Boston Gazette, Extra. / Thursday, April 2, 1812. / Highly Interest- / ing letter. / followed

by four columns of dense text . Signed in type at the end Isaac Maltby.

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Boston, MA : Boston Gazette Printed by Russell & Cutler , 1812. Printed broadside, 17 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches, the head printed in bold type. When Revolutionary War hero General Benjamin Lincoln, in his role as collector for the port of Boston, managed to get the contract to build the Cape Cod Lighthouse for his son under suspicious circumstances, Maltby led an unsuccessful effort to have charges preferred against him. In retaliation, an effort was made to reduce the influence of Maltby in

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