FURNISHED APARTMENTS. 155 



felt in the other Christian organizations to which they 

 attach themselves."* 



Furnished Apartments. 

 During the summer season a number of private 

 families let every room, not in actual use, for lodg- 

 ing-rooms. Some of the rooms are located in the 

 immediate vicinity of hotels, and satisfactory arrange- 

 ments can generally be made with them in regard to 

 table board. The best of these rooms rent for $5 per 

 week. If any person's name is omitted from the 

 annexed list, the compiler would suggest that that 

 person read the Preface to this work. 



Note. — From a " History of Nantucket/' kindly loaned the 

 compiler by our venerated townswoman, Mrs. Harriet Peirce, 

 and written in the year 1810 by a Friend from Philadelphia, 

 who visited the island previous to that time, the following is 

 gathered, which differs somewhat from Mr. Barney's account, 

 particularly as regards Mary Starbuck. Mr. Sansome, the 

 gentleman referred to as the historian, says : — 



"When John Richardson visited the island in 1701, this emi- 

 nent woman embraced the principles of Fox and Barclay, in 

 which she was followed by many of her friends and neighbors, 

 from whom are descended the present Quakers of the place." 



It is really a matter of no moment whether Mary Starbuck 

 embraced the belief of the Friends under Richardson's minis- 

 trations or Chalkley's, or whether the event occurred in 1701 

 or 1704; doubtless both of these devout men exerted an influ- 

 ence for good among the early settlers, which is felt even to 

 this day. The two accounts are here given simply to show that 

 there is a question as to the precise time of Mary Starbuck's 

 conversion to the simple faith of the Friends. 



