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MAP #: 362U8

CARTOGRAPHER : UNITED STATES COAST SURVEY

DATE: 1862

SHORT TITLE : COAST CHARTS NOS. 31 32 33 CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM ITS HEAD

REMAINING TITLE & ID : TO POTOMAC RIVER FROM A TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF F.R. HASSLER AND A.D. BACHE SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE SURVEY OF THE COAST OF THE UNITED STATES NO. 32 FROM MAGOTHY RIVER TO CHOPTANK RIVER TRIANGULATION BY J. FERFUSON F.H. GERDES J.E. JOHNSTONE CAPT. TOPL. ENGRS. E. BLUNT J.E. HILGARD ASSTS. AND A.D. BACHE SUPDT. TOPOGRAPHY BY H.L. WHITING F.H. GERDES ASSTS. J.C. NEILSON SUB-ASST. J.J.S. HASSLER R.D. CUTTS & G.D. WISE ASSTS. HYDROGRAPHY BY THE PARTIES UNDER THE COMMAND OF LIEUT. COMDG. G.M. BACHE S.P. LEE & W.P. McARTHUR U.S.N. ASSTS. PUBLISHED IN 1862 A.D. BACHE SUPERINTENDENT SCALE 1/80,000 (TOP RIGHT CORNER). "No. 18" (LEFT TOP MARGIN). "PRESENTED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF AN ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF JUNE 3d. 1844 AND BY DIRECTION OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT A.D. BACHE SUPERINTENDENT COAST SURVEY" (CENTER, TOP MARGIN). "ELECTROTYPE COPY NO. 3 BY G. MATHIOT U.S.C.S. (RIGHT, TOP MARGIN). "REDd. DRng. BY M.T. McCLERY ASST. L.D. WILLIAMS & J.J. RICKETTS" (LEFT, BOTTOM MARGIN). "ENGd. BY F. DANKWORTH J. ENTHOFFER H.C. EVANS & J.C. KONDRUP." (RIGHT, BOTTOM MARGIN). SCALES IN STATUTE MILES, YARDS AND NAUTICAL MILES (UNDER TITLE). SYMBOL OF COAST SURVEY OFFICE, WITH "VERIFIED", SIGNED BY J.E. HILGARD, "ASSIST. COAST SURVEY IN CHARGE OF OFFICE" (ABOVE AND TO RIGHT OF SCALES). "SAILING DIRECTIONS", "DANGERS", "LIGHT HOUSES" TABLE, "TIDES", "TIDAL CURRENTS", "VARIATIONS OF THE MAGNETIC NEEDLE", "SOUNDINGS" NOTES, AND "ABBREVIATIONS OF BOTTOMS" (LOWER RIGHT HALF OF CHART IN DESCENDING ORDER NOTED). "CHESAPEAKE BAY DIAGRAM OF SHEETS" INSET (TOP LEFT CORNER, 9 X 4.9 CM.). COMPASS ROSES (CENTER, LOWER LEFT, AND RIGHT). THERE IS NOTHING ON THE REVERSE SIDE. LONGITUDE WEST FROM NY CITY HALL (TOP AND BOTTOM BORDERS) AND FROM GREENWICH (BOTTOM BORDER). LATITUDE (RIGHT AND LEFT BORDERS).

DATE OF PUBLICATION : R1862 (1857)
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : WASHINGTON
PUBLISHER : U.S. COAST SURVEY
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 74.0 X 95.4 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : 82.0 X 102.0 CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 80,000
SCALE - OTHER DATA : 6 STATUTE MILES = 12 CM.
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-576
# 2 : MSA SC1399-503
# 3 : MSA SC1399-624
# 4 : MSA SC1399-302 (REPRO - 1857 ED.)
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : B014-DUD
# 2 : C015-2U1
# 3 : B014-DUD
# 4 : -
REGION CATEGORY : DETAILED CHART OF PART OF THE MD/CHESAPEAKE AREA (2)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : U.S.C.S. CHART (4)
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1 OF 6
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE CHART.
RELIEF SHOWN ? : YES
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : SOUNDINGS ARE SHOWN IN FEET AND FATHOMS.
: SHOALS ARE SHOWN IN SHADING.
: BOTTOM CONDITIONS ARE INDICATED.
CARTOUCHE : NONE (1)
BORDER : GEOGRAPHICALLY FUNCTIONAL (8)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : NEW YORK AND GREENWICH (9)
SEE ALSO MAP #s : 357U3.
BEST INFO SOURCE : THE 1862 AND 1864 USCS ANNUAL REPORTS & NOAA CHART HISTORY CARDS.
DESCRIPTION : THIS EXTREMELY DETAILED SEA CHART IS SHEET 2 OF A 6 SHEET SERIES COVERING THE ENTIRE BAY. THIS SERIES REPRESENTS THE MOST COMPLETE CHARTING OF THE BAY IN TERMS OF HYDROGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY DONE UP TO THE TIME OF ITS COMPLETION AND IS BASED ON EXTENSIVE TRIANGULATION OF THE WHOLE AREA, WHICH HAD NOT BEEN DONE BEFORE. IT GIVES TOPOGRAPHICAL DATA ON THE NECKS AND COASTAL LANDS ADJACENT TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM THE MAGOTHY RIVER IN THE NORTH TO THE MOUTH OF THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER IN THE SOUTH. THIS CHART SHOWS LOCATION OF HOUSES AND BUILDINGS, TYPE TERRAIN, DIRECTION IN WHICH CROPS ARE PLANTED, FARM ROADS, RAILROADS, ETC. HYDROGRAPHIC INFORMATION INCLUDES SOUNDINGS IN FEET UP TO 18, THEN IN FATHOMS. IT HAS VERY WIDESPREAD INDICATIONS OF THE CONDITION OF THE BOTTOM AND HAS SHOALS MARKED BY DOTTED LINES. BUOYS AND CHANNEL COURSES ARE DRAWN. THERE ARE EXTENSIVE SAILING DIRECTIONS AND TABLES OF HYDROGRAPHIC AND OTHER INFORMATION. IN SHORT, THIS CHART SUMMARIZES THE VERY BEST DATA AVAILABLE FROM THE ONGOING COAST SURVEY WORK AT THE TIME.

AN EARLIER PRELIMINARY EDITION WAS ISSUED IN THE 1857 USCS ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS, BUT THE DATA WAS NOT THEN COMPLETE. THE FINISHED CHART WAS NOT RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL 1866 BECAUSE OF THE CIVIL WAR.

DATA IS FROM THE 1862 AND 1864 USCS ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS AND FROM THE NOAA CHART HISTORY CARDS.

EDITION & STATE INFO : THIS CHART WAS COMPLETED IN 1862 WITH ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO AN EARLIER PRELIMINARY VERSION, BUT IT WAS NOT ISSUED TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL THE 1864 USCS ANNUAL REPORT, RELEASED IN 1866. CHARTS THOUGHT TO BE HELPFUL TO THE SOUTH DURING THE CIVIL WAR WERE WITHHELD UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR. THIS ONE WAS ILLUSTRATION NO. 18 IN THE 1864 USCS ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.

THE NOAA CHART HISTORY CARD ON THIS PLATE INDICATES THAT IT WAS CHART NO. 135 FROM 1862 UNTIL IT WAS REPLACED BY CHART NO. 1225 IN JUNE, 1913. A TOTAL OF 8 STATES OF SIX EDITIONS OF CHART NO. 135 FOLLOW AFTER THE PRELIMINARY EDITION OF 1857:

THE PRELIMINARY EDITION WAS INCLUDED IN THE REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE COAST SURVEY SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF THE SURVEY DURING THE YEAR 1857 AND IS ON THIN PAPER. IT WAS UNFINISHED. ITS TITLE READS "MAP OF CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM THE HEAD OF THE BAY TO THE MOUTH OF THE POTOMAC RIVER...SHEET NO. 2 FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MAGOTHY RIVER TO THE MOUTH OF THE HUDSON RIVER." THE DATE IS 1857 IN THE TITLE. THE SCALES ARE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT BELOW THE NOTES. THERE IS NO MARGINAL WRITING. THE TOPOGRAPHY IS INCOMPLETE AND THE SHOAL AREAS ARE NOT YET SHADED. THERE IS NO DIAGRAM OF SHEETS IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER. SEE MAP # 357U3. ED. # ED. DATE PLATE NO.

1 1862 1010
2 1872 900
3 JUNE,1877 1232
4 ST. 1 DEC.,1897 1947
ST. 2 MAY, 1895 1947
ST. 3 MAY, 1905 1947
5 DEC.,1908 PHOTOLITH
6 OCT.,1909 PHOTOLITH

CHART NO. 1225, ALSO ON A SCALE OF 1-80,000 WAS ENTITLED "U.S. - EAST COAST - MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE BAY - COVE POINT TO SANDY POINT". THE CHART NUMBER WAS AGAIN CHANGED ON JULY 1, 1974 TO # 12263, WHEN THE NATIONAL OCEAN SURVEY CHANGED ITS CHART NUMBERING SYSTEM. SOME 27 EDITIONS AND MANY MORE ISSUES WERE PUBLISHED THROUGH 1977. LORAN "C" LINES OF POSITION WERE ADDED IN THE AUGUST 16, 1975 EDITION.

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

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS A COPY ON THIN PAPER WITH SOME BROWNING AT THE FOLDS AND SOME LOSS OF DATA AT INTERSECTIONS OF THE FOLDS. THE FOLDS ARE STRENGTHENED. THE NUMBER "18" IS STAMPED ON THE REVERSE SIDE. IT HAS AN ACQ. # OF B014-DUD AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-576. THE COLLECTION HAS A SECOND COPY ON THIN PAPER IN THE SAME CONDITION, WITH AN ACQ. # OF C015-2U1 AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-503 AND A THIRD IN SIMILAR CONDITION WITH AN ACQ. # OF B014-DUD AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399- 624.

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : U.S. COAST SURVEY, REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE COAST SURVEY SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF THE SURVEY DURING THE YEAR 1862, H.R. EX. DOC. No. 70, 37th CONGRESS, 3d. SESSION, WASHINGTON: U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1864, 4, 34, 139, 141, 147, 148; U.S. COAST SURVEY, REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE COAST SURVEY SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF THE SURVEY DURING THE YEAR 1864, H.R. EX. DOC. No. 15, 38th CONGRESS, 2d. SESSION, WASHINGTON: U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1866, 5, 102; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, CHART HISTORY CARDS, # 135 AND # 1225; MORRISON, RUSSELL & ROBERT HANSEN, CHARTING THE CHESAPEAKE, ANNAPOLIS: MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES, 1990, 145.

February 24, 1993


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