by Robert Leach. From Amazon:
The authors provide detailed information about the rise and fall of Nantucket's Quaker community and its whaling industry. If your Nantucket ancestors include family names like Macy, Starbuck, Coffin, Bunker, etc., you'll gain additional perspective on the interconnections between family, religion, and whaling, the "splintering" of the Quaker community, and some reasons for migration off island.
I live on Macy Street - named after Thomas Macy, who lived in Amesbury and went to Nantucket. Also a great history of the real Starbuck family, of Moby Dick fame. This is a great addition to my Quaker history library!
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