Front:
CUSTOM HOUSE
Back:
THE CUSTOM HOUSE, erected 1818-19, at Salem Maritime
National Historic Site. Also showing at right the Hawkes
House, 1801, and Derby House, 1761-62.
As an introduction to The Scarlet Letter, published 1850,
Nathaniel Hawthorne describes the Custom House where
he worked as Surveyor of the Port, 1846-49, including "an
enormous specimen of the American eagle" over the front
entrance.
Pub. by Walter H. Miller & Co., Inc., Williamsburg, Virginia
O Color Photo by Walter H. Miller
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