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Show Maria Mitchell Memorial. Members of tho faculty of Vassar college, says tho Boston Globe, aro negotiating for tho purchase of tho house in Nantucket which was tho birthplace of Maria Mitchell, the astronomer. as-tronomer. If the property is secured the Nantucket Maria Mitchell association asso-ciation will be formed to preeorvo this historical landmark in tho lnterr ests of Vassar callego. The present owners are relatives of Maria .Mitchell, .Mit-chell, and have given tho soclo'ty an option of $1,000 on tho houso and land. The houso was built in 1790, and has boon in tho Mitchell family for clghty-Ovo years. Miss Mltohcll's father first used tho houso for ' astronomical as-tronomical observations in rating tho chronometers of tho great Nantucket whaling fleet, and it was in tho back yard that Maria made her first scion-tide scion-tide obBorvations. |