April 1984

IN THIS ISSUE:

  • Nantucket Historical Association Officers and Staff (p. 2)
  • Editorial: Nantucket’s April Milestones (p. 5)
  • Diary of a Nantucket Woman in Wales and Some Other Diaries by Freda James (p. 6)
  • The Unusual Career of the Whaleship “Hero” of Nantucket (p. 15)
  • Cape and Islands Association of Historical Organizations to Meet on Nantucket (p. 18)
  • Alexander Coffin, “Remarks on the Asylum, Quasie”, 1841 by Edgar L. McCormick (p. 19)
  • Nantucket by Horace A. Carter (p. 26)
  • A Modern Trying Out Rendering Pilot Whale Blubber in 1983 by Wesley N. Tiffney, Jr. (p. 27)
  • Address Changes/Bequests (p. 30)

The Nantucket Historical Association preserves and interprets the history of Nantucket through its programs, collections, and properties, in order to promote the island’s significance and foster an appreciation of it among all audiences.

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