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on the Isle of Sable, is an object of so much importance, as giving new and additional security to the lives of our fellow men, and to their property, that it must interest the feelings, and engage the attention and support of all.
Be so good as to tender to his Excellency Governor Wentworth, my sincere regards.
I am Sir very respectfully
Your obedient servant
B Lincoln

Boston 26th August
1802
Benjamin Lincoln's
Letter to Mr. McDonogh
in answer to Sir John
Wentworths Queres
relating to Lighthouses
for the Isle of Sable

Thomas Mac Donough Esquire