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Nantucket Light, 1813-1817 (

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Department of the Treasury. Customs Service. Collection District of Boston and Charlestown, Massachusetts. Office of the Collector of Customs. 7/31/1789-1913

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Nantucket Light, 1813-1817

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Scope and content: This file unit consists of correspondence related to Nantucket (Great Point) Light received by Henry A. S. Dearborn in his capacity as Superintendent of Massachusetts Lighthouses. Included are construction proposals and correspondence related to the rebuilding of the lighthouse and keeper’s house following an 1816 fire, as well as several letters relating to the extinguishing of the light during the War of 1812. Correspondents include Revenue Commissioner Samuel Smith, contractor and lamp-maker Winslow Lewis, and Lighthouse Keepers Jonathan Coffin, George Swain, and George Bunker.

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1789 – 1819

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National Archives and Records Administration

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	Parent institution	Federal Government of the United States
	Location	Washington, D.C. (headquarters), and many regional facilities and presidential libraries nationwide in the USA
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 34″ N, 77° 01′ 23″ W
	Established	19 June 1934
	Website	www.archives.gov
	Authority file	: Q518155 VIAF: 132254586 ISNI: 0000000121603036 ULAN: 500263780 LCCN: n84176101 NLA: 35718998 WorldCat

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Record group: Record Group 26: Records of the U.S. Coast Guard (National Archives Identifier: 355)
Series: Letters Received Concerning Lighthouses (National Archives Identifier: 1994855)

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This file unit consists of correspondence related to Nantucket (Great Point) Light received by Henry A. S. Dearborn in his capacity as Superintendent of Massachusetts Lighthouses. Included are construction proposals and correspondence related to the rebuilding of the lighthouse and keeper’s house following an 1816 fire, as well as several letters relating to the extinguishing of the light during the War of 1812. Correspondents include Revenue Commissioner Samuel Smith, contractor and lamp-maker Winslow Lewis, and Lighthouse Keepers Jonathan Coffin, George Swain, and George Bunker. (English)

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reference URL: https://dp.la/item/a5cb3a892ff2c9389a4165a8d3d1853d

publisher: Digital Public Library of America

retrieved: 18 July 2023

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