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William Wood Documents 

  1847 - 1849

Justification for keepers term of office.   Click on the specific document ID to see the original document.  

 

Document
   ID

Document Type

Date

Description

PR-06-AD.jpg Payroll Register ~1847 Appointment listed as 9 Feby 1847(?).   The last digit is difficult to make out.
NA-E17-6 Handwritten
Letter
06/18/1849 Letter from William Wood's successor, William Baxter, requesting oil and reflecting glasses, about to run out.   Reference made to "...in fact the whole materials necessary for keeping the lighthouse in proper condition almost wholly exhausted by the former occupant W. Wood"