Logan Republican | 1903-04-21 | Page 5 | Maria Mitchell Memorial

Maria Mitchell Memorial. Members of tho faculty of Vassar college, sayB tho Boston Globo, nro negotiating for tho purchase of tho houso in Nantucket which was tho birthplaco of Maria Mitchell, tho as tronomer. If tho property Is secured tho Nantucket Maria Mitchell association asso-ciation will bo formed to presorvo this historical landmark in tho Interests Inter-ests of Vassar callcgo. Tho present owners nro relatives of Maria Mitchell, Mit-chell, and havo given tho socioty an option of $1,000 on tho houso nnd land, Tho houso was built in 1790, and has boon in tho Mitchell family for olghty-fivo years. Miss Mitchell's father first used tho houso for astronomical as-tronomical observations in rating tho chronometers of tho great Nantttckot whaling fleet, and it was in tho back yard that Maria mado her first scientific scien-tific observations.