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MAP #: 382U5

CARTOGRAPHER : U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY

DATE: 1882

SHORT TITLE : WESTERN SHORE OF CHESAPEAKE BAY POINT LOOKOUT TO

REMAINING TITLE & ID : PT. NO POINT - INCLUDING- ST. JEROME'S CREEK SURVEYED BETWEEN 1848 & 1856 SCALE 1/20,000 (BOTTOM LEFT CORNER). SCALES IN YARDS AND STATUTE MILES (UNDER TITLE). "U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY J.E. HILGARD, SUPT. JANUARY, 1882. COPIED FROM THE ORIGINAL IN ARCHIVES OF U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY OFFICE FOR THE U.S. COMMISSION OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [SIGNED] RICHd. CUTTS ASSISTANT IN CHARGE OF OFFICE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 4th, 1882". (IN MANUSCRIPT IN BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER). STAMP OF THE COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY OFFICE DRAWING DIVISION DATED JANUARY 4, 1882 (ABOVE MANUSCRIPT WRITING). LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE (NOT SHOWN). NOTE: SINCE WE ARE WORKING WITH A PHOTOREPRODUCTION, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL WHETHER THIS IS A MANUSCRIPT TRACING WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ADDED OR A PRINTED MAP. IT APPEARS TO BE BACKED ON LINEN.

DATE OF PUBLICATION : S1882 [MS?]
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : WASHINGTON
PUBLISHER : U.S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 100.0 X 72.0 CM. (SHEET SIZE)
SIZE - OTHER DATA : ? X ? CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 200,000
SCALE - OTHER DATA : 2 STATUTE MILES = 16 CM.
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-420 (REPRO)
HFC ACQ. PRIORITY : 4
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : -
REGION CATEGORY : DETAILED MAP OF PART OF THE MD/CHESAPEAKE AREA (2)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : U.S.C.S. MATERIAL (4)
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE MAP
RELIEF SHOWN ? : YES
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : NONE.
CARTOUCHE : NONE (1)
BORDER : NONE (1)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : NONE
SEE ALSO MAP #s : -
BEST INFO SOURCE : NONE FOUND.
DESCRIPTION : ALTHOUGH THIS MAP IS INDICATED AS HAVING BEEN COPIED FROM AN ORIGINAL IN THE U.S.C. & G.S. ARCHIVES, WE HAVE NOT YET SEEN THE ORIGINAL. BECAUSE OF THE SCALE AND THE TOTAL LACK OF HYDROGRAPHIC INFORMATION, THIS MAY HAVE BEEN COPIED FROM ONE OR MORE MANUSCRIPT TOPOGRAPHIC SHEETS OF THE AREA, WHICH WERE NOT PUBLISHED.

THIS MAP'S MAIN FEATURE IS THE SAINT JEROME OYSTER CULTURAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STATION NEAR ST. JEROME'S PT., WHICH IS IDENTIFIED IN LARGE LETTERS AND WHOSE POSITION IS MARKED BY AN ARROW. THE AREA DEPICTED IS ON THE WESTERN SHORE OF THE BAY JUST NORTH OF THE MOUTH OF THE POTOMAC RIVER. THERE IS EXTENSIVE TOPOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, BUT NO HYDROGRAPHIC DATA.

EDITION & STATE INFO : NOT YET RESEARCHED.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS A PHOTOREPRODUCTION OF THE COPY IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DONE AT 80% OF THE ORIGINAL SIZE. IT HAS A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-420 (REPRO).

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : NOT YET RESEARCHED.

March 16, 1992


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