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MAP #: 363U7

CARTOGRAPHER : UNITED STATES COAST SURVEY

DATE: 1863

SHORT TITLE : POTOMAC RIVER (IN FOUR SHEETS) SHEET NO. 3

REMAINING TITLE & ID : FROM LOWER CEDAR POINT TO INDIAN HEAD FROM A TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A.D. BACHE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SURVEY OF THE COAST OF THE UNITED STATES TRIANGULATION BY C. FERGUSON AND F.P. WEBBER SUB-ASSISTS. TOPOGRAPHY BY H.L. WHITING A.W. LONGFELLOW ASSISTS. J. MECHAN SUB-ASST. AND C. HOSMER AID FAIRMAN ROGERS ACTING ASSISTANT COAST SURVEY IN IMMEDIATE CHARGE OF OPERATIONS HYDROGRAPHY BY THE PARTY UNDER THE COMMAND OF LT. COMDR. T.S. PHELPS U.S.N. ASSISTANT SCALE 1/60,000 1862 (CENTER TOP). "NO. 22" (LEFT TOP MARGIN). "REDd. DRng. BY A. LINDENKOHL L. KARCHER AND A. BALBACH" (LEFT BOTTOM MARGIN). "ENGd. BY A. MAEDEL A. PETERSEN AND F.W. BENNER (RIGHT BOTTOM MARGIN). SCALES IN STATUTE AND NAUTICAL MILES (BELOW TITLE). NOTES ON WHEN THE WORK WAS DONE (BELOW SCALES). NOTES AND/OR TABLES ON "LIGHT VESSELS", "TIDES", VARIOUS LATITUDES, DATA RE MAGNETIC VARIATIONS, "SOUNDINGS", AND "ABBREVIATIONS" (BOTTOM RIGHT, IN ORDER GIVEN). SYMBOL OF THE COAST SURVEY OFFICE, WITH "PRICE 40 CENTS" BENEATH IT AND "VERIFIED", SIGNED BY J.E. HILGARD "ASSIST. COAST SURVEY IN CHARGE OF OFFICE." (BELOW AND TO RIGHT OF TITLE). HEAVY NEAT LINES ARE AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM AND LEFT. A LIGHT NEAT LINE IS TO THE RIGHT, WHERE IT JOINS WITH SHEET 2. COMPASS ROSES (BOTTOM LEFT AND TOP RIGHT). MAP IS ORIENTED WITH THE NORTHEAST AT THE TOP. LONGITUDE WEST FROM GREENWICH (TOP AND BOTTOM BORDERS). LATITUDE (RIGHT AND LEFT BORDERS).

DATE OF PUBLICATION : S1863
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : WASHINGTON
PUBLISHER : U.S. COAST SURVEY
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 53.8 X 74.4 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : 63.5 X 80.8 CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 60,000
SCALE - OTHER DATA : 5 STATUTE MILES = 13.3 CM.
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-569
# 2 : MSA SC1399-654
# 3 : MSA SC1399-685 (1882-1905 ED.)
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : C015-2U1
# 2 : B014-H1
# 3 : NOAA012-GIFT (1882-1905 ED.)
REGION CATEGORY : DETAILED CHART OF PART OF THE MD/CHESAPEAKE AREA (2)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : U.S.C.S. MATERIAL (4)
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1 OF 4
MAP ORIENTATION : NE 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 : SIMPLE FUNCTIONAL (5)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : GREENWICH (1)
SEE ALSO MAP #s : 402U5, 362U7 (SHEET 1), 368U6 (SHEET 1), 404U5 (SHEET 1), 362UA (SHEET 2), 364U4 SHEET 4).
BEST INFO SOURCE : NOAA CHART HISTORY CARD FOR CHART 390.
DESCRIPTION : THIS U.S. COAST SURVEY PRELIMINARY CHART IS THE THIRD FROM EAST OF FOUR CHARTS COVERING THE NAVIGABLE POTOMAC RIVER. THE 1863 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE USCS TO CONGRESS INDICATES THAT PRELIMINARY CHARTS FOR SHEETS 1,2, AND 3 WERE ENGRAVED AND THAT SHEET 4 WAS BEING ENGRAVED. ALTHOUGH THE CHART CARRIES AN 1862 DATE IN THE TITLE, SOME OF THE HYDROGRAPHY IS SHOWN AS HAVING BEEN EXECUTED IN 1863. THEREFORE IT IS LIKELY THAT THIS CHART WAS RELEASED LATE IN 1863. IT WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE 1864 ANNUAL USCS REPORT. THIS SHEET ON HEAVY PAPER, ACCORDING TO THE 1864 ANNUAL REPORT WAS OFFERED SEPARATELY FOR SALE IN ITS PRELIMINARY CONDITION. THE REPRESENTATIVE SOUNDINGS LOOK COMPLETE EXCEPT FOR THE CREEKS OF THE RIVER. THE TOPOGRAPHY IS INCOMPLETE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER, WITH SOME OF THE UNSURVEYED SHORELINE REPRESENTED BY DOTTED LINES.

THE 1863 ANNUAL REPORT INDICATES THAT THE HYDROGRAPHY WAS DONE PRIMARILY BY LIEUT. COMDR. T.S. PHELPS IN THE STEAMER CORWIN. REGARDING THE BOTTOMS, PHELPS REPORTED THAT THE LUMPS ON THE BOTTOMS BETWEEN LOWER CEDAR POINT AND COB POINT ARE ABRUPT AND MOSTLY CONE SHAPED AND COMPOSED PRINCIPALLY OF OYSTERS AND SAND. TEN FEET WAS THE LEAST WATER FOUND ON THEM. HE REPORTED FURTHER THAT "THE SOUTHERN BANK OF THE POTOMAC WAS TRAVERSED BY BANDS OF REBEL SOLDIERS WHILE THE PARTY IN THE CORWIN WAS PROSECUTING THE HYDROGRAPHY, BUT THOUGH OFTEN WITHIN GUNSHOT, THE BOAT PARTIES WERE IN NO INSTANCE MOLESTED. THESE BANDS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE CONCERNED IN RECEIVING AND AIDING THE CONTRABAND TRAFFIC ACROSS THE RIVER. THE BANDS UNDOUBTEDLY ACCOUNT FOR THE INCOMPLETE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE SOUTHERN SHORE.

A MORE COMPLETE EDITION OF THIS CHART WAS PUBLISHED FROM 1882 TO 1905 (SEE CHART 402U5). THE CHART WAS CANCELLED AFTER A THIRD EDITION IN 1905 AND WAS REPLACED BY CHART 559.

DATA IS FROM THE NOAA CHART HISTORY CARD FOR CHART 390, THE USCS ANNUAL REPORTS AND FROM OBSERVATION OF THE COPIES IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.

EDITION & STATE INFO : THERE WERE THREE EDITIONS OF THIS CHART, 1862, 1882 AND 1905 BEFORE IT WAS REPLACED BY CHART 559.

ED. 1 - (1862) - THIS IS A PRELIMINARY CHART, PROBABLY FIRST PUBLISHED IN LATE 1863. NONE OF THE CREEKS WERE DRAWN IN DETAIL AND THE TOPOGRAPHY WAS INCOMPLETE ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE RIVER. THIS IS THE CHART DESCRIBED HEREIN.

ED. 2 - (1882-1905) - ADDITIONAL DETAIL ON SOME OF THE SOUTHERN CREEKS IS INCLUDED AND A DIAGRAM OF CHARTS OF THE POTOMAC IS ADDED IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER. SEE CHART # 402U5.

ED. 3 - (1905) - THIS EDITION HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BY THE WRITER.

DATA IS FROM THE NOAA CHART HISTORY CARD FOR CHART 390 AND FROM OBSERVATION OF THE COPIES IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS TWO COPIES OF THE 1862 EDITION ON THIN PAPER WITH BROWNING AT THE FOLDS AND HOLES AT THE INTERSECTIONS WITH MINOR LOSS OF DATA. THE ACQ. #s ARE C015-2U1 AND B014-H1. THE CORRESPONDING MDHR #s ARE MSA SC1399-569 AND MSA SC1399-654. THE COLLECTION ALSO HAS A COPY OF THE 1882-1905 EDITION IN BLUISH-GREEN INK ON HEAVY PAPER. IT APPARENTLY WAS A STRIKE DONE AROUND 1970 FROM THE ORIGINAL PLATE # 1148 UPDATED THROUGH 1902. IT HAS AN ACQ. # OF NOAA012-GIFT AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-685.

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION CHART HISTORY CARD FOR CHART 390; U.S. COAST SURVEY, REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE COAST SURVEY, SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF THE SURVEY DURING THE YEAR 1863, WASHINGTON: U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1864, 6, 10, 35-6, 38- 41, 63-64, 123, 127, 131, 214; 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. # 15, 38TH CONGRESS, 2d. SESSION, WASHINGTON: U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1866, 5.

January 28, 1992


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