12499. (document) Light House Establishment Repairs, Boon Island Light Station, Maine c.1860.
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12499. (document) Light House Establishment Repairs, Boon Island Light Station, Maine c.1860.
12499. (document) Light House Establishment Repairs, Boon Island Light Station, Maine c.1860. Early pre- civil war document details reimbursement for board and room provided by the Keeper for four workmen, two days, working on the station. Dated October 1860. Document is signed in hand by Keeper Joseph H. Hart in receipt of payment, and by Lieut. Charles N. Turnball, Lighthouse Engineer. 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.” Document is in good condition, one original fold, a few spots and edge toning. Measures 7 x 8 ¼”. (VG+). $88.