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To:
His Excellency M.S.
Perry Governor of Florida
Sir-
We the undersigned residents of Indian River, believing
it a Solmen duty of every Citizen, to try and serve his State and Country
in whatever capacity he may be most able, would in accordance to such
feelings, report to your Excellency, that we have taken the responsibility
of putting out the Lights at both Jupiter Inlet and Cape Florida, believing
them to be of no use or benefit to our Government, but on the contrary
of great importance to our enemies.
We had felt the importance of such a measure for some time,
thinking some authorized Agent of our Government would be sent to perform
it, but finding no effort was made by either the Government of the Keeper
of the Light, we resolved to assume the responsibility ourselves, and
report the result to your Excellency, hoping that it may meet your approval--
At Jupiter we destroyed no property whatever, the Light being a revolving
one and of very costly make, we took away only enough of the machinery
to make it unserviceable-- There is a quantity of property belonging to
the Light consisting of Tools, machinery, Paints, oil &c which we have
secured under lock and key-
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