Point Lookout Lighthouse
William Wood Documents
1847 - 1849
Justification for keepers term of office. Click on the specific document ID to see the original document.
Document |
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" |