Acknowledgements
The Cuffe Bicentennial Committee established this website in order to provide a place for research and documentation about the lives of Cuff Slocum, Paul Cuffe, Michael Wainer, and their descendants and associates through the years. The Committee consisted of: Lee Blake, David Cole, Carl Cruz, Richard Gifford, Bob Harding, Jane Loos, Judy Lund, Geraldine Millham, Jenny O’Neill and Betty Slade.
Website Partners
Westport Historical Society https://www.wpthistory.org
New Bedford Historical Society http://www.nbhistoricalsociety.org/
Dartmouth Historical and Arts Society http://www.dartmouthhas.org/index.html
LINKS
Dartmouth Historical and Arts Society http://www.dartmouthhas.org/index.html
Dartmouth Historical Commission https://www.town.dartmouth.ma.us/historical-commission
New Bedford Free Public Library http://www.newbedford-ma.gov/library/
New Bedford Historical Society http://nbhistoricalsociety.org/
New Bedford Whaling Museum https://www.whalingmuseum.org/
Town of Westport historical documents: The original of the Paul Cuffe family documents resides in the New Bedford Public Library. These were microfilmed many years ago but not digitized. The files listed below (with a Table of Contents), are the digitized versions of all of the original papers and notes. Also available are documents from the New Bedford Whaling Museum https://www.westport-ma.com/historical-documents/pages/cuffe-paul-personal-and-family-papers
Westport Historical Commission
https://www.westport-ma.com/historical-commission
Westport Historical Society https://www.wpthistory.org
Westport Friends Meeting
https://www.westportfriendsmeeting.org/about-paul-cuffe-1759-1817
This website is supported in part by:
The Westport Cultural Council through a grant from the Helen E. Ellis Charitable Trust administered by Bank of America.
The Westport Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
