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All of these records were copied using a digital camera. More samples can be found under volume and box listings for individual entries.

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Light List from National Archives RG 26 Entry 5 (A-1) "Lighthouse Service Publications"

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Keepers Log from National Archives RG 26 Entry 80 (NC-31) Lighthouse Station Logs, 1872- 1947

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From National Archives RG 26 Entry 48 (NC-31) "Correspondence of the Light-House Board, 1901-1910"

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Sample from RG 26 Entry 50 "Correspondence of the Bureau of Lighthouses, 1910 - 1939"

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From National Archives RG 26 Entry 36 (NC-31) "Letters Received by Lighthouse Service 1829-1900"

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RG 26 Entry 7 (A-1) "Retirement Record Cards, 1907 - 1951"

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Facing page from same Light List

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National Archives RG 26 Entry 3 (NC-63) "Field Records of the Fifth Lighthouse District (Baltimore)"

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Notice to Mariners from National Archives Entry 5 (A-1) "Lighthouse Service Publications, 1838-1942"

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Sample of the USLHB Index of Letters Received - RG 26 Entry 38

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Lighthouse "Clipping Files" - primarily excerpts from USLHB Annual Reports

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