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| Keywords: StephenPleasonton.jpg Portrait of Stephen Pleasonton an employee in the State Department who was responsible for safeguarding the Declaration of Independence and other government records when the British burned Washington D C during the war of 1812 He later became the Fifth Auditor of the Treasury Department from 1817 until his death in 1855 and was most famous for heading the Lighthouse Establishment for over three decades Extracted from PDF version of http //diplomacy state gov/exhibitions/100935 htm Keeping the Seal in Good Hands poster part of a U S Diplomacy Center State Department exhibition on the 225th anniversary of the Great Seal Direct PDF URL http //diplomacy state gov/documents/organization/101214 pdf 24MB <br/> Courtesy of nightbeacon com U S Government The http //diplomacy state gov/exhibitions/100935 htm U S Diplomacy Center exhibition page states All materials in this exhibition are in the public domain and can be reproduced without permission Citation of this source is appreciated http //web archive org/web/20070208152547/www nightbeacon com/lighthouseinformation/uslighthousehistory htm Archive of nightbeacon com page LOC-image cph 3a00569 PD-USGov United States Department of the Treasury Lighthouses in the United States 1770s births 1855 deaths | ||||
