| Title | Portrait of Leavitt Thaxter |
| Time Period | 1800s |
| Description & Notes | Portrait of Leavitt Thaxter, 1788-1863, second son of Parson Thaxter. Leavitt was an educator of the youth and Indians in Edgartown. He is also the founder of Thaxter's Academy (1825-?), a school on the corner of Davis and maple Streets in Edgartown. Of Leavitt Thaxter and the Indians, Banks writes, His human sympathies led him to entertain a practical interest i the remnants of the tribe of Indians living in the town, and in 1836, having been made their legal guardian, he devoted nearly twenty years' service to their welfare. Such was the confidence inspired by his execution of this apparently thankless task, that he was always after regarded by them as their trusted friend and counsellor, to whom they constantly came for advice and encouragement (Banks, HMV II.Edgartown.191-93). |
| Geographic Location | Edgartown - Martha's Vineyard [Massachusetts] |
| Martha's Vineyard Sachemdom | Nanpauk |
| Subject Keywords | Portrait Dress Clothing Unitarian Ministers Edgartown Household Missionary Children Education Schoolhouse |
| Ethnic Group | Anglo American |
| Religious Affiliation | Protestant - Unitarian Protestant - Congregationalist |
| Artifact Type | Paintings [Images] |
| Basic Type | Image |
| Digital Source | Banks, Charles Edward. The History of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes Country, Massachusetts, in Three Volumes. vol. 2. Boston: George H. Dean, 1911. |
| Copyright Holder | Public Domain |
| [Reed Digital Collection] | Indian Converts Collection |
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| [Filename] | 191thaxter.tif |
| [Display Media Type] | JP2 |
| Publisher | Reed College |