead. Died in prison at Prairie du Chien, Wau-nig-soolsh-kaw or the Red Bird, a Winnebago Chief of note. This was the Chief who killed and scalped Gagnier. His free wilderness spirit could not bear the confinement of a narrow prison house, nor could his body be supported by the provisions, they being so unlike those he had gathered in his native forests. This was an extraordinary man. In form, and appearance he had few equals, white or red. His character, too, had during his whole life, and up to the period of his bloody adventure, been marked by all that was kind, and friendly, and faithful. His hospitality to the Whites and to Indians was notorious. He was rich in traps, spears, in wampum, and all that constitutes the wealth of the hunter. He was highly distinguished and beloved in all the regions of the Northwest.
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NANTUCKET GUIDE
TABLE OF CONTENTS CHRISTMAS STROLL CALENDAR
ISLAND MAP
GIFT GUIDE
NANTUCKETERS LINKED TO THE PAST
TOWN MAP
FISHING MAP
A highlight of stroll weekend events pg. 10
Map of beaches, bike paths & sites pg. 18 — 19
Shopping tips for this holiday season pg. 12 — 13 Rick Kotalac’s connection to the island’s first whaler pg. 21 Street and historic site map pg. 17 & 20
NANTUCKET’S TOWNE SHOPPES A listing of fine shoppes around town pg. 28 — 29
SITES & ACTIVITIES
Favorite historic sites and things to do pg. 30 — 31
DINING GUIDE
A listing of where to eat and drink pg. 32 — 33
The definitive anglers guides pg. 22 — 23
SHIPWRECK MAP
Explore historic wrecks in Nantucket waters pg. 24 — 25
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Letter from the
PUBLISHER The past is always present on Nantucket but there is something about the fall and winter months that deepen the feeling of history on the island. The smell of wood burning in fireplaces, the turning of the leaves and the slower pace makes the sense of the past here almost palpable.
The stories in this issue bring history alive with coverage of numerous shipwrecks, bizarre tales from overseas and local curiosities that were all part of daily life on Nantucket. From where we presently sit, it was the “good ole days” but based on articles of the day, life on the island was not an easy existence.
Today, we have the best of both worlds: an island that has remarkably preserved its history while also providing a level of comfort and safety that Nantucketer’s a century-and-a-half ago never could have imagined. In this edition of the Gazette, we provide a calendar of events designed to help modern day islanders enjoy the local holiday season with a Christmas Stroll Guide, town maps, a gift guide as well as highlighting which restaurants are open during the fall and winter months.
We are also introducing a new feature called “Nantucketers Linked to the Past” featuring local islanders who trace their roots back to early island residents. In this issue we profile Rick Kotalac who is reported to have descended from the island’s first whaler.
We wish you a meaningful holiday season and a healthy and enjoyable winter.
Sincerely,
Bruce A. Percelay Publisher
Chairman and Publisher Research Editor Art Director Research Consultant
Bruce A. Percelay Susan Bartkowiak Paulette Chevalier Lee Rand Burne
Advertising Sales
Fifi Greenberg, Audrey Wagner
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CHRISTMAS STROLL GUIDE WINTER 2011 A highlight of stroll weekend events.
FRIDAY DECEMBER 2ND 18TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF TREES
SATURDAY DECEMBER 3RD XCHRISTMAS STROLL CRAFT SHOW
WHEN: 11:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M. WHEN: Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street WHAT: Come explore a forest of fantastically decorated holiday trees. Free to NHA members and children under six years old, $5 year-round Nantucket residents, $17 general admission. CHRISTMAS CRAFT SHOW WHEN: 1:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. WHERE: Preservation Institute, 11 Centre Street THEATRE WORKSHOP OF NANTUCKET’S PRODUCTION OF OLIVER! WHEN: 1:00, 3:00 & 5:30 WHERE: Bennett Hall, 62 Centre Street CONTACT: 508-228-4305 or www.theatreworkshop.com ANNUAL HOLIDAY HOUSE TOUR WHEN: 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. WHAT: Tour six historic decorated homes ending at The Whaling Museum’s Festival of Trees. Benefits Friends Of Nantucket Public Schools. CONTACT: Nantucket Chamber at 508-228-1700
WHEN: 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. WHERE: Preservation Institute, 11 Centre Street CHRISTMAS STROLL USED BOOK SALE WHEN: 10:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. WHERE: Atheneum WHAT: All money raised from the Atheneum’s three annual Used Book Sales helps fund the Literacy Volunteers of the Atheneum program. 2ND ANNUAL DREAMLAND HOLIDAY DANCE WHEN:11:00 A.M. WHEN: Main Street WHAT: In flash-mob fashion, Nantucketers young and old take to the street in a fun choreographed dance number. 18TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF TREES WHEN: 11:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. WHERE: Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street WHAT: Come explore a forest of fantastically decorated holiday trees. Free to NHA members and children under 6, $5 year-round Nantucket residents, $17 general admission. PERFORMANCES ON MAIN STREET
THE ARTISTS ASSOCIATION’S COOL YULE HOLIDAY PARTY WHEN: 5:00 – 7:00 P.M. WHEN: Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery, 19 Washington Street WHAT: Join AAN artists at a fun gathering to see the Holiday Small Works exhibition, exchange hand-made ornaments, and share the good cheer of the season. AAN’S HOLIDAY SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION WHEN: Exhibition open through to December 24th WHEN: Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery, 19 Washington Street WHAT: AAN’s most popular annual exhibition. AAN artists submit up to six works, 11 inches by 14 inches or smaller. Great gift buying opportunity: Affordable, beautiful art by Nantucket artists. 2ND ANNUAL NANTUCKET MYSTERY ART SHOW WHEN: 6:00 P.M - 8:00 P.M. WHERE: Quidley & Company Gallery, 26 Main Street WHAT: Local artists will anonymously hang original work for sale at a fixed price of $125. Only after the completion of the sale will the artist’s name be revealed. All proceeds will go to the Marla Ceely Lamb Fund as administered by Palliative & Supportive Care of Nantucket Foundation. FAMILY NIGHT FILM: OLIVER! WHEN: 6:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M. WHERE: Nantucket Atheneum’s Great Hall WHAT: In collaboration with Theatre Workshop of Nantucket’s production of Oliver!, the Atheneum offers a family night of entertainment with the 1968 Academy Award-winning musical adaptation of the classic Dickens tale. Rated G. Free admission. Recommended for ages 5 and older.
WHEN:11:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. WHAT: Enjoy performances featuring Victorian Carolers, The Accidentals & Naturals Student Choir and much more. Stop by the Stroll info table at the Chamber office for a complete schedule. THE TOWN CRIER RINGS IN CHRISTMAS STROLL WHEN:12:00 P.M. WHERE: At the top of Main Street. SANTA & MRS. CLAUS ARRIVE! WHEN: 12:30 P.M. WHERE: Straight Wharf WHAT: Old Saint Nick arrives aboard a Coast Guard vessel, and then parade up Main Street to The Jared Coffin House in a horse-drawn carriage. VISIT THE TALKING TREE WHEN: 1:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. WHERE: The Jared Coffin House THEATRE WORKSHOP OF NANTUCKET’S PRODUCTION OF OLIVER! LOCATION: Bennett Hall, 62 Centre Street SHOWING TIMES: 1:00, 3:00, & 5:30 CONTACT: 508-228-4305 or www.theatreworkshop.com A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES READ BY JOHN KNOX JOHNSTON WHEN: 2:00 P.M. WHERE: Nantucket Atheneum’s Great Hall
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WHEN: 11:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. WHEN: Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street WHAT: Come explore a forest of fantastically decorated holiday trees. Free to NHA members and children under 6, $5 year-round Nantucket residents, $17 general admission. THEATRE WORKSHOP OF NANTUCKET’S PRODUCTION OF
LOCATION: Bennett Hall, 62 Centre Street SHOWING TIMES: 1:00, 3:00, & 5:30 CONTACT: 508-228-4305 or www.theatreworkshop.com
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GIFT GUIDE Holiday Shopping…Nantucket Style
Nantucket Red Men’s Fleece Pullover Murray’s Toggery . 62 Main St. 508-228-0437 . www.nantucketreds.com
Merrell 8” Leather Insulted Waterproof Men’s Boots. The Nobby Shop . 17 Main St. 508-228-1030 . www.nobbyshop.com
Leather and freshwater pearl lariat by Heidi Weddendorf Erica Wilson . 25 Main St. 508-228-2592 . www.heidiweddendorf.com Byer’s Choice Carolers the Nautical Santa & Mrs. Claus The Hub . 31 Main St. . 508-325-0200
Beeswax aromatherapy candles by Sunbeam Candles. Griffin Remedy shampoos, lotions, body bars and body washes. Paraben-free, never tested on animals. Annye’s Whole Foods . 14 Amelia Dr. 508-228-4554 . www.annyes.com.
Semi-precious Peruvian Opal Tear Drop Earrings Available in a variety of semi-precious stones.
Exclusive Christopher Radko Custom Nantucket Ornament Anderson’s . 29 Main St. . 508-228-4187 .
Hand-woven mohair mufflers (many colors available) Nantucket Looms . 51 Main St. 508-228-1908 . www.nantucketlooms.com
Silk Dupioni Reversible Bag Handmade on island to order Zero Main. . 34 Centre St. . 508-228-4401
Vis-à-Vis . Main St. . 508-228-5527 www.visavisnantucket.com
Beautiful Hand-woven Texting Gloves Nalu . 44 Main St. . 508-325-6110
Aden & Anais Dream Blanket & Slumber Sleeping Bag Babies & Bellies . 19 Main St. 508-325-6427 . www.babiesandbelliesnantucket.com
Whimsical American Rooster Hand Painted in Nepal – Designed by Don Freedman
Freedman’s of Nantucket 14 Centre St. . 508-228-3291
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Handmade Nantucket Cutting Board Nantucket Gourmet . 4 India Street 508-228-4353 . www.nantucketgourmet.com
Handmade Eco-Friendly Scarf and Fingerless Glove Peachtrees . 19 Main St. 508-228-8555 . www.peachtreesofnantucket.com
Shauna Tunic Dress by Lilly Pulitzer In The Pink . 5 South Water Street 508-228-0569 . www.inthepinkonline.com
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Haberdashery
32 Main St. . 508-228-2100
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Bayberry Leaves & Pomegranates” Decoupage Christmas Plate Leslie Linsley . 0 Union St. 508-325-4900 . www.leslielinsley.com
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Men’s Pique Fleece Patagonia Shirt in Grey, Forest Glen, or Bordeaux The Haulover . 7 Salem St. 508-228-9010 . www.haulovernantucket.com
Diamond Basket Top Bangle Bracelet by Kelli Trainor Jewel of the Isle . 6 Straight Wharf 508-228-2448 . www.jeweloftheisle.com
Hand Painted Double-Sided Nantucket Christmas Ornaments Blue Beetle . 12 Main St. 508-228-3227 . www.bluebeetlenantucket.com
Cashmere gloves and paisley scarf
Johnston’s Cashmere
4 Federal Street . 508-228-5450 www.johnstonscashmerenantucket.com
Christmas Gnome Advent Calendars Lion’s Paw . 30 Main St. 508-228-3837 . www.thelionspawnantucket.com
Grey Baroque Tahitian Pearl, 18K White Gold, Black and White Diamond Necklace Pageo . 46 Main St. 508-228-6899 . www.pageo.com
Hand painted Christmas Soap Dish & French bee pollen and aloe soap Best of the Beach . 2 Straight Wharf 508-228-6263 . www.bestofthebeachnantucket.com
Black Sequined Ruana makes a great gift (One size fits all) Milly & Grace . 2 Washington St. 508-901-5051 www.millyandgrace.com
Old Gringo Handcrafted Leather Cowboy Boots
Hepburn
3 Salem Street . 508-228-1458
Sterling silver Nantucket lace necklace with blue topaz beads by Jessica Hicks. Made to order in a variety of colors. Posh . 4 South Water St. 508-228-6003 . www.jessicahicks.com
Stunning atlas reprints from the 18th and the 19th century. Mitchell’s Book Corner . 54 Main St. 508-228-1080 . www.mitchellsbookcorner.com
Tartan carrier; shoulder strap, cozy fleece liner & pockets. Opens on 3 sides. available in 3 sizes
Cold Noses
The Courtyard #1Straight Wharf . 508-228-5477
Give unique gifts from Sweet Inspirations Chocolates, Nantucket’s award-winning artisan Chocolatier since 1981!
Sweet Inspirations . 26 Centre St.
508.228.5814 . www.nantucketchocolate.com
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NANTUCKETERS LINKED TO THE PAST
Rick Kotalac
Written by Morgan Pile
Legend has it that the first Nantucketer to successfully hunt a sperm whale was a man by the name of Christopher Hussey. As Obed Macy accounts in History of Nantucket, “He was cruising near the shore for Right whales, and was blown off some distance from the land by a strong northerly wind, when he fell in with a school of that species of whales, and killed one and brought it home.” The exact date of this event, though uncertain, is “supposed to be not far from 1712,” according to Macy.
Captain Isaac Hussey, the greatgreat-great grandson of Stephen Hussey Image Courtesy of the Nantucket Historical Association
Rick Kotalac, a descendent of Hussey, has heard this story more times than he can count. For the last three hundred years, Kotalac’s family has been a fixture on the island, carrying with them an oral history that connects them with the island’s first whaler. As the story goes, Hussey famously left his wife of two weeks for a five-year whaling journey to the South Seas and then returned to raise seven children. Though the exact details of this journey remain largely
mysterious, the Hussey-Kotalac family proves one thing for certain: If an appetite for seafaring adventure is a hereditary trait, Rick Kotalac is a testament to it. For the last forty years, Kotalac has traveled the world and engaged in almost every activity one can attempt on the water. After teaching himself to sail off the shores of Nantucket, he embarked on his first journey at the age of twenty-four. On a fifty-year-old Alden wooden sailboat, he led a small crew down the Atlantic coast to the Caribbean, through the Panama Canal and up the coast of California. While such a trip would be challenging even with today’s advanced marine technology, Kotalac upped the ante by entirely forgoing electrical equipment onboard. This meant navigating by the sun and stars, employing dead reckoning and sextants by day, and celestial navigation by night. As one might expect, it was a “rough trip,” Kotalac’s already small crew dwindling as the journey progressed. The successful nine-month excursion earned him a feature in Wooden Boat Magazine and the assumed respect of every sailor in its circulation. In the succeeding years, Kotalac has completed several other sailing adventures around the world, including an Atlantic crossing on a 48-foot Sparkman Stevens yawl as well as a trip from Nantucket to the Caribbean on his fifty-foot trimaran. Remarkably, sailing is only one aspect of Kotalac’s relationship with the ocean. In fact, it was his love of surfing that first inspired his courageous trips to sea. Kotalac stocks his boats with surfboards, and travels from beach to beach for the best surfing conditions.
Photography by Andrzej Bartkowiak
Though the whaling industry dried up long ago, Kotalac does carry on the family tradition of making a living at sea. For the last twentyseven years, he has owned and operated Brant Point Marine. Located on the water just outside of town, the shop caters to the entire oceanfront community with all things nautical. Combined with his expertise earned from a long career on the water, Kotalac has made Brant Point Marine an essential component of Nantucket’s waterfront. Of course, in true Kotalac fashion, running the busy marine shop is still not enough of a challenge: He also makes his living as commercial bay scalloper. Taking to the shallow waters of Nantucket’s harbors in the coldest weather of the year, Kotalac says scalloping is “not for the faint of heart.” Though the fish in question has reduced drastically in size since Christopher Hussey fared Nantucket’s waters all those years ago, Rick Kotalac proves that the salt still runs thick in the veins of this legendary Nantucket lineage.
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1. Madaket on shore. Head to Smith’s Point by jeep
8. Walter Barret Dock. If you’re looking for charter
where you’ll find solid blue and bass fishing from the
assistance, the Walter Barret dock in Madaket is the
rips that form on the running tides. Casting bombers,
launching point of some of the West End’s best charter
storms, buck tails or flies with no leaders work best for
Captains. Tom Mleczko (508-228-4225) operates five
bass. Plugs and swimmers with leaders are particularly
boats from this area and Hal Herrick of Sankaty Head
effective with bluefish. You’ll need a beach pass for
Charters (508-257-1575) also knows the waters of the
vehicle access on any Nantucket beach; these can be
West End like few others. The owners of Cross Rip at
purchased at Town Hall.
24 Easy Street (508-228-4900) operate several boats from the West End, all with extremely knowledgeable skippers.
2. Esther’s Island. Wade the flats along the north shore of Esther’s in the gray light with a fly rod if bass is your target. Slowing retrieved swimmers or sluggo’s
9. South Shore. The most reliable mid-day blues
work well for the spin fisherman.
fishing on the island can be found in the rips just off the airport, reachable only by boat. Use bombers and missiles in both the rips and on the slicks. Expect
3. Eel Point. This spot holds blues and bass and offers the wading fisherman a chance to fish the deeper drop-offs
very large, aggressive blues in this spot. Bring heavier tackle and plenty of extra plugs.
which produce bass later in the day. Storms work well in these deep holes. 10. The East End. As the Walter Barrett pier is to the West End charter fleet, so the Straight Wharf dock is
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home to the East End fleet. Walk the docks in the afternoon around 4 pm, examine their catch and visit with the returning captains who are all too happy to share with you the details of the day’s trips. Boats can be hired by the hour, half day or full day. Nantucket Boat Rental offers small boats from this location for those who want to do it
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4. Smith’s Point by boat. Fish the rips that form the seaward side of Smith’s and along the south shore of Tuckernuck; all reliably hold schools of bass and blues. The water is Caribbean-clear so use your eyes. In fact,
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and explore the rips and the rocks on the northwest side of Tuckernuck. Blind-casting a swimmer, a storm or a sluggo all along these rips, bumps and edges can produce a hit, or at least an opportunity for great
11. The Old Man. One of my favorite inshore rips,
uncrowded fishing.
The Old Man is home to packs of blues. If you’re
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lucky, you’ll witness schools of big blues surfing the lead wave of the rip, chasing bait fish. Later in the 6. Muskeget. For the ambitious, fish the rips that extend from the west end of Muskeget to the Vineyard. These unpressured waters are great for bass and blues.
7. Tuckernuck flats. This area offers some of the best sight-fishing north of the Florida Keys. Bass and blues prowl these flats and attract the island’s best fly fisherman. (Restaurateur Joe Panterno of the Club Car and
season you may find an occasional small bluefin tuna. Should you hook one of these freight trains, be sure to release it unharmed, as the bluefin is highly regulated.
12. Brant Point Light. It’s not only a great location for a family photo. Casting bait or lures from this beach will yield porgies, bass, and blues. In the early season the first big keeper bass are usually caught here in mid-May.
fashionista Paul Bruno of Zero Main know these flats well. Feel free to ask them about tides and fly selections next time you’re in their establishments.)
13. First through Fourth Point in Polpis Harbor. Getting here is half the challenge, but fly and spin fisherman catch bass with good results in this area all summer long. 14. The Jetties. There are hordes of scup, sea bass and an occasional fluke for the bottom fisherman. Fish close to the rocks with squid and small hooks to get steady action for you and the kids.
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16. Great Point. Whether from the beach or by
THE RIPS
blind-cast or troll for bluefish. Captain Josh
boat, this is one of the island’s favorite spots
The bass fishing opportunities of our
of the ‘Monomoy,’ 508-228-6867, and Captain
for blues, bass and fluke. Combined with a
eastern rips are without equal. Be it #18 Pochuck,
Mark of the ‘Just Do It,’ 508-228-7724, offer
family beach-day or cookout, it can make for a
#11 The Old Man, #19 the 6 Can #20 Mc Blair’s #21
great trips especially for kids as they fish for
wonderful family adventure. From the surf, blues
the Rose and Crown or the countless other unnamed
porgies and sea bass on the wreck or troll for
can be found in and around the rip and respond
rips that lie to our east, these rips offer the best
blues in the calmer waters of the Cord. Captain
well to ballistic missiles. By boat, troll the edges
opportunity to catch BIG bass. Using eels, fly, plugs
Josh sets lobster traps which he tends on these
of the rip with rubber squid, tubes and umbrella rigs.
or trolling with wire, few do it better then Capt Bob
trips, called “Critter Cruises”, which kids
Or hire Captain Fred of the ‘Herbert T’,
DeCosta of the ‘Albacore’, 325-1920 or Capt Pete
absolutely love.
228-6655, Captain Brian of the ‘Absolute’,
Kaizer of the ‘Althea K’, 325-2167. These Captains
325-4000 or the ‘Topspin’, 228-7724, for a great day
know Nantucket’s eastern waters and its many rips.
of blue and bass fishing at Great Point.
Both run traditional Down East boats with keels that
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mentioned spots and look for birds, breaking or surfing fish, or simply run your baits in the rip until you hook up. Give the charter guys a wide birth as there are more rips than fishermen, so move to another rip rather than crowd someone trying to make a living. I will cover the offshore opportunities and some of
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our adventures in the August issue of N Magazine. Until then, walk the charter docks and book a trip, or visit two of the island’s great tackle shops, Bill Fisher Tackle on 127 Orange St., 228-2261, or Nantucket Tackle Center on Sparks Ave., 228-4081, and pick up plenty of info and equipment, for your adventure which awaits just offshore.
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drift. Use a jig with a dropper hook baited with squid and bellies. Expect to catch a selection of sea bass, dog fish, skate, sea robin, and the occasional blue or large bass if you fish this technique.
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NANTUCKET
TOWN SHOPPES CLOTHES
Vineyard Vines 2 Harbor Sq. 508-325-9600
Addison Craig 13 Center St. 508-228-1899 Blue Beetle 12 Main St. 508-228-3227 Brooke Boothe Monograming 2 Union St. 508-228-6006 Carol Cole 42 Center St. 508-228-3204 Current Vintage 4 Easy St. 508-228-5073 Haulover 7 Salem St. 508-228-9010 Henley & Sloane 18 Federal St. 508-228-6209 J. McLaughlin 1 Salem St. 508-325-6351 Johnstons Cashmere 4 Federal St. 508-228-5450 Letarte Swimwear 5 S. Water St. 508-228-7946 Marina Clothing 5 Old South Wharf
508-228-6868
Milly & Grace 2 Washington St.
508-901-5051
Murray’s Toggery Shop 62 Main St. 508-228-0437 Nina McLemore 22 Center St. 508-228-6737
508-228-4401
JEWELERS Heidi Weddendorf 508-228-2592 or 774-236-9064 Hill’s of Nantucket 40 Straight Wharf 508-228-1353 Jewel of the Isle 6 Straight Wharf
508-228-2448
Pageo 46 Main St 508-228- 6899 Posh 4 South Water St. 508-228-6003 Shreve, Crump & Low 0 Main St. 508-228-6246 Susan Lister Locke Nantucket 508-228-5531 Victoria Greenhood Designs 5 Easy St. 508-228-7995 Water Jewels 14 Center St. 508-228-0825
REAL ESTATE Congdon & Coleman Real Estate 57 Main St. 508-325-5000
Nobby Clothes Shop 17 Main St. 508-228-1030 Peter Beaton Hat Studio 16.5 Federal St. 508-228-8546
J.Pepper Frazier & Co. 19 Center St. 508-228-3202
Peter England 11 Old South Wharf
508-228-2557
Jordan Real Estate 8 Federal St. 508-228-4449
508-228-3400
Lee Real Estate 58 Main St. 508-325-5800
Skirtin Around 42 Straight Wharf Store No 2 44 Center St.
508-325-0022
508-228-4460
Cape Air Nantucket Memorial Airport 1866-227-3247 or 508-228-6234 Hy-Line Cruises Straight Wharf 1-800-492-8082 or 228-3949
Island Properties Real Estate Robert Sarkisian 35A Old South Rd. 508-228-6999
Serenella 9B South Beach St.
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Zero Main 34 Center St.
TRANSPORTATION
Maury People – Brian Sullivan 37 Main St. 508-228-1881 Maury People – Gary Winn 37 Main St. 508-228-1881
Island Airlines Nantucket Memorial Airport 1800-248-7779 or 508-228-7575 Nantucket Airlines Nantucket Memorial Airport 800-325-0714 or 508-228-6234 Ocean Wings Air Charter Nantucket Memorial Airport 800-253-5039 or 508-325-5548 Windmill Auto Rental Nantucket Memorial Airport 800-228-1227 or 508-228-1227 Nantucket Steamship Steamboat Wharf Auto 508- 228-3274 High Speed-508-495-3278
BICYCLES FOR RENT OR PURCHASE Young’s Bicycle Shop Steamboat Wharf 508-228-1151
MARKETS, FARMS & BAKERIES Bartlett’s Farm 35 Bartlett Farm Rd.
508-228-9403
Annye’s Whole Foods 14 Amelia Dr. 508-228-4554 The Dancing Pickle 118 Old South Rd. 508-825-7425 Nantucket Bake Shop 79 Orange St. 508-228-2797 Pumpkin Pond Farm 25 Millbrook Rd. 508-332-4750
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PET SUPPLIES
WINE, BEER & SPIRITS
Geronimo’s 119 Pleasant St.
Annye’s Whole Foods 14 Amelia Dr. 508-228-4554
508-228-3731
Cold Noses 16 Straight Wharf
508-228-5477
ART & ANTIQUES
508-228-2376
Freedman’s of Nantucket 14 Center St. 508-228-3291 G.S. Hill Gallery 40 Straight Wharf
508-228-1353
Gallery at 4 India Street 4 India St. 508-228-8509 Gallery at 35 Main 35 Main St. 508-228-8509 Gallery Blue 21 Old South Wharf Graficas 18 Broad St
508- 228-9929
508-228-8010
Hostetler Gallery 2 Old South Wharf Illya Kagan 35 Liberty St.
508-228-5152
508-325-0302
Ireland Galleries 13 Old South Wharf
508-228-1907
Jeanne Van Etten 4 Fair St. 508-332-9829 Nantucket House Antiques 2 South Beach St. 508-228-4604 Quidley & Company 26 Main St. 508-228-4300 The Scrimshander Gallery 38 Center St. 508-228-1004 Stark Gallery 5 Old North Wharf
508-228-3809
Tonkin of Nantucket 7 Teasdale Circle 508-228-96 Frame Center 2 Mary Ane Dr.
Current Vintage 4 Easy St.
508- 325-5929
508-228-5073
Epernay Wine Shop 1 North Beach St. 508-228-2755
Antiques Depot 14 Easy St. 228-1287 Clay Art Studio 50 North Liberty
Cisco Brewery 5 Bartlett Farm Rd.
508-228-1550
William Welch Gallery 1 News St. Sconset 508-361-3117
Nantucket Wine & Spirits 31 Sparks Ave. 508-228-1136 The Cellar 1 Windy Way at Surfside Rd.
508-228-9123
The Islander 15 Old South Rd. 508-825-7425
Nantucket Marine 14 Sun Island Rd. 508-228-6505 Nantucket Boating Club 14 Plum St. 508-221-8473
MAILING Parcel Plus 2 Greglen Ave.
508-228-3500
The UPS Store 2 Windy Way 508-325-8884
INTERIORS & FURNISHINGS Belongings 12 Candle St.
508-228-0677
Christopher’s Home Furnishings 8 Washngton St. 508-325-0714
TREE SERVICES – PEST CONTROL
Claire Murray 16 Federal St. 508-228-1913
Nantucket Yard Guard P.O. Box 2357 508-221-7899
Clarke Appliances 800-842-5275
BEACH SUPPLIES
Donna Elle Seaside Living 9 Nobska Way 508-228-4561
Nantucket Beach Chair Company 24 Macy’s Ln. 508-325-7793
Dujardin Design 508-228-1120
Island Variety 5 Freedom Sq.
Kathleen Hay Design 508-228-1219 508-228-6883
CHOCOLATE & SWEETS Sweet Inspiration Chocolates 26 Centre St. 228-5814
PHARMACY Dan’s Pharmacy 5 Bayberry Ct.
Endeavor Sailing 1015 Straight Wharf Glyn’s Marine 8 Arrowhead Dr.
Nantucket Lightshop 9 Sparks Ave. 508-228-6633 Stephen Swift Furnituremaker 25 Federal St. 508-228-0255 The Tile Room 9 Sparks Ave 508-325-4732
508-825-9100
BOATING & MARINE SUPPLIES Critter Cruise please call
Leslie Linsley Zero India St. 508-325-4900
508-228-6867
508-228-5585
508-228-0244
The Water Closet 9 Sparks Ave 508-228-2828
TOY SHOPS Island Variety 5 Freedom Sq. 508-228-6883 The Spirit of Toys 2 Sanford Rd. 508-325-8697 The Toy Boat Straight Wharf
508-228-4552
Madaket Marine 20 N. Cambridge St. 508-228-1163
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SITES & ACTIVITIES FISHING CHARTERS & WHALE WATCHING
Elite Hockey Training 1-978-392-4555
MUSEUMS & HISTORIC SITES African Meeting House
Albacore Straight Wharf Slip 17
Ice Works,
228-5074
Captain Gam Gammill Madaket Public landing 228-4225 Herbert T Sportsfishing Straight Wharf Slip 1014 228-6655 Just Do It Too Straight Wharf Slip 1013 228-7448 Monomoy Charters Straight Wharf Slip 1018 228-6867 Nantucket Adventures Town Pier 228-6365 Star Fish Charters Town Pier 228-6950
Maria Mitchell Association
29 York Street 508-228-9833
Discovery Classes
afroammuseum.org/afmnantucket.htm
4 Vestal St. 228-9198
The small post-and-beam building dates from about 1827, when it was a church, a
Murray Camp of Nantucket
school for African children, and a
25 ½ Bartlett Rd. 325-4600
meetinghouse.
Nantucket Boys and Girls Club
Egan Maritime Institute
61 Sparks Ave. 228-0158
4 Winter Street
508-228-2505
eganmaritime.org Nantucket Community Sailing
Egan Maritime Institute is the devoted
4 Winter St. 228-6600
exclusively to celebrating Nantucket’s seafaring heritage; the Institute also
Nantucket Island Surf School
sponsors informative and entertaining
Box 726 Sconset 508-560-1020
speaker programs.
Strong Wings Adventure School
Maria Mitchell Association
9 Nobadeer Farm Rd.
4 Vestal Street
228-1769
508-228-9198
mmo.org
The Maria Mitchell Association operates
TOURS & BEACHS
two observatories, a natural science museum, an aquarium, and preserves the historic birthplace of Maria Mitchell.
Great Point Natural History Tour
A wide variety of science and history-related
508-228-6799
programming is offered throughout the year for people of all ages.
Great Point Fly Fishing 9 MacLean Ln. 203-530-3386
CAMPS AND OUTDOOR ADVENTURES
Gail’s Tour, Inc 508-228-6557 Maria Mitchell Aquarium Sabra’s Tours Ara Tours
508-228-0650
508-228-1951
28 Washington St.
508-228-5387
Maria Mitchell Historic House 1 Vestal St.
508-228-2896
Barrett’s Tours 508-228-0174 Maria Mitchell Loines Observatory
Camp ACKventure at Cyrus Pierce Middle School 10 Surfside Rd. 228-7285 ext 1361, 1576 Critter Cruises
Nantucket Island Tours Straight Wharf
59 Milk St.
508-228-9273
508-228-0334 Maria Mitchell Natural Science
Nantucket Historical Walks
Museum
508-228-1894
Corner of Milk and Vestal Sts. 508-228-0898
Please call 508-228-6867 Maria Mitchell Endeavor Sailing Excursions
Vestal St
Straight Wharf Slip 1015 228 5585
Observatory 3 Vestal St.
Hinchman House 7 Milk St. 228-0898
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Nantucket Athenuem 1 India St. 508-228-1110
nantucketatheneum.org
The Atheneum provides something for everyone: a wide variety of cultural and educational services and events, an expansive collection of books, online databases, periodicals, audio books, CDs and DVDs, and access to 1.4 million items through the Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing (CLAMS) network. Nantucket Historical Association 15 Broad St. 508-228-1894 nha.org The Nantucket Historical Association preserves the history of Nantucket Island. The Whaling Museum, Hadwen House, Oldest House, Old Mill, Greater Light, Old Gaol among others are preserved and managed under the NHA. Whaling Museum 15 Broad St. nha.org Come see a forty-six foot skeleton of a sperm whale, the 1849 Fresnel Lens used in Sankaty Head Lighthouse, decorative arts, scrimshaw, lightship baskets, paintings, samplers, portraits of sea faring men and women. Oldest House 16 Sunset Hill Lane 508-228-1894 nha.org Built as a wedding gift in 1686 for Jethro Coffin and Mary Gardner, it is the sole surviving structure from the island’s original seventeenth-century English settlement. Old Gaol 15R Vestal St. nha.org Nantucket built its first jail in 1696 on Vestal Street in response to its emerging status as an international seaport, which brought with it an increase in the number of transient visitors. Old Mill 50 Prospect St. nha.org Built in 1746 by Nathan Wilbur, a Nantucket sailor who had spent time in Holland, the Old Mill is the oldest functioning mill in the country. Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum 49 Union St. 508-228-1177 nantucketlightshipbasketmuseum.org Lightship baskets are unique to the island of Nantucket. The Museum exhibits anddocuments a wide range of Lightship Baskets from the earliest forms created in the 1850s to present-day creations. Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum 158 Polpis Rd. 508-228-1885 nantucketshipwreck.org Treacherous shoals led to over 700 shipwrecks in the surrounding waters of Nantucket, causing the area to be dubbed “a graveyard of the Atlantic.” The Museum preserves the memory of those who risked their lives performing rescues so that others might live.
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NANTUCKET
DINING GUIDE H Open
H 12 Degrees East American- Raw Bar - 12 Cambridge St. 508-228-1112 – 12degreeseast.com Open Tue-Sat
H Centre Street Bistro New American - 29 Centre St. 508-228-8470 – nantucketbistro.com Open Sat & Sun year-round
H A.K. Diamonds Casual - 16 Macys Ln 508-228-3154 – akdiamonds.com Open 7 days a week
H The Chanticleer French - 9 New St. Siasconset 508-257-6231 – thechanticleer.net
H American Seasons New American - 80 Centre St. 508-228-7111 - americanseasons.com Open till Saturday of Stroll Arno’s New American - 41 Main St. 508-228-7001- arnos.net Open till January 1st
H The Bamboo American – 2 Chin’s Way 508-228-0200 Open year-round H Black Eyed Susan’s New American - 10 India St. 508-325-0308 – black-eyedsusans.com Open through Stroll Weekend H Boarding House New American - 12 Federal St. 508-228-9622 – boardinghousenantucket.com Open November 17th – Stroll Weekend H Brant Point Grill Seafood, Steakhouse 50 Easton St. 508-228-2500 – whiteelephanthotel.com Open Thursdays - Sundays only + Thanksgiving (Nov. 24-28) &December 1-5 H Brick Bistro New American - 29 Broad St. 508-325-5151- brickbistro.com Open Wednesday before Thanksgiving through Stroll Weekend
H Brotherhood of Thieves American Traditional, Hamburgers 23 Broad St – 508-228-2551 brotherhoodofthieves.com Open year-round (check for closings in Feb.) Captain Tobey’s Chowder House Seafood -20 Straight Wharf 508-228-0836
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H Club Car Continental -1 Main St. 508-228-1101 - theclubcar.com H Company of the Cauldron New American - 5 India St. 508-228-4016 companyofthecauldron.com Open for Thanksgiving and Stroll Weekends Corazon del Mar Pan-Latin - 21 S. Water St. 508-228-0815 – corazonnantucket.cm
H Crosswinds American -14 Airport Rd. 508-228-6005 – crosswindsnantucket.com Open 7 days a week, year-round H Cy’s Bar & Grill American - 15 S. Water St. 508-228-8011 cyslobsterpot.com Open year-round (check for holiday closings)
DeMarco Italian Northern - 9 India St. 508-228-1836 – demarcorestaurant.com
H Downyflake Restaurant Diner – 18 Sparks Ave. 508-228-4533 H Dune New American - 20 Broad St. 508-228-5550 – DuneNantucket.com Reopens November 22 H Easy Street Cantina Wraps and salad – 2 Broad St. 508-228-5418 – easystreetcantina.com Open 7 days a week, year-round Easy Street Restaurant and Seafood House American – 31 Easy St. 508-228-5031 – easystreetnantucket.com
H Faregrounds American - 27 Fairgrounds Rd 508-228-4095 – thefaregrounds.com Open year-round
H Fifty-Six Union Eclectic Int’l - 56 Union St 508-228-6135 – fiftysixunion.com Open Tue-Sun, year-round H Figs at 29 Fair by Todd English Mediterranean - 29 Fair St. 508-228-7800 – thesummerhouse.com/29/ Open till January 1st H Fog Island Café American - 7 S. Water St. 508-228-1818 – fogisland.com Open year-round H Foood for Here and There Pizza & more – 149 Lower Orange St. 508.228.4291 - fooods.com Open year-round, 7 days a week (hours may vary) H Fusaro’s Italian – 17 Old South Rd. 508- 228-4100 Open Mon-Sat, year-round Galley Beach Eclectic - 54 Jefferson Ave. 508-228-9641 - galleybeach.net
H The Hen House American - 1 Chin’s Way 508-228-2639 – henhousenantucket.com The Jetties American – 4 Bathing Beach Rd. 508-228-2279 – thejetties.com
H Kitty Murtagh’s Irish, American - 4 West Creek Road 508-325-0781 – kittymurtaghs.com Open year-round H LeLanguedoc Bistro French - 24 Broad St. 508-228-2552 - lelanguedoc.com Open Sat-Sun until January 1st Lobster Trap Seafood - 23 Washington St. 508-228-4200 - nantucketlobstertrap.com
H Lola 41° Eclectic, Sushi - 15 S. Beach St. 508-325-4001 – lola41.com Open Year-round Lola Burger 10D Broad St – 508-325-0282 lolaburgers.com
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H Miacomet Golf Course Grill American – 12 W. Miacomet Rd. 508-325-0335 – miacometgolf.com Open year-round Millie’s Californian, Mexican 326 Madaket Rd. Madaket 508-228-8435 – milliesnantucket.com
H Muse Pizza & Delivery Pizza & more – 44 Surfside Rd. 508-228-1471 Open year-round H Oran Mor Eclectic - 2 S. Beach St., 2nd fl. 508-228-8655 - oranmorbistro.com Open Wed-Sat H Pazzo Mediterranean -130 Pleasant St. (508) 325-4500 – pazzonantucket.com Open year-round H Pearl Asian -12 Federal St. 508-228-9701 – thepearlnantucket.com Open Nov 25th through Stroll Weekend H Pi Pizzeria Neapolitan, Pizza - 11 W. Creek Rd 508-228-1130 – pipizzeria.com Open year-round, closed Tue Provisions Sandwich’s -3 Harbor Square 508-228-3258
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H Queequeg’s Eclectic Int’l - 6 Oak St 508-325-0992 – queequegsnantucket.com Open year-round, closed Sundays (call regarding holidays.) Ropewalk Seafood - 1 Straight Wharf 508-228-8886 – theropewalk.com
H Rose and Crown American - 23 S. Water St. 508-228-2595 – theroseandcrown.com Open year-round ‘Sconset Cafe American Eclectic / Int’l 8 Main St. Siasconset 508-257-4008 – sconsetcafe.com
H SeaGrille Seafood - 45 Sparks Ave. 508-325-5700 – theseagrille.com Open year-round Ships Inn New American - 13 Fair St 508-228-0040 – shipsinnnantucket.com Slip 14 American - 14 Old South Wharf 508-228-2033 – slip14.com Something Natural Sandwiches - 50 Cliff Rd - 508-228-0504
H Sophie T’s Pizza Pizza and more – 7 Daves St. 508-325-6265 – sophietspizza.com Open year-round
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H Starlight Theater & Café American – 1 N. Union St. 508-228-4479 – starlightnantucket.com Open year-round Straight Wharf Seafood - 6 Harbor Sq 508-228-4499 - straightwharfrestaurant.com
H Stubby’s American - 8 Steamboat Wharf 508-228-0028 Open year-round H The Summer House New American - 17 Ocean Ave Siasconset 508-257-4542 – thesummerhouse.com The Sumer House Beachside Bistro New American – 17 Ocean Ave Siasconset 508-257-4542 – thesummerhouse.com
H Sushi By Yoshi Sushi - 2 E. Chestnut St. 508-228-1801 - sushibyyoshi.com Open year-round Toppers at the Wauwinet New American - 120 Wauwinet Rd. 508-228-8768 - wauwinet.com/restaurant.php
H Town Eclectic - 4 East Chestnut St. 508-325-8696 – townnantucket.com Open year-round (call for specific closings) Ventuno New Italian - 21 Federal St. 508-228-4242
H Walter’s Deli Deli - 10A Broad St - 508-228-0010
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BREACH OF PROMISE
PIER AT
GREAT POINT
An inquest was taken at the Court of Common Pleas, held at Poughe have enumerated some of the difkeepsie, N.Y. lately, on action for a ficulties and dangers, which are encounbreach of promise of marriage. The tered by vessels passing our shoals. It is Jury gave $1500 damages. not by these shoals alone that shipwrecks
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Sand Bar
CAMELS
We have heard scientific gentle-
are made. The southwesterly wind is the only fair one for passing the shoals from Edgartown or Holmes Hole. In the stormy season of the year whole fleets are detained waiting for this wind, often for weeks. Great Point is in the track of all vessels bound either way through the sound. A proposition for a survey of Great Point with a view to ascertain the practicality of constructing a pier at that place is currently being considered.
men converse on the subject of introducing these machines into our harbour for the purpose of enabling loaded ships to pass over the sand bar. They say the machines in question could not be of any use here, (except if a steam boat were procured to tow the ships, the expense would be too great to be incurred) owing to the rapidity of the tides as s appointed by authority to be observed it passes Brant Point, and that they as a day of public Thanksgiving throughcan be profitably used only in still out the STATE. water.
THURSDAY NOVEMBER
A NEW YORK PAPER STATES That the Spanish government has agreed in a private treaty, to cede the Florida’s to the British and that this circumstance accounts for the report of Mr. Bagot’s having cautioned our government against interfering in the purchase of this territory. A SPANISH NEWSPAPER has been established at Amelia under the title ‘El Telegrato delas Floridas’ which is most bitterly violent against the Spanish government and is full of the principles which have caused the new republic of the Floridas. The United States Forces are said to have taken possession of Amelia Island without opposition and all other proceedings have been suspended in communications from the Spanish. currently being considered.
the 27th day of
I
THE DANGER OF
SNUFF
The Indians poison their arrows with the oil of tobacco, which infused into a fresh wound, occasions sickness, vomiting, or convulsions and death. With what safety therefore the subtle powder of this plant, called snuff, may be applied to the tender, internal surface of the nose, it may be proper to inquire, for if the oil of tobacco is a mortal poison when applied to the open vessels of a wound, surely this plant when taken as snuff must be injurious.
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A Gay
DECEIVER Abrother and sister named Tudor, were charged by one Thomas Edwards with having broken into his apartment, and stolen one sofa-bed stand, three chairs, and other household stuff. The charge was false, however, and Thomas Edwards seems to have been a very wicked fellow. He had courted Miss Tudor, and promised to make her his wife, and Miss Tudor believed him---She had lived so long in single blessedness (eight and thirty weary years) that she was glad to catch at any thing, and Thomas Edwards was “no great catch”, even if she had caught him. Miss Tudor had money, and he had none and that was the way his love began. But she was willing to believe that he loved her and consented to be his bride. She engaged a commodious apartment, and furnished it with all things appertaining to a domestic establishment, entirely with her own funds! The charges have since been dropped.
NOTICE
The subscriber takes this method to inform his friends and the public that the FISH have returned in plenty in the POND. He has refitted his boat in good order and will be pleased to accommodate those who wish to enjoy the pleasure of angling. - NATHANIEL HATHAWAY
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Honored Mother, As I doubt not you have heard of our defeat and perhaps have had it presented in a worse light, I have taken the earliest opportunity to give you some account as it happened, within seven miles of the French fort. When we came there we were attacked by a body of French and Indians, whose numbers I am certain, did not exceed 300 men. Our’s consisted of about 1300 well armed troops, chiefly of the English soldiers who behaved with more cowardice than it is possible to conceive. The officers behaved gallantly, in order to encourage the men for which they suffered greatly, there being nearly 60 killed. The Virginia troops showed a great deal of bravery and were near all killed. Captain Peyconee and all his officers down to a corporal were killed. The general was wounded of which he died three days after. Sir Peter Hackett was killed in the field, where died many other brave officers. I luckily escaped without a wound, though I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me. I was the only person left to distribute the general’s orders, which I was scarcely able to do as I was not half recovered from a violent spell of sickness that confined me to my bed and a wagon for above ten days. I am still in a feeble condition, which induces me to halt here two or three days, in hopes of recovering a little strength to enable me to proceed homewards from whence I fear I shall not be able to stir until towards September.
THE ISLAND’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER
DIED
BUONAPARTE’S GRAVE In New York, Capt. Peleg Barker, formerly of this place. In this town,
On Tuesday morning, Capt. Jonathan Macy, aged 67
On Wednesday, Mr. Reuben Russell, aged 50.
Our touching at St. Helena would be an incident devoid of interest to me, had it not been for the opportunity of viewing the tomb of him whose devastating arms spread terror over the face of Europe. St. Helena appeared to me to be in itself a frightful island – a rock of desolation.
WELLS & LILLY
Have just opened a large assortment of BOOKS, in elegant bindings, suitable for CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR PRESENTS. We sell on the lowest terms. Middleton’s Life of Cicero 3 vols Cicero’s Works 20 vols Tacitus 3 vols Byron’s Affection’s Gift to a Beloved Grandchild Practical Hints to Young Females, by Mrs. Taylor Character Essential to Success in Life, Advice to the Teens Self-Cultivation
On Thursday, Rachael Gwen, aged 86. At the Poor House, Mrs. Lydia, wife of James Roster. In this town, Elizabeth Gardner, child of Reuben G. Folger aged 3 years. Yesterday, very suddenly, Miss Mary Russell daughter of Mr. John Russell, aged 20 years. In this town, Dr. Peter Easton, aged 51, a very eminent physician and worthy man. Mrs. Mary Starbuck, aged 97- She was the oldest person on the island.
BUTCHERING
The subscriber will kill and dress hogs and other creatures at short notice and on reasonable terms. JOHN BARRETT BEARD
EST. 1816
THE ASYLUM AT QUAISE Human life is subject to a thousand unexpected changes. The most industrious and prudent cannot secure himself against adversity, nor build up a barrier which misfortune cannot break down. The sun shines out brightly to-day upon those whom to-morrow his rays shall not visit. Four years ago the condition of the poor in this town were deplorable. A tenement, more appropriate for beasts than man was the only public habitation, which the homeless could flee. Located four miles from town, upon a delightful farm of 250 acres, bounded by water on both sides, are several buildings large enough to accommodate more than a hundred tenants. There they receive from the superintendent and an excellent family the attention which their condition requires. The sick, the feeble, and impotent are regarded as objects of compassion – undisturbed they live, and they may die in peace. The vicious are controlled, and restrained. The general spirit of peace and order, which prevails in this house of seventy persons, is delightful, nor must we omit that a school is regularly attended by the children.
REMARKABLE
WARDROBES
When Dresden was taken by the Russians, during the seven years war, the immense wardrobe of Count Bruhl, the Saxon minister, contained among other articles, 1200 wigs, 300 pr. Boots, and 800 pr. Velvet breeches. The King of Russia is reported to have ordered the wardrobe to be divided amongst his guards.
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