Excerpt from The Island of Nantucket: What It Was and What It Is, Being a Complete Index and Guide to This Noted Resort, Containing Descriptions of Everything on or About the Island in Regard to Which the Visitor or Resident May Desire Information, Including Its History, People, AgricultureMany valuable articles have been contributed to the book and in every case the author's name is given, with full credit for the same.Although it has been the compiler's earnest wish that the book should be accurate in every particular.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.