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Frederick Douglass

November 27, 1857
Vineyard Gazette

While upon this subject, it may not be out of place to state that Frederick Douglas, the colored gentleman and orator, will lecture before an “Association of gentlemen,” at the Town Hall...

The Marcy House

April 17, 1857
Vineyard Gazette

The Marcy House, recently opened in this village, is in excellent order for the accommodation of travelers. Every thing about it is neat and attractive, and the landlord is a presevering, go-a-head,...

Public House Notice

April 3, 1857
Vineyard Gazette

The undersigned would respectively give notice that he has opened the large and commodious house, known as the Marcy House, at Edgartown. This house is very pleasantly situated in the central part of...

An Old Landmark Gone

January 2, 1857
Vineyard Gazette

Mrs. Nancy Michael, known to most our readers by the familiar cognomen of “Black Nance” is no more. She departed this life on Saturday last, at a very advanced age. Probably she was not...

New Light at Gay Head

November 14, 1856
Vineyard Gazette

Notice to Mariners. - The new light at Gay Head will be exhibited at sunset on December 1st, 1856, and will be kept burning during every night thereafter from sunset to sunrise. The focal plane of...

The Cable Is Down

July 18, 1856
Vineyard Gazette

The submarine cable which is henceforth to connect us with the world, was safely and expeditiously put down on Wednesday forenoon last, between the hours of ten and twelve. It arrived at Holmes...

Massachusetts Legislature

March 28, 1856
Vineyard Gazette

In the Senate, on the 20th inst., the bill authorizing Shaw Norris to build a wharf, was passed to be engrossed. In the House, a remonstrance was presented from Daniel Butler, and others, of...

Citizens of Edgartown Opposed to Slavery

September 21, 1855
Vineyard Gazette

The citizens of Edgartown, opposed to the further extension of slavery in this country, assembled at the Town Hall on Friday evening last. E. Marchant was chosen Chairman, and Henry A. Coffin, Esq...

Intermarriage of Blood Relations

August 31, 1855
Vineyard Gazette

It was the Rev. Charles Brooks, of Boston, who said at the late Scientific Association, in Providence, that there was hardly a living descendant of Martha’s Vineyard who could write...

Slaves

May 11, 1855
Vineyard Gazette

We learn that two or three slaves, fresh from the South, were in town last week. They were conveyed to New Bedford by one of the colored residents of Chapaquidic.  

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