The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . s, a narrative ofthe shipwreck in 1842of the William andJoseph, Capt. ElishaDexter (o f HolmesHole), master. Fromhere he moved to Buf-falo, N. Y., and thenceto Brooklyn, where hedied. JAMES ATHEARN. document has re-cently come to light, dated 1778, wherein a number of WestTisbury men made James Athearn, their attorney for thecollection of any prize money they might be entitled to on theircontemplated cruise
The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . s, a narrative ofthe shipwreck in 1842of the William andJoseph, Capt. ElishaDexter (o f HolmesHole), master. Fromhere he moved to Buf-falo, N. Y., and thenceto Brooklyn, where hedied. JAMES ATHEARN. document has re-cently come to light, dated 1778, wherein a number of WestTisbury men made James Athearn, their attorney for thecollection of any prize money they might be entitled to on theircontemplated cruise against the enemies of the United Statesin the privateer Sally. It is signed by Manters. Cases, Peases,Luces and others. Nothing is known as to the identity of theSally or the outcome of the trip. This James Athearn wasone of the foremost men of the island in his day. On a map afc£ftv;i» .^Bk Here lyes ye body of Mr. John IMayliew, that worlliy, laborio\is minister of ye to ye inhabitants of Tisbury cfc Chilinark united ami to y<- tian Indians, who died February yt- 2iul, 1688. ;Etatis 37. Tlie oldest gravestone on tlie Vineyard. WEST TISBURY. 179. published in 1782 his house islocated, as are also those ofBeriah Norton in Edgartown,and Dr. Mayhew in JOSHUA SLOCUM. A half mile from the WestTisbury postoffice, on theEdgartown road, lives Slocum, author ofSailing Alone Around theWorld. During the Fall of1907 the Captain was makingarrangements to leave in hisyawl Spray for SouthAmerica, the object of histrip being the exploration ofthe Orinoco BOTTOM AND NANCY short distance out of West Tisbury village on the roadto Edgartown lies Deep Bottom, where the last Indian wig-wam stood. And in this same general direction, but near thearm of the Great Tisbury Pond, known as Tyers Cove, oncelived a light-headed lady named Nancy Luce, who was whatone might call chicken mad; she exalted her pets to her ownlevel, and when he
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