16108. (document) Keeper M.S.D. (?) Lyon, Tybee Island Lighthouse, Georgia c.1849.
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16108. (document) Keeper M.S.D. (?) Lyon, Tybee Island Lighthouse, Georgia c.1849.
16108. (document) Keeper M.S.D. (?) Lyon, Tybee Island Lighthouse, Georgia c.1849. Handwritten letter of M (or N) S D Lyon, Oct. 30, 1849, Savannah, to young son Charles. “Dear Charles I received Mrs Robins letter yesterday with bills to which I will attend to in a few days, as I am now just going down to Tybee Isaland having received the appointment from the Collector of this port as keeper of the Light Houses on that Island. You will my dear Charles hold yourself in readiness to return home as soon I can get an opportunity to send for you. Say to Mrs Robbins please to get for you the suit of common clothes which she says you ….” One sheet measures 8″ x 9.5″. Only light scattered foxing, otherwise clean. Light early folds. (VG). $74.