Title

Telegram from the Clerk of the Boston Lamp Department

Authors

Geo. H. Allen

Format of original

Letters (correspondence)

Date Digital

09/18/2014

Language

English

Repository

Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

Files

Identifier

T:MA1-O

Description

Geo. H. Allen, clerk of Boston's Lamp Department, informs the mayor of Portland that the oil and the lamplighter will be on their way to light the dark streets of Portland.

See also the letter Allen wrote introducing the lamplighter in this collection, identifier # MA10-N.

Publication Date

7-9-1866

Keywords

Great Fire -- Portland (Me.) – 1866, Fires – Maine – Portland, Disaster relief – Maine – Portland

Transcript

Boston

Portland July 9

The Mayor of Portland

The oil will go by boat with agent this afternoon & Mr Hibbard [Hebard] will go by rail Tuesday morning to light your streets tomorrow night

Geo H. Allen

Clerk Lamp Dept.

Recommended Citation

Allen, Geo. H., "Telegram from the Clerk of the Boston Lamp Department" (1866). Relief for the Portland Sufferers : The Great Fire, 1866. 7.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/great_fire_relief/7