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Act To Build Three Lighthouses In Massachusetts Waters
A 1816 act authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to contract for and fund three lighthouses at Race Point Gammon Point Yarmouth and Petite Manon near Na Nrages River with salaries for appointed keepers. Eight thousand dollars is appropriated for construction lands and related buildings and the lighthouse at Scitware may be extinguished if safety requires. Also included is a relief payment of 184 dollars and 3 cents to William Hamon for duties on imported sugar, contingent on proof of landing abroad.
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Petite Manos
Massachusetts
Senate
House
United States
America
Michosetti
Point Gammon
Yarmouth
Petive Manon
Ravages
Méffrchois
Secretary of the Treasury
Wm. Hempen
United States of America
Congress
William Hanon
Piladelphia
William Hamon
Angus
Havanna
Boeaux
Mifsuri
Pawen
William Hamony
William Hamony Satisfactore Proof Be Exhibited To the C Mptroller
Treasor
H. Clay
House of Representatives
John Gaillard
Senate Fire Tempar
Jame Vy Adison
Royal Artillery
Verturn
M. ‘Vaileyrand
Paris
de Buget
Chamber of Peers
Chamber of Deputies
Dresden
Prince of Coburg
Charlotte
London
Saxony
Mediterranean
East Indies
West Indies