~ by Amy Jenness, author of On This Day in Nantucket History, available at Mitchell’s Book Corner ~ In the spring of 1841 Nantucket banker William C. Coffin traveled to New Bedford to attend an anti-slavery meeting. There he met a 23 year old runway slave named Frederick Douglass who […]
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In this Issue
- A Language without Words
- First of 3 Sidewalk Art Shows for 2025
- “Bad Luck Billy”
- If You Build It, Purple Martins Will Come
- Take the Nantucket Limerick Challenge
- Funniest Weekend on Nantucket July 10-12
- Family Activities & Night at the Museum
- Hilarious, Hopeful, & Achingly Human
- Yesterday’s Island/Today’s Nantucket Page by Page
- Limerick Challenge
Articles by Department
- An Island Point of View
- Exploring Nantucket
- Featured Articles
- Featured Entrepreneur
- Featured Restaurants
- Insider Tips
- Island Cooking
- Island Science
- Nantucket Arts
- Nantucket Entertaining
- Nantucket Essays
- Nantucket Events
- Nantucket History & People
- Nantucket Style
- Nantucket Voices
- What's New on Nantucket
Read The Paper Online
In this Issue
- A Language without Words
- First of 3 Sidewalk Art Shows for 2025
- “Bad Luck Billy”
- If You Build It, Purple Martins Will Come
- Take the Nantucket Limerick Challenge
- Funniest Weekend on Nantucket July 10-12
- Family Activities & Night at the Museum
- Hilarious, Hopeful, & Achingly Human
- Yesterday’s Island/Today’s Nantucket Page by Page
- Limerick Challenge
Articles by Department
- An Island Point of View
- Exploring Nantucket
- Featured Articles
- Featured Entrepreneur
- Featured Restaurants
- Insider Tips
- Island Cooking
- Island Science
- Nantucket Arts
- Nantucket Entertaining
- Nantucket Essays
- Nantucket Events
- Nantucket History & People
- Nantucket Style
- Nantucket Voices
- What's New on Nantucket