Miniature Portrait of a Nantucket Quaker Man

Oval miniature portrait of Peleg Mitchell (1759-1831) who was born Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, oval, 2-¼”x2-½”. Mitchell was a Quaker from Nantucket, Massachusetts, who served as the clerk of the New England Meeting of Friends for several years. He was one of ninety-nine men from the Island who in 1789 sent a petition to the Massachusetts General Court requesting support for poor White, Black, and Indian men in the whaling industry. Housed in leatherette case.