318 THE ISLAND OF NANTUCKET. 



post-office after their departure, that would otherwise be 

 sent to the Dead-Letter Office. 



Soon after the opening of the agency (in August, 

 1880) a Washington gentleman suggested* to the man- 

 ager the feasibility 01 a plan for securing houses, rooms, 

 and board for those of its patrons who were desirous of 

 coming to the island the succeeding season, thus sav- 

 ing themselves a great amount of trouble and annoy- 

 ance. The plan, being an eminently practicable one, 

 was immediately adopted by the manager ; and although 

 it was afterward borrowed (?) by others, yet to Mr. 

 E. K. Godfrey belongs the credit of the first plan for 

 the securing of rooms and board by means of an 

 agency at Nantucket, all assertions to the contrary 

 notwithstanding. 



This method of securing rooms and board for the 

 patrons of the agency met with favor, and adds another 

 to its many advantages. The witty Burdette of the 

 Hawkeye, the genial author of " Rosecroft," and the 

 kindly writer of " 'Sconset Cottage Life " all speak in 

 flattering terms of the agency, and all the hotels and 

 boarding houses of the island indorse it. No visitor 

 to the island should neglect registering. 



Open from 6 A. M. to 10 r. M. week days, and 10.30 

 A. m. to 3 P. m. Sundays. E. K. Godfrey, manager, 

 corner Main and Orange Streets. 



The Tower. 

 After the great water tank, probably the first that is 

 seen of Nantucket, approaching it from the westward, 

 is the gilded dome of the Tower that flashes in the 

 summer sunlight. 



