Brotherhood of Thieves
Address:
23 Broad St, Nantucket, MA 02554
Phone:
(508) 228-2551
Hours:
- Mon: 11:30am-9pm
- Tue: 11:30am-9pm
- Wed: 11:30am-9pm
- Thu: 11:30am-9pm
- Fri: 11:30am-9pm
- Sat: 11:30am-9pm
- Sun: 11:30am-9pm
Payment:
Nice to Know:
- Good For Kids Yes
- Noise Level Average
- Parking Street
- Wifi No
- Accepts Credit Cards Yes
- Good For Groups Yes
- Recommended Meal Lunch, Dinner
- Outdoor Seating Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible Yes
Other Details:
The name of this bar & ordinary, The Brotherhood of Thieves, is taken from thetitle of an 1844 pamphlet written on Nantucket by Stephen S. Foster. The pamphletvigorously attacked those who continued to support the institution of slavery, evenas the tide of abolition rose. Diversity and strong opinion have always found atolerant home on this island. During the Revolutionary War, Patriots, Tories,and Quaker pacifists co-existed here and pleaded, unsuccessfully, for neutrality.A unique spirit developed here, one based on uncompromising independenceand strength of character; a potent distillation of the early American geniusdefined, as much as anyone, by Benjamin Franklin-Folger, the son of AbiahFolger, and Maria Mitchell, a groundbreaker for women in American science.Today, on Nantucket, the idea, rugged individualism, personal liberty, and thefostering of eccentricity still exist and continues to thrive.
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