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Bibliography
 A Heavy Sea Running: The Formation of the U.S. Life-Saving Service, 1846–1878
by Dennis R. Means
All too common among tragedies of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries was the wreck of the Almira, a small coasting schooner from Sandwich, Massachusetts, bound for Boston with a load of firewood. Having already lost her sails to the fury of an icy winter's gale, she was thrown full... full article
 1899 U.S. Life-Saving Service Uniform Regulations
by Government Printing Office
Keepers and surfmen will provide themselves with the uniform prescribed below and wear it as herein after directed. All crews are required to present a neat and proper appearance. Keepers will enforce discipline in this respect. Keepers and surfmen will wear their uniforms at all times when on duty... full article
 The United States Life-Saving Service
by J. H. Merryman
In the principal newspapers of commercial cities there may be seen, under the caption of "Marine Intelligence," or some such title, a column made up of items, set in nonpareil type, like the following, cut from a recent journal:... full article (off-site)
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