Speaker: Peggi Medeiros

Daniel Ricketson (1813-1896) and Brooklawn Park

Peggi Medeiros

Peggi will speak to the MWC about Daniel Ricketson’s Brooklawn, his wives and children.
Daniel Ricketson grew up in New Bedford in a prominent Quaker family, who gained notoriety as a lawyer, philanthropist, poet, author, benefactor, and abolitionist.
Peggi is a research historian currently writing a column for the New Bedford Standard Times. She was a contributing writer for The Charles W. Morgan Returns to New Bedford, and in January 2014, Peggi did a presentation at the Whaling Museum called The River and the Rail symposium. She is a frequent guest lecturer at the Rotch Jones House & Garden Museum and for the Dartmouth Historical Preservation Trust.
During the past 38 years, Peggi has worked for the City of New Bedford, the Waterfront Historical Area League, the Swain School of Design and is currently the historian for the Wamsutta Club.