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Historical Items

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Item 35654

Hopley Yeaton reburial, New London, Connecticut, 1975, 1975

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1975-08-23 Location: New London; Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 35338

Hopley Yeaton disinterment, Lubec, 1974, 1974

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1974-11-01 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 35335

Hopley Yeaton, Lubec, 1974, 1974

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1974-11-01 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"And patriot Hopley Yeaton, native of New Hampshire and appointed by President Washington as the first officer of the Revenue Cutter Service, came to…"

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… organized Revenue Cutter Service commissioning Hopley Yeaton as its first officer – America’s first commissioned naval officer 1791 • Cooper’s…"

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Yeaton, America’s first commissioned naval officer, was sent to the Passamaquoddy region, charged with curtailing the growth of smuggling there."