Without consent from the Madison Administration, island representatives began negotiations with the Royal Navy which eventually led, late in the war, to a neutrality agreement between Nantucket and the United Kingdom. In late August 1814, at the height of the War of 1812 and in the midst of the Royal Navy’s blockade of America’s coastline, acting out of desperation, with no help from the federal or state governments, residents of Nantucket took matters into their own hands. Less known is an event that occurred in the early nineteenth century that, for a brief period of time, severely disrupted Nantucket’s whaling industry, exposing the island’s connection to, and total dependence, on the sea for its economic existence. In the broad context of the rich history of Nantucket, the significant role its residents played in developing and controlling much of the global whaling industry during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries has defined the narrative of the island. Geoffrey and Elizabeth Thayer Verney Fellowship
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