Grosse Point Lighthouse and Lighthouse Park records, 1818-1987.

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Grosse Point Lighthouse and Lighthouse Park records, 1818-1987.

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Records relating to the Grosse Point Lighthouse, located in Lighthouse Park, Evanston, Ill., including plans for the lighthouse site, brass name tag, daily expenditure accounts, general account of supplies, lighthouse log book, correspondence of Dwight C. Clark and J. Seymour Currey, records relating to the appointment of the lighthouse keeper and account of property, J. Seymour Currey notes and article on the lighthouse, records of the lighthouse centennial in 1973, a playbill for Lost on the Lady Elgin by Henry C. Work, photocopies of instructions to light keepers, copy of the title and deed to the lighthouse land, photocopies of the lighthouse records, information on the Evanston Lighthouse Rotary Club, publications on the lighthouse and the park, and photocopies of marriage certificate of Edwin Moore (first keeper of the Lighthouse) and Mary Pollak, the birth certificate of their son Ralph Moore, and his marriage certificate to Charity McKenzie.

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Evanston Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8056811

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Moore, Charity McKenzie

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Currey, J. Seymour (Josiah Seymour), 1844-1928

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President of the Evanston Historical Society; local trustee of the township of Evanston. From the description of Papers, 1869-1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70926572 ...

Moore, Ralph L.

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Clark, Dwight C.

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Lighthouse Park District of Evanston (Evanston, Ill.)

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Work, Henry C. (Henry Clay), 1832-1884

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"Work, Henry Clay (1 Oct. 1832-8 June 1884), songwriter, was born in Middletown, Connecticut, the son of Alanson Work and Aurelia (maiden name unknown)... He married Sarah Parker in January 1857, and they had four children. He continued to write popular songs suitable for either the parlor or the minstrel show stage... Work was most productive from 1861 to 1866, and many of the songs for which he was known were composed then. Although he published songs regularly from 1866 to 1869,...

Grosse Point Lighthouse (Ill.)

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Moore, Edwin A., 1877-1954

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Evanston Lighthouse Rotary Club (Evanston, Ill.)

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Moore, Mary Pollak

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Augusta, Georgia resident. Mary P. Moore was the sister of Anna (Annie) Henry Moore Edmondston. From the description of Mary P. Moore scrapbook, 1859-1866. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32139774 ...