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Stuyvesant Light, also known as Kinderhook Light, is a New York lighthouse with a documented glimpse of its early operation from 1835. That year its keeper was John Carroll, a New York native, who received $300 for his annual pay. Beyond its working life, the lighthouse has also appeared in modern writing. In First You Write a Sentence, social historian Joe Moran imagines retiring to Stuyvesant Light, drawing on the figure of the isolated keeper to meditate on solitude, routine, and the quiet significance of ordinary labor.
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Stuyvesant, New York · United States
