214 THE ISLAND OF NANTUCKET. 



Libraries. 



There are three libraries in the town to which the 

 people have access. There is, however, no public 

 libraiy; that of the Athenaeum, perhaps, being the 

 nearest approach to one. (See page 34.) 



There are two circulating libraries; one conducted 

 by Samuel Davis, on Main Street, the other by E. K. 

 Godfrey, manager, corner of Main and Orange Streets. 

 Good books can be obtained at either, and both charge 

 at the rate of two cents a day for each volume taken 

 from the library. 



Licenses. 

 The public carriages and dogs are the only things 

 that are licensed on the island. The town, at its last 

 annual meeting in February, voted not to grant any 

 licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors for the 

 present year; which shows a very radical change in 

 the sentiments of the people, from the fact that up to 

 the present time, for many years previous, the select- 

 men have granted a limited number of licenses, and 

 it has been generally conceded that Nantucket was a 

 license town. 



Lighthouses. 



There are upon the island five lighthouses that 

 belong to the United States government; they are at 

 Sancoty Head, Great Point, Brant Point, and on the 

 beach at the foot of the Cliff. 



The most important of these, perhaps, is that at San- 

 coty Head. Mr. Geo. F. Folger, the principal keeper, 



