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Chapter 3 1. T. Pepper, “Seeing the Light – Instructions to Lighthouse Keepers,” September 03, 2012, retrieved from “Seeing the Light,” www.terrypepper.com/lights/lists/ instructions.html. 2. “Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse,” 2014, www.historicships.org . 3. Ibid . 4 . Kraig Anderson , 2017 , retrieved from http ://www .lighthousefriends.com. 5 . Garrett Rockey , retrieved from http ://www . woodstock23464 .com /2013/07/ pheby-richards-and-craney-island. 6 . National Archives , “ Correspondence Concerning Keepers and Assistants , 1821– 1902, ” RG 26, NC-31 , Series 82 , https ://www .archives.gov / research / lighthouses. 7. Robert H . Burgess , Chesapeake Circle ( Cambridge , MD: Cornell Maritime Press , Inc., 1965), p. 101. 8. Lighthouse Friends , http ://www .lighthousefriends.com. 9 . Leca K. Hunt, Sutton and L. Roane , 2015, www . rootsweb .ancestry.com. 10. Sara E. Lewis, Mathews County ( South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing , 2007 ), p. 75 . 11. “ Harry Thomas Serres ’ Stories ,” Lighthouse Digest (1995–2015). 12. Jeremy D ’ Entremont , “ Deep Water Shoal , A Forgotten Light of the James River ,” Lighthouse Digest , January 2003. 13. O . H . Tittmann , “United States Coast and Geodetic Survey ” ( Treasury Department : Washington , D.C ., 1902). 14 . National Archives , RG 26, Entry 50, File 680 . Chapter 4 1. National Archives , Laws of the United States relating to the Establishment, Support and management of the Light-Houses, Light-Vessels, Monuments, Beacons, Spindles, Buoys, and Public Piers of the United States August 7, 1789 to March 3, 1855 ( Washington , D.C .: Light House Board , 1855). Department of the Treasury. 2. “Coast Lights for the United States ,” Washington Journal ( North Carolina ), May 26, 1854 . Chronicling America : Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress , http :// chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. 3. National Archives , “ Letters Received from District Engineers and Inspectors 1853– 1900,” RG 26, Entry 24, Box 176 . 4 . Letter from Newman to Shubrick. 5 . Fifth District Inspector Train , “James River VA lights – Funck Heap lamps recommended ” ( Norfolk , VA: Light- House Board , 1892), National Archives , RG 26, Entry 38 , Letterbook 925, p. 614 .

6 . Department of the Treasury , Lighthouse Board , 1856 . 7. Joseph Henry, Committee on Experiments, “ Report of the Secretary of the Treasury ,” U .S. Light- House Service ( Washington : Government Printing Office, 1864). 8. Truman R. Strobridge , Chronology of Aids to Navigation United States Lighthouse Service 1716–1939 ( Washington , D.C .: U .S. Coast Guard, 2012 ). 9. Alan J. Lutenegger, “Historical Development of Iron Screw-Pile Foundations: 1836-1900,” History of Engineering and Technology , January 2011, 108–128. 10. United States Lighthouse Society, “Light Lists,” www.uslhs.org/light_ lists. 11. Mary Louise Clifford and J. Candace Clifford, Women Who Kept the Lights: An Illustrated History of Female Lighthouse Keepers (Williamsburg, VA: Cypress Communications, 1993). 12. William C. Wooldridge, Mapping Virginia: From the Age of Exploration to the Civil War (Charlottesville and London: University of Virginia Press, 2012). 13. Dawn Forsythe, “Nautical Charts Contribute to Economic Growth and National Defense 1807–1945,” National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, www.Historiccharts.noaa.gov/pdfs/chartinghistory. 14. Ibid. 15. Ibid. 16. Thomas Tag, “The Fresnel Lens Makers,” United States Lighthouse Society, http://uslhs.org/fresnel-lens-makers. 17. Ibid. Chapter 6 1. Kraig Anderson , “ Roanoke River Lighthouse ,” 2017 , retrieved from www .lighthousefriends.com. 2. Lighthouse Digest , 2007. 3. Lighthouse Digest , January 2001.

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