NANTUCKET  , a See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county and township (coextensive) of See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, U.S.A . Its See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• PART

part is an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of the same name, 28 m . S. of Cape See also:

• COD

Cod See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula; it also includes the island of Tuckernuck, which has an See also:

• AREA

area of 1.97 sq. m., and is used for See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep grazing; Muskeget Island, which has excellent See also:

• HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting, and of which about one-See also:

• HALF

half is a public See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park; and the See also:

• GRAVEL, or PEBBLE BEDS

Gravel Islands and other islets . Pop. of the county (1905 See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census), 2930; (1910) 2962 . The island, with a minimum length of 15 m., an See also:

• AVERAGE

average width of 21 m., and an area of about 47 sq. m., has a See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast-See also:

• LINE

line of 88 m.; it lies within the 10-See also:

• FATHOM

fathom line, but is separated from the mainland by Nantucket See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

Sound, which is 25 to 30 M. across and has a maximum See also:

• DEPTH

depth of 50 ft . The See also:

• SURFACE

surface of Nantucket Island is open, nearly treeless, with a few hills, the highest being 91 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level . The See also:

• SOIL

soil is sandy but affords See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good pasture in some places, and has been farmed with some success; the See also:

• FLORA

flora is See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich, and includes some rare See also:

• SPECIES

species . There are a See also:

• SCORE (O.E. scor, from sceran, to cut, notch, cf. " shear ")

score of fresh-See also:

• WATER

water ponds, the largest being See also:

• HUMMOCK (of uncertain derivation; cf. hump or hillock)

Hummock (320 acres) . Copaum (21 acres) was, at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the first See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement, a See also:

• BAY

bay and the commonly used See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, but the See also:

• PRESENT

present harbour (6 m. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long) is that formed by Coatue See also:

• BEACH

Beach, a long narrow See also:

• TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue of See also:

• LAND

land on the N. See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the island . The See also:

• NORTHERN

northern part of Coatue Beach is known as Coskata Beach, and curves to the N.W.; near its tip is See also:

• GREAT

Great Point, where a lighthouse was first built in 1784 . There have been many terrible wrecks on the coast, and there are See also:

• LIFE

life-saving stations on Muskeget Island, near Maddaket, at Surfside and on Coskata Beach . At the W. end of the island is Tuckernuck See also:

• BANK

Bank, a broad submarine See also:

• PLATFORM (Fr. plateforme, i.e. ground plan)

platform, on whose edge are the island of Tuckernuck, on which is a See also:

• VILLAGE

village of the same name, and Muskeget Island .

In the S.E. extremity of Nantucket Island is Siasconset (locally 'Sconset), a summer resort of some See also:

• VOGUE, EUGENE MELCHIOR, COMTE DE (1848- )

vogue; it has a Marconi wireless See also:

• TELEGRAPH (Gr. Tike, far, and rypaq5eiv, to write)

telegraph station, connecting with incoming steamers, the Nantucket shoals lightship and the mainland . On a See also:

• BLUFF (a word of uncertain origin; possibly connected with an obsolete Dutch word, blaf, broad)

bluff on the S. is the small village of Surfside . Other hamlets are Maddaket, at the W. end of the island; and Polpis, Quidnet and Wauwinet (at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of Nantucket harbour) in its E. part . The principal settlement and ;summer resort is the See also:

• TOWN

town of Nantucket (on the S.W. end of the harbour), which is served by steamers from New See also:

• BEDFORD

Bedford, Martha's Vineyard and See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

Wood's Hole, and is connected with Siasconset by a See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive narrow-See also:

• GAUGE, or GAGE (Med. Lat. gauja, jaugia, Fr. jauge, perhaps connected with Fr. jale, a bowl, galon, gallon)

gauge railway . Here there are large summer hotels, old residences built in the prosperous days of whaling, old lean-to houses, old graveyards and an octagonal towered See also:

• WINDMILL

windmill built in 1746 . There are two See also:

• LIBRARIES

libraries; one founded in 1836, and now a public library in the Atheneum See also:

• BUILDING

building; and the other in what is now the School of See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

Industrial and See also:

• MANUAL

Manual Training (1904), founded in 1827 as a Lancasterian school by See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

Isaac See also:

• COFFIN (from Lat. cophinus, Gr. K64wos, a coffer, chest or basket, but never meaning " coffin " in its present sense)

Coffin (1759-1839), whose ancestors were Nantucket See also:

• PEOPLE

people . The See also:

• JETHRO (or JETHER, Exod. iv. 18)

Jethro Coffin See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House was built in 1686, according to tradition; the Old See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• VESTRY (O.- Fr. vestiaire, Lat. vestiarium, a wardrobe)

Vestry, the first Congregational See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting-house, built in 1711, was moved in 1767, and again in 1834 to its present site on See also:

• BEACON (from the O. Eng. beacn, a sign, cf. " beckon," another form of the same word)

Beacon See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill . The old See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower, a See also:

• STEEPLE (akin to " steep")

steeple and See also:

• CLOCK

clock tower, 144 ft. above sea-level, has a See also:

• FINE

fine Portuguese See also:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

bell, made in 1810 . Another old house, built in 1725, was the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home of Elihu Coleman, an See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of the Society of See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

Friends, who were very strong here until the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the first See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Near the old Friends' School is the building of the Nantucket See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Society, which has acollection of See also:

• RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics . Nantucket was the home of See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin See also:

• FRANKLIN
• FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN (1706-1790)
• FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN (1786-1847)
• FRANKLIN, WILLIAM BUEL (1823-1903)

Franklin's See also:

• MOTHER

mother, Abiah, whose See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter Folger, was one of the earliest settlers (1663); of Maria See also:

• MITCHELL
• MITCHELL, DONALD GRANT (1822—1908)
• MITCHELL, MARIA (1818—1889)
• MITCHELL, SILAS WEIR (1830-)
• MITCHELL, SIR THOMAS LIVINGSTONE (1792-1855)

Mitchell, and of See also:

• LUCRETIA

Lucretia See also:

• MOTT, LUCRETIA [COFFIN] (1793–188o)
• MOTT, VALENTINE (1785–1865)

Mott . Adjoining the Maria Mitchell See also:

• HOMESTEAD

homestead is a memorial astronomical See also:

• OBSERVATORY

observatory and library, containing the collections of See also:

• MISS

Miss Mitchell and of her See also:

• BROTHER

brother, See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry Mitchell (1830-1902), a distinguished hydrographer .

The See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries of the island are unimportant; there is considerable cod and scallop fishing . Sheep-raising was once an important See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry . Nantucket was long famous as a whaling See also:

• PORT

port . As See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as the beginning of the 18th century its fleets vied with those of eastern Long Island . In 1712 a Nantucket whaler, See also:

• CHRISTOPHER, SAINT (Christophorus, Christoferus)

Christopher Hussey, blown out to sea, killed some sperm whales and thus introduced the sperm-oil industry and put an end to the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period in which only See also:

• DRIFT (from "drive ")

drift- and See also:

• SHORE

shore- or See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat-whaling had been carried on—the shore See also:

• FISHERY (LAW OF)

fishery died out about 1760 . In 1757 whaling was the only livelihood of the people of Nantucket; and in 1750-1775, although whaling fleets were in repeated danger from See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French and See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish privateers, the business, with the allied coopers and other trades, steadily increased . In 1775 the Nantucket See also:

• FLEET

fleet numbered 150, and the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population was between 5000 and 6000, about 90% being See also:

• QUAKERS

Quakers; but by 1785 the fleet had been shattered, 134 See also:

• SHIPS

ships being destroyed or captured during the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war . See also:

• TALLOW (M.E. talugh, talg, cf. Du. talk, L. Ger. talg ; the connexion with O.E. taelg, dye, or Goth, tulgus, firm, is doubtful)

Tallow candles as a substitute for See also:

• WHALE

whale-oil had been introduced, and the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market was closed by a See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty of £18 a ton on oil; a See also:

• BOUNTY (through O. Fr. bontet, from Lat. bonitas, goodness)

bounty offered, by the Massachusetts legislature (£5 on See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white and £3 on yellow or See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown See also:

• SPERMACETI (from Lat. sperma, seed, and cetus, a ' whale)

spermaceti, and £2 on whale-oil per ton) was of slight assistance . During the war of 1812 the Nantucket fleet was the only one active; it suffered severely during the war, and in the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade 1820-1830 Nantucket lost its primacy to New Bedford, whose fleet in 1840 was twice as large . Nantucket's last whaler sailed in 1869 . Subsequently the island has been chiefly important as a summer resort . See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

Title to Nantucket and the neighbouring islands was claimed under grants of the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council for New See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England both by See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander, See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• STIRLING
• STIRLING, JAMES (1692-1770)
• STIRLING, JAMES HUTCHISON (182o-1909)
• STIRLING, MARY ANNE [FANNY] (1815-1895)
• STIRLING, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, (titular) EARL OF (1726—1783)
• STIRLING, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, EARL OF (c. 1567-1640)

Stirling, and by Sir Ferdinando See also:

• GORGES, SIR FERDINANDO (c. 1566-1647)

Gorges .

Lord Stirling's See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent sold them in 1641 to See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• MAYHEW, HENRY (1812-1887)
• MAYHEW, JONATHAN (172o-1766)
• MAYHEW, THOMAS

Mayhew (1592-1682) of See also:

• WATERTOWN

Watertown, See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

Mass., and his son Thomas (c . 1616-16J7) for £40, and a little later the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder Mayhew obtained another See also:

• DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the stem of the verb " to do ")

deed for Martha's Vineyard from Gorges . In 1659 the elder Mayhew sold a See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint See also:

• INTEREST

interest in the greater part of the island of Nantucket for £30 and two See also:

• BEAVER
• BEAVER (from Fr. baviere, a child's bib, from bane, saliva)

beaver hats to nine partners; early in the following See also:

• YEAR

year the first ten admitted ten others as equal proprietors, and later, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to encourage them to See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

settle here, See also:

• SPECIAL

special half-grants were offered to tradesmen . The See also:

• ORIGINAL

original twenty proprietors, however, endeavoured to exclude the trades-men from any See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice in the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, and this caused strife . Both factions appealed to the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, that See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province having claimed See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction over the islands under the See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant to the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of York in 1664, and, becoming increasingly dissatisfied with that government, sought a See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union with Massachusetts until the islands were annexed to that province by its new See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter of 1691 . The town of Nantucket was settled in 1661 and was incorporated in 1671 . By order of Governor See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• LOVELACE, RICHARD (1618-1658)

Lovelace it was named Sherburne in 1673, but in 1795 the present name was adopted . Its original site was Maddaket on the W. end of the island; in 1672 it was moved to its present site, then called Wescoe . When counties were first organized in New York, in 1683, Nantucket and the neighbouring islands were erected into See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

Dukes county, but in 1695, after See also:

• ANNEXATION (Lat. ad, to, and nexus, joining)

annexation to Massachusetts, Nantucket Island, having been set apart from Dukes county, constituted Nantucket county, and in 1713 Tuckernuck Island was annexed to it . See the bulletins (1896 sqq.) of the Nantucket Historical Society, established in 1894; F . B . Hough, Papers See also:

• RELATING

relating to the Island of Nantucket . while under the See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

Colony of New York (See also:

• ALBANY
• ALBANY, DUKES OF
• ALBANY, LOUISE MAXIMILIENNE CAROLINE, COUNTESS OF (1752-1824)

Albany, N.Y., 1856); M .

S . See also:

• DUDLEY
• DUDLEY, BARONS AND EARLS OF
• DUDLEY, EDMUND (c. 1462—1510)
• DUDLEY, SIR ROBERT (1573—1649)
• DUDLEY, THOMAS (1576-1653)

Dudley, Nantucket Centennial Celebration; Historic Sites and Historic Buildings (Nantucket, 1895); Obed Macy, See also:

• HISTORY

History of Nantucket (See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, 1835) ; L . S . Hinchman, Early Settlers of Nantucket (See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, 1896; 2nd ed., 1901); W . S . See also:

• BLISS, CORNELIUS NEWTON (1833– )

Bliss, See also:

• QUAINT (O. Fr. cointe, from Lat. cognitus, known, probably influenced by association with Lat. corn plus, neat)

Quaint Nantucket (Boston, 1896) ; and N . S . Shaler, See also:

• GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

Geology of Nantucket (See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington, 1889), being U.S . See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

Geological Survey Bulletin, No . 53 .