12205. (documents) Lighthouse Keeper Pay Vouchers, Boon Island Light Station, Maine c.1876.
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12205. (documents) Lighthouse Keeper Pay Vouchers, Boon Island Light Station, Maine c.1876.
12205a,c. (documents) Lighthouse Keeper Pay Vouchers, Boon Island Light Station, Maine c.1876. Two pay vouchers are dated July 1, 1876 and are filled out in hand by Keeper Alfred J. Leavitt and signed by Alfred J. Leavitt , (keeper 1874-1886), Leander White (first assistant, 1874-1878); or David R. Grogan (assistant, 1876). Of lonely Boon Island Light, Samuel Adams Drake noted in his book The Pine Tree Coast in 1891: “Eight or nine miles out, in plain sight, Boon Island lifts its solitary shaft aloft like an ‘eternal exclamation mark’ to the temerity of its builders. There is no comfortable dwelling on that lonely rock, over which storms sweep unchecked. The tower is itself both house and home to the watchmen of the sea, and in great gales a prison from which there is no escape until the return of fine weather. ”Documents indicate the amount paid for the period April 1st. to June 30th., and are signed in hand and witnessed. This documents are witnessed by S.H. Marshall, and signed by A.F. Howard as/for Superintendent of Lights. Each document measures 7 ½” x 8” and are overall clean, some wear/tears at fold, some edge wear. Superb pieces on this early offshore Maine light station would make an exceptional addition to any collection or display. (VG-). $54 each.