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For permission to reprint the following, grateful acknowledgment is given to:
Endpaper: Courtesy of the Martha’s Vineyard
Historical Society
Courtesy of Alison Shaw
Courtesy of the Martha’s Vineyard Historical Society
Courtesy of the Vineyard Gazette
Courtesy of the Shearer family
Courtesy of Anne Vanderhoop
Courtesy of Hampton University Archives
Courtesy of Barbara Townes
Courtesy of Olive Tomlinson, photograph by William Bowles
Courtesy of Amy Goldson
Courtesy of Olive Tomlinson, photograph by William Bowles
Courtesy of Barbara DePasse
Courtesy of the Allen family
Courtesy of Hurmie Thorne
Courtesy of Keith Maynard
Courtesy of Mark Alan Lovewell
Courtesy of the Shearer family
Courtesy of the Allen family
Courtesy of the author