Bakers Island Light, 1796-1819 - NARA - 79357418 (page 149)

Scope and content: This file unit consists of correspondence related to Bakers Island Light received by Benjamin Lincoln, Henry Dearborn and Henry A. S. Dearborn, in their capacities as Superintendents of Massachusetts Lighthouses, collateral to serving as the first three Collectors of the Port of Boston. The correspondence relates to the purchase of land for the lighthouse, expenses for construction and supplies, and the appointment of lighthouse keepers. Included are letters from Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin, Revenue Commissioners William Miller, Tench Coxe, and S. H. Smith, Lighthouse Keepers George Chapman and Joseph Perkins, and members of the Marine Society at Salem.