An autograph letter from John Hancock to James Athearn, a prominent citizen of Tisbury in the period just preceding the American Revolution, has
A quantity of customs house records, all that can be found of the invaluable files of the former Edgartown customs house, have been acquired by t
Bequest to the Dukes County Historical Society by Miss Ethelinda Mayhew of the historic Squire Cooke house which was her home in Edgartown, becam
The Vanity, new catboat of Capt. Thomas Walker Pease, was launched from the yard of Manuel Swartz on Thursday morning with appropriate ceremonies.
To the already exceedingly valuable and interesting collection stored in the rooms of the Historical Society there have been added further treasu