Lighthouse Letter, 1853

Name/Title

Lighthouse Letter, 1853

Entry/Object ID

2018.273.003

Scope and Content

A letter sent from the Office of the Insepector of Lights in New York to Mrs. Patty Potter, Keeper of the Stonington Lighthouse. The letter is to inform her that a workman has been employed to repair the lamps of the lighthouses in the district. He instructs her to keep track of his arrival, time spent, and materials taken away which are then to be sent back to him.

Collection

Manuscript