Nineteen official typed letters from H. K. Vaiden, Supervising Customs Agent, Customs Information Exchange, New York to Customs Officers at Coast Guard Station on the East Coast. Ten official letters from W. M. Wolff, and from Howard Wilcox Office of the District Commander, Second District, Provincetown Mass. Specific vessels and owners are named, such as the Sea Urchin C-6453 owned by Charles F. Atwood of Orleans, Mass.
Identification list of vessels suspected of smuggling during the Prohibition era, including sailing craft and vessels other than sail. List and description of vessels with attached identification photographs.
Official U.S. Coast Guard correspondence, mainly hand-written, some typed, from Office of Superintendent of Life-Saving Stations Second District East Orleans Mass or Treasure Department, Office of Superintendent, Life-saving Service. Addressed to Captain E. P. Worthen North Truro Highlands: Life-Saving Station, signed B. C. Sparrow, S. I. Kimball, Mark Newcombe.
Handwritten correspondence relating to the work of the Coat Guard Life-saving service and Treasury Department (Customs). Some on letterhead Treasury Department Office of General Superintendent U.S. Life-Saving Service or Office of Superintendent of Life Saving Service Stations Second District East Orleans Mass or U.S. Life-Saving Service Washington D.C. Names mentioned: Edwin P. Worthen, Keeper, Life-Saving Station No. 7, District No. 2, North Truro. B.C. Sparrow, Superintendent of Life Saving Stations No. 2.
Official correspondence to and from E. P. Worthen, Keeper, Highland Life-Saving Service, Second District. Some from Life-Saving Service, Office of Superintendent Second District East Orleans and from Office of Assistant Inspector First and Second Districts, Boston. Worthen lists several men he would like to employ, mainly from Truro but also from Provincetown and Somerville. Letters to Worthen are from: S. I. Kimball, John Dennett, B. C. Sparrow.
Official correspondence to an from E. P. Worthen, Keeper of Highland Life-Saving Station. Some from S. I. Kimball, General Superintendent U.S. Life-Saving Service, Treasury Department. The application of John R. Francis to be a surfman is discussed, also an inquiry for the address of Arthur Hobart, property owner near the Highlands Station.