“Mr Davis and I went out with Captain Hatch in a fishing boat into Martha’s vineyard Sound, to fish for Tautaug and Scuphau—otherwise called Black fish and white fish—We caught 8 or ten of the first and one of the latter which resembles a large silver fish. But our time was limited—I caught only one large Tautaug.”
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President Grant and Party at Bishop Haven's Cottage, Martha's Vineyard, 1874
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This stereograph depicts President Ulysses S. Grant, seated on the right, and his wife Julia; Orville E. Babcock (Grant’s private secretary) and his wife Annie; Miss Campbell (Annie Babcock’s sister), and Miss Barnes on the porch of Bishop Gilbert Haven’s cottage in Wesleyan Grove, Martha’s Vineyard. Grant was the first sitting president to visit the Vineyard.
Today, Martha’s Vineyard is no stranger to high-profile visitors, but when Ulysses S. Grant arrived on the island in late August 1874, it was not yet a summer tourist destination. Grant stayed in a cottage in the densely packed cluster of cottages comprising the Wesleyan Grove Methodist camp meeting. Although the camp meeting was in full swing, there can be little doubt that religious endeavors were overshadowed by the excitement of a presidential visit, at least for a few days.
View the stereograph, photographed and published in 1874 by R. G. Shute of Edgartown, Mass. up close here.
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Tuesday, 12 September | 5:00 PM
Sarah Stegeman, Syracuse University, and comment by Marie Stango, Idaho State University.
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Thursday, 14 September | 6:00 PM
Cassandra Good, Marymount University, in conversation with Sara Georgini, MHS.
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3:00 PM: Hybrid program geared towards graduate students to learn about the resources the MHS offers to support scholarship.
4:00 PM: In-person reception.
5:00 PM: Hybrid program showcasing projects by scholars that have conducted research at the MHS. All are welcome.
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