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MAP #: 349U5

CARTOGRAPHER : UNITED STATES COAST SURVEY

DATE: 1849

SHORT TITLE : MOUTH OF CHESTER RIVER

REMAINING TITLE & ID : FROM A TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A.D. BACHE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SURVEY OF THE COAST OF THE UNITED STATES TRIANGULATION BY J. FERGUSON AND J.E. JOHNSTON CAPT. TOPL. ENGRS. ASSISTANTS TOPOGRAPHY BY H.L. WHITING, R.D. CUTTS AND J.C. NEILSON ASSTS. HYDROGRAPHY BY THE PARTY UNDER THE COMMAND OF W.P. McARTHUR LIEUTENANT U.S. NAVY PUBLISHED IN 1849 SCALE 1/40,000" (BOTTOM LEFT CORNER). "NO. 383" (LEFT TOP MARGIN). "FINAL REDUCTION FOR ENGRAVING BY WM. LUCE AND C. MAHON, DRAUGHTSMEN." (LEFT BOTTOM MARGIN). SCALES IN STATUTE AND NAUTICAL MILES (CENTER BOTTOM MARGIN). "ENGRAVING BY F. DANKWORTH, O.A. LAWSON, W. SMITH, AND S.T. PETTIT. PRINTED BY H. BENNER" (RIGHT BOTTOM MARGIN). SAILING DIRECTIONS NOTE (TOP LEFT CORNER). TIDES NOTE (TOP RIGHT CORNER). "VERIFIED BY A.A. HUMPHREYS, CAPT. TOPL. ENGRS. & ASSISTANT." (BELOW COAST SURVEY OFFICE SEAL BENEATH TIDES NOTE). LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE OF SWANN POINT ARE GIVEN IN THE NOTES IN THE TOP RIGHT, WITH LONGITUDE WEST FROM GREENWICH. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE OTHERWISE (NOT SHOWN).

DATE OF PUBLICATION : S1849
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : WASHINGTON
PUBLISHER : U.S. COAST SURVEY
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 44.0 X 35.1 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : 83.3 X 66.0 CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 40,000
SCALE - OTHER DATA : 3 STATUTE MILES = 11.8 CM.
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-693
# 2 : MSA SC1399-695
# 3 : MSA SC1399-694 (ED.1 ST.2)
# 4 : MSA SC1399-30 (ED.1 ST.3)
# 5 : MSA SC1399-725 (ED.1 ST.3)
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : NOAA012-GIFT
# 2 : NOAA012-GIFT
# 3 : NOAA012-GIFT (ED.1 ST.2)
# 4 : N026-DTG (ED.1 ST.3)
# 5 : NOAA013-GIFT (ED.1 ST.3)
REGION CATEGORY : DETAILED CHART OF PART OF THE MD/CHESAPEAKE AREA (2)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : USCS CHART (4)
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE CHART.
RELIEF SHOWN ? : YES
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : SOUNDINGS ARE SHOWN IN FEET.
: SHOALS ARE SHOWN IN SHADING.
: BOTTOM CONDITIONS ARE INDICATED.
CARTOUCHE : NONE (1)
BORDER : PLAIN (2)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : GREENWICH (1)
SEE ALSO MAP #s : 354U4, 375U6, 399U5.
BEST INFO SOURCE : ANNUAL REPORTS & CATALOGS OF USCS AND NOAA CHART HISTORY CARDS.
DESCRIPTION : THIS IS THE ORIGINAL HAND ENGRAVED PLATE # 180 FROM WHICH ALTO AND BASSO COPIES WERE MADE AND USED IN SUBSEQUENT STATES OF USCS CHART 383. IT WAS BEGUN IN FEBRUARY, 1848 AND WAS COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY, 1849. THIS BLACK AND WHITE CHART COVERS FROM KENT ISLAND TO NORTH OF ROCK HALL, MD., INCLUDING THE ENTIRE MOUTH OF THE CHESTER RIVER. MAGNETIC COURSES AND BEARINGS ARE GIVEN AND DISTANCES ARE IN NAUTICAL MILES. SOUNDINGS ARE IN FEET AT MEAN LOW WATER AND ARE EXTREMELY DETAILED. THE CONDITION OF THE BOTTOM IS SHOWN. THIS CHART IS INTERESTING IN THAT IT SHOWS ON LAND IN WHAT DIRECTION THE FIELDS WERE FARMED, INCLUDING HUNTINGFIELD FARM. THIS CHART WAS USED BY THE WICKES COMMISSION TO HELP ESTABLISH THE LOCATION OF AN OLD BOAT YARD DATING BACK TO COLONIAL TIMES.

DATA IS FROM THE NOAA CHART HISTORY CARDS FOR CHARTS 383, 548 AND 12272, FROM USCS ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS AND FROM OBSERVATION OF THE COPIES IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.

EDITION & STATE INFO : THE ORIGINAL HAND ENGRAVED PLATE FOR CHART 383 WAS PLATE 180, WHICH WAS BEGUN IN FEBRUARY, 1848 AND COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY, 1849. THIS PLATE WAS USED TO MAKE ALTO AND BASSO COPIES. THE PLATE 181 WAS DONE IN MAY, 1854 AS ELECTROTYPE COPY No. 1, BUT THE PLATE HISTORY CARD INDICATES THAT IT WAS "PROBABLY DESTROYED". ANOTHER BASSO COPY WAS MADE AND CORRECTED TO 1854 AND GIVEN THE PLATE NUMBER 376. THE FINISHED PLATE WAS RECEIVED ON JUNE 26, 1854 AND WAS ELECTROTYPE COPY No. 2 A FURTHER PLATE 1275 WAS MADE FROM ANOTHER BASSO COPY IN 1875. THE AIDS TO NAVIGATION WERE UPDATED TO 1875. SUBSEQUENT PLATE CHANGES IN PLATE 1275 WERE MADE TO UPDATE AIDS TO NAVIGATION IN 1881, 1883, 1884 AND 1895. THE CHART HISTORY CARD FOR CHART 383 HAS THE NOTATION THAT THE PLATE LAST APPEARED IN THE CATALOG OF 1897 AS THE EDITION OF 1849. IN APRIL, 1899, PLATE 1275 WAS REISSUED WITH THE CHART STILL DESIGNATED AS # 383. HOWEVER, THAT PLATE AND THE CHART THEREFROM ARE LISTED AS HAVING BEEN CANCELLED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY ON 4/4/99 BY DIRECTION OF THE ASSISTANT IN CHARGE.

ED. 1 - STATE 1 - (1849) - THIS IS THE ORIGINAL HAND ENGRAVED PLATE 180, USED FROM 1849 TO 1854 AND FROM WHICH ALTO AND BASSO COPIES WERE MADE. THE TOP MARGIN HAS ONLY ONE NOTATION AND THAT IS ON THE LEFT SIDE. IT READS "No. 383". THIS IS THE CHART DESCRIBED HEREIN.

- STATE 2 - (1854) - THE TOP MARGIN, LEFT SIDE READS "HARBOR MAP No.". THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TOP MARGIN READS "ELECTROTYPE COPY No. 1 [OR 2] BY G. MATHIOT U.S.C.S." UNDER THE TITLE "MOUTH OF CHESTER RIVER" IS THE LINE "HARBOR OF REFUGE NO. )". THE CHART RETAINS THE DATE 1849 UNDER THE TITLE. THIS CHART IS ON PLATE 376. SEE CHART # 354U4.

- STATE 3 - (1875) - THE TOP MARGIN READS "No. 383" ON THE LEFT AND ELECTROTYPE COPY No. 3 U.S.C.S." ON THE RIGHT. THE AIDS TO NAVIGATION ARE UPDATED TO 1875 AND LATER IN 1881, 1883, 1884, AND 1895 ON THE SAME PLATE. SEE CHART # 375U6.

- STATE 4 - (1899) - ENTITLED "TREASURY DEPT/ MOUTH OF CHESTER RIVER/ CHESAPEAKE BAY/ SCALE 1/40000/ PUBLISHED AT WASHINGTON,D.C./ APRIL 1899/ BY THE U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY/ HENRY S. PRITCHETT, SUPERINTENDENT/ (DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION 1849)". "NO. 383 PRICE 25 CENTS" (LEFT TOP MARGIN). "PLATE NO. 1275" (CENTER TOP MARGIN). "ELECTROTYPE COPY NO. 3 U.S.C.S." (RIGHT TOP MARGIN). "FINAL REDUCTION BY WM. LUCE AND C. MAHON, DRAUGHTSMEN" (LEFT BOTTOM MARGIN). SCALES IN STATUTE MILES AND NAUTICAL MILES (CENTER BOTTOM MARGIN). "ENGRAVING BY F. DANKWORTH, O.A. LAWSON, W. SMITH AND S.T. PETTIT" (RIGHT BOTTOM MARGIN). "U.S.C.& G.S. 383 (MOUTH OF CHESTER RIVER)" (BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF MARGIN). THIS CHART WAS CANCELLED ON 4/4/1899, IMMEDIATELY AFTER ISSUE. A COPY WAS SEEN AT THE NOAA DISTRIBUTION CENTER ARCHIVES. SEE CHART # 399U5.

SUBSEQUENTLY A PHOTOLITH PLATE WAS MADE AND IN FEBRUARY, 1912, A FIRST EDITION UNDER CHART NO. 548 COVERING THIS AREA WAS ISSUED. A SECOND EDITION OF THIS SAME CHART NUMBER WAS MADE ON JUNE 1, 1934 WITH AN INSET OF KENT ISLAND NARROWS ON A SCALE OF 1:10,000 WITH 1927 DATUM. SOME 22 EDITIONS WERE ISSUED THROUGH APRIL 21, 1984 WITH EVEN MORE FREQUENT PRINTS. ON JULY 1, 1974 THE CHART NUMBER WAS CHANGED TO 12272 WHEN THE NATIONAL OCEAN SURVEY CHANGED ITS NUMBERING SYSTEM.

DATA IS FROM THE NOAA CHART HISTORY CARD FOR CHARTS 383, 548 AND 12272, FROM A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH BOB HANSEN OF NOAA, WHO READ DATA FROM THE PLATE HISTORY CARDS, AND FROM OBSERVATION OF THE COPIES IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS TWO BEAUTIFUL COPIES ON HEAVY PAPER OF EDITION 1, STATE 1 WITH EXTREMELY WIDE MARGINS, PRINTED IN BLUISH-GREEN INK. THE PRINTS ARE STRIKES FROM PLATE 180, DONE AROUND 1970. THEY BOTH HAVE ACQ. #s OF NOAA012-GIFT AND MDHRs # OF MSA SC1399-693 AND 695, RESPECTIVELY. THE COLLECTION HAS A COPY IN SIMILAR CONDITION OF EDITION 1, STATE 2, WITH A SIMILAR ACQ. # AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-694. IT WAS PLATE 376 AND ALSO WAS A STRIKE AROUND 1970. THE COLLECTION ALSO HAS AN EXCELLENT COPY ON HEAVY PAPER FROM PLATE 1275 OF EDITION 1, STATE 3. IT HAS AN ACQ. # OF N026-DTG AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-030. THE COLLECTION HAS A GOOD COPY OF THIS SAME STATE WITH AN ACQ. # OF NOAA013-GIFT AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-725. IN ADDITION, THE COLLECTION HAS ONE EDITION OF CHART 548, WHICH SUCCEEDED CHART 383 AND SEVERAL EDITIONS OF NOAA CHART 12272, WHICH REPLACED CHART 548.

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : PHILIPS, PHILIP LEE, A LIST OF GEOGRAPHICAL ATLASES IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, AMSTERDAM: THEATRVM ORBIS TERRARVM, LTD., A 1971 REPRINT OF A 1909 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PUBLICATION, I, 701, # 1269, CHART # 27; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, CHART HISTORY CARDS FOR CHARTS 383, 548 AND 12272; REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE COAST SURVEY SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF THE SURVEY DURING THE YEAR 1854, WASHINGTON: U.S. COAST SURVEY, 1855, APPENDIX PAGE 56; MORRISON, RUSSELL AND ROBERT HANSEN, CHARTING THE CHESAPEAKE, ANNAPOLIS: MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES, 1990, 72, 76 (FIG. 48, DETAIL); GUTHORN, PETER J., UNITED STATES COASTAL CHARTS 1783-1861, EXTON, PA: SCHIFFER PUBLISHING, LIMITED, 1984, 84.

March 1, 1993


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