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24-774: The Asylum incorporated in 1803. Hannah Stillman served as its first director. At the time, "the only public charities then existing in our good town of Boston, except the Almshouse, were the Boston Marine Society , ... the Boston Humane Society, ... and the Boston Dispensary . As late as 1886, some found notable that "the asylum is under the direction of a board of lady managers." Early supporters included Robert Treat Paine Jr. Annual fundraising events raised substantial sums. For instance,

48-519: A new lantern and lighting apparatus was installed. In 1857 the lighthouse was declared dangerous and demolished, and for a total cost of $ 17,000, the current 66-foot brick tower was constructed. On June 6, 1900, the light was changed from a fixed beam to flashing, with a new. The new Barbier, Benard & Turenne first-order Fresnel lens had four panels of 0.92 meter focal distance, revolved in mercury, and gave, every five seconds, flashes of about 192,000 candlepower nearly one-half second in duration. While

72-611: A number of lectures. In the 19th century speakers included John Pickering (on "telegraphic language") and Robert Bennet Forbes . In 1893 the society began supervising "the operation of school ships Enterprise (1892-1909) and her successor Nantucket (1909-1917, 1921-1940)," affiliated with the Massachusetts Nautical Training School . As a focal point for seafaring in general the society has stewarded donations of model ships, telescopes, paintings, scrimshaw , and travel souvenirs. Visitors to

96-595: A period of 18 days in July, 1996. The move left the light station on Cape Cod National Seashore property, bordering the Highland Golf Course. After an errant golf ball broke a window, they were replaced with unbreakable material. In 1998, the keeper's house was modified to be a gift shop and museum. The lighthouse grounds are open year-round on Highland Light Road in Truro, with tours and the museum available from

120-640: A second unit as backup. Unfortunately, the Fresnel lens was severely damaged when it was removed, but fragments are on display in the museum on site. The light was fully automated by 1986 with a Crouse-Hinds DCB-224 rotating beacon. In 1998, a VRB-25 optical system was installed. Most recently, the light source is a Vega Marine Archived 2017-05-17 at the Wayback Machine LED beacon model 44/2.5 installed in April 2017. The current location of

144-462: Is a charitable organization in Boston , Massachusetts , formed "to 'make navigation more safe' and to relieve members and their families in poverty or other 'adverse accidents in life.'" Membership generally consists of current and former ship captains. The society provides financial support to members and their families in times of need; and also actively advises on maritime navigational safety such as

168-543: Is an active lighthouse on the Cape Cod National Seashore in North Truro, Massachusetts . The current tower was erected in 1857, replacing two earlier towers that had been built in 1797 and 1831. It is the oldest and tallest lighthouse on Cape Cod . The grounds are open year-round, while the light is open to the public from May until late October, with guided tours available. Highland Light

192-538: Is owned by the National Park Service , and was cared for by the Highland Museum and Lighthouse, Inc. until 2014 when Eastern National , another non-profit group, took over the contract to operate the facility as a tourist attraction. The United States Coast Guard operates the light as an aid to navigation. The United States Navy ship USS  Highland Light  (IX-48) was named after

216-810: The Concert Hall , Bunch-of-Grapes tavern, and the Sun Tavern. In 1851 it kept an office on Commercial Street and later in the Merchants Exchange . Since the 1980s it has operated from offices in the Boston Navy Yard . According to maritime historian Samuel Eliot Morison , the society's meetings "were common ground where all Bostonians interested in seaborne commerce met. The secretary describes it in 1811 as 'composed of upwards of 100 former shipmasters who have retired from sea with adequate fortunes, many of whom are largely interested in

240-487: The 1803 fundraiser at Trinity Church included a sermon by Samuel Parker , "an ode written for the occasion, ... [and] the Franklin Musical Society [which] performed the musical part, to great satisfaction." After the event, local newspaper publishers Gilbert & Dean wrote: "we have not learnt what collections the society made, but it must have been above five hundred dollars." In 1807 the orphanage

264-540: The 19th-century presidents were Jonathan Chapman, Eben Davis, Charles Emery, Luther Fisk, Robert Bennett Forbes, William Humphrey, James P. Martin, William F. Sturgis , and Israel Whitney. Members and officers in recent years include William A. Baker , Barry Clifford , William M. Fowler, Jr. , and Soren Willensen. 42°22′29.46″N 71°3′17.92″W  /  42.3748500°N 71.0549778°W  / 42.3748500; -71.0549778 Highland Light The Highland Light (previously known as Cape Cod Light )

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288-816: The Children's Aid Association "merged with the Boston Children’s Friend Society, an adoption agency formed in 1883, and Boston Children’s Services (BCS) was born." In the 2000s Boston Children’s Services, New England Home for Little Wanderers, Parents’ and Children’s Services, and Charles River Health Management merged into The Home for Little Wanderers , which provides a variety of services in Massachusetts. 42°20′45.15″N 71°3′53.23″W  /  42.3458750°N 71.0647861°W  / 42.3458750; -71.0647861 Boston Marine Society The Boston Marine Society (established 1742)

312-654: The Pilotage of the Harbor of Boston. Along with others, the society caused the creation of the Cape Cod Light in 1797. In 1805 the society built the current granite base of the beacon on Nixes Mate in Boston Harbor. The society also produced studies including one that led to the building of Long Island Head Light in 1819. Among the society's many accomplishments in the area of navigation safety are

336-459: The River Plate and Calcutta." The society has borne responsibility for safe pilotage in the Boston Harbor since the 18th century. "Beginning in 1791 and continuing through the present, the society through its trustees is vested with the authority to appoint Pilot Commissioners, who in turn appoint Boston Harbor pilots." It has also published guides such as the 1832 Rules and Regulations for

360-454: The insurance offices and as underwriters, and about 50 of the most respectable merchants and shipowners and gentlemen of the highest stations in the commonwealth. The rest of the Society is composed of the more active and younger mariners who still follow the seas as a professional business.' These last were the men who made the name of Boston famous from Archangel to Smyrna, and east by west to

384-524: The light. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Highland Light Station . In 1797, a station authorized by George Washington was established at this point on the Cape, with a wood lighthouse to warn ships about the dangerous coastline between Cape Ann and Nantucket . It was the first light on Cape Cod. In 1833, the wood structure was replaced by a brick tower and in 1840

408-485: The lighthouse is not the original site. It was in danger of falling down the cliff due to beach erosion , so the structure was moved 450 feet (140 m) to the west. The government funding to do so was supplemented by money raised through fund raising by the Truro Historical Society. The move was accomplished by International Chimney Corp. of Buffalo, New York and Expert House Movers of Maryland over

432-493: The new lens was being installed, the light from a third-order lens was exhibited atop a temporary tower erected near the lighthouse; it was later sold at auction. The Highland Light was then the most powerful on the east coast of the United States. Two four-horsepower oil engines with compressors operated by an engine fueled by kerosene, were added to ensure that the fog signal could be activated within ten minutes instead of

456-410: The placement of lighthouses and buoys , and selection of Boston Harbor pilots . The society first formed as a fellowship in 1742, and officially incorporated in 1754. Founders included William Starkey, Edward Cahill, Isaac Freeman, Richard Humphreys, Edward Freyer, Moses Bennet, Jonathan Clarke, John Cullum, Joseph Prince, and Abraham Remmick. In its first century the society conducted meetings at

480-409: The previous 45. A new fog signal was installed in 1929, an electrically operated air oscillator, to make it audible over a greater distance. The lighthouse was converted to electric operation in 1932 with a 1000-watt beacon. In 1946, Highland Light's Fresnel lens was replaced by modern aerobeacons, first by a Crouse-Hinds DCB-36 double rotating light and then by a Carlisle & Finch DCB-224 , with

504-499: The publication in 1768 of Directions for Sailing in and out of Plymouth Harbour (issued in connection with the building of Plymouth Light in that year); the production in 1790 of charts of the coast of North America; and the 1797 publication of Directions for Sailing by Cape-Cod Light-House. In addition to maritime safety, the society has devoted itself to collection and distribution of funds to aid members and their families in times of financial need. The society has also hosted

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528-628: The society's present-day quarters in Charlestown may view some of these objects on display. Members in the 18th century included William Furness, Daniel Malcom, John Foster Williams , James Magee ; 18th-century presidents included Thomas Dennie and Mungo Mackay . Among the members in the 19th century: J.D. Farrell, F.W. Macondray, and Daniel McLaughlin. In the heyday of the clipper ship "many were captained or owned by such society members as Bacon, Eldridge, Emmons, Forbes, Glidden , Howes, Lodge, Ropes, Upton, Wales, Watkins and Weld." Some of

552-620: The use of the family home for the care of children, in preference to the institution. Gradually their work took on new form, until, in 1907, the asylum was finally closed, and family home care was entirely substituted." In 1910 the organization changed its name to the Boston Society for the Care of Girls. Some years later, it "merged with the Boston Children's Aid Society in 1923 to form the Children's Aid Association." Then in 1980,

576-466: Was located on South Street; in 1823 on Essex Street; and from the ca.1840s on Washington Street . By 1873, "between 70 and 80 children are provided for in the Asylum. ... Annual expenses, which are between $ 11,000 and $ 12,000, are defrayed mostly by income from permanent funds, and to small extent by annual subscriptions." "Beginning in 1902, the managers of the asylum came to feel strongly ... in favor of

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