Does rubblestone seem like a strange term? It means that the stone was used just as it came from the quarry, held together
by some sort of mortar. Cut stone, on the other hand, was cut into blocks and fitted together with mortar. Rubblestone was
used in early towers where it was available locally. Brick or cut blocks of stone made a much stronger and taller tower. Cut
stone is stone mined from a quarry, then cut into blocks, and often has to be transported long distances.
Does your state have a lottery? Do you know how its works? Can you picture how this lottery to raise money for a lighthouse
worked? Who might have sold the tickets and collected the money?
The money used in the American colonies was called Pounds Sterling, which was the money used in England then and still
is used today. The symbol for pounds sterling is £. Pounds were subdivided into shillings and pence. What is a pound worth
in dollars today? (Use a currency converter to find out.) Do you know when the dollar was adopted as currency in the United
States?
