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Ellen W. Ahrens Travel Diary
A 1911 travel diary that relates to the travels of Elizabeth Rebecca Coffin
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Frances Devens Parrish Diary
Frances Devens “Daisy” Parrish of Boston, Mass. moved to Nantucket, Mass. as a child. Later, she served as a Red Cross nurse in France and wrote a memoir about her service. This collection is comprised of the diary Frances Devens Parrish kept during her time as a Red Cross nurse in France during...
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Gardner Family Papers
The Gardner family of Nantucket descended from Richard and John Gardner, sons of Thomas Gardner, a planter who came from England to Salem, Massachusetts in 1626. Their descendants became captains of whaling ships, land owners and merchants. This collection includes correspondence, deeds and...
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Maria L. Owen Papers
Maria L. Tallant Owen (1825–1913) was born in Nantucket, Mass., and was a teacher at the Academy on Fair Street. She became interested in Nantucket flora early in her life, collecting and identifying many specimens. In 1888, she published her Catalog of Plants Growing without Cultivation in the...
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Quaise Asylum Records
The Quaise Asylum was constructed in 1822 to harbor the town’s poor. Ten inmates lost their lives during the great fire in 1844 that burnt the asylum down. This collection records Captain Alexander Coffin, who settled at Quaise Asylum in 1939, his correspondence, receipts for produce, and his...
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Ships' Logs Collection
This is a collection of ships’ logs and shipboard journals assembled by the Nantucket Historical Association. Logs, generally kept by captains or first mates of vessels, include daily observations of position (latitude and longitude), weather, vessels sighted, and ports visited. For whaling...
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