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Mary Louise Clifford, NEW POINT COMFORT LIGHTHOUSE ITS HISTORY AND PRESERVATION, Mathews, VA: Mathews County Historical Society, Inc, 2013. First ed. softcover new and still in the plastic wrapping, 4to (11 x 8.5”), New / n.a., 116pp. A lone tower reinforced by riprap, surrounded by Chesapeake Bay waters and off the southern tip of Mathews County, Virginia, the lighthouse at New Point Comfort has weathered a constantly shifting shoreline as well as enemy troops in two wars. First lit in 1806 when it stood onshore beside a keeper's dwelling, the tower has survived intact. The book traces the station's history and present-day preservation efforts by the New Point Comfort Preservation Task Force.
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