Historic Nantucket Published Q u a r t e r l y and d e v o t e d t o t h e p r e s e r v a t i o n of N a n t u c k e t ' s a n t i q u i t y , its f a m e d h e r i t a g e and i t s illustrious p a s t a s a whaling port.
Volume 35
January, 1988
No. 3
CONTENTS Nantucket Historical Association Officers and Staff
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Editorial: Nantucket's Modern Crisis
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Edward F. Underhill by John Lacouture
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The Old Home Port by Helen Cartwright McCleary
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Bequests / Address Changes
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Old-Time Nantucket - The Present Town by Edouard A. Stackpole
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My Sea-Faring Family by Nancy Grant Adams
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Historic Nantucket (UPS 246-160) is published quarterly at Nantucket, Massachusetts by the Nantucket Historical Association. It is sent to Association members and extra copies may be purchased for $3.00 each. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Nantucket Histocial Association, P.O. Box 1016, Nantucket, MA 02554. c. N.H.A. 1986 (USSN 0439-2248). Members dues are: Individual$15., Family $25., Supporting $50., Contributing $100., Sponsor$250., Patron $500., Life Benefactor $2,500. Second-class postage paid at Nantucket, Massachusetts. Communications pertaining to the Publication should be addressed to the Editor, Historic Nantucket, Nantucket Historical Association, Nantucket, Massachusetts 02554.
