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Edwin Macy Stanton. Those who are sufficiently cu- 

 rious in such matters may follow the trail still farther, 

 and perhaps it will appear that the war secretary was 

 also connected with the Coffins and the Tollers." 



Zaccheus Macy. 



Zaccheus Macy was born at Nantucket, Dec. 7, 1713, 

 and died here, Oct. 27, 1797. Although Zaccheus 

 Macy may have possessed nothing more than a local 

 reputation, yet he is considered worthy a place among 

 distinguished Nantucketers. The compiler is indebted 

 to the Macy Genealogy for the following: — 



" Zaccheus Macy for about forty years was the prin- 

 cipal surgeon on the island of Nantucket, and during 

 that time he performed over two thousand operations, 

 for which he always declined to be paid. He felt it his 

 Christian duty to serve his fellow-men in that capacity, 

 therefore he could not receive any pecuniary compensa- 

 tion. He appears to have inherited the energy of his 

 great-grandfather, Thomas Macy ; was a very promi- 

 nent and exemplary man, much beloved and respected. 

 He was very systematic in keeping his accounts, many 

 of which are yet preserved." On page 184 will be 

 found one of Dr. Macy's letters to the Massachusetts 

 Historical Society. 



Alfred Macy. 



Hon. Alfred Macy was born at Nantucket, Sept. 1, 

 1831, and was partially educated here. It was the dying 

 request of Mr. Macy's father that his sons should learn 

 mechanical trades; and in deference to his father's 



