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MAP #: 384U6

CARTOGRAPHER : UNITED STATES COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY

DATE: 1884

SHORT TITLE : TRIANGULATION BETWEEN THE HUDSON RIVER AND CAPE HENRY

REMAINING TITLE & ID : AND THE OHIO RIVER SCALE 1/1000,000 JUNE 30, 1884 (TOP, LEFT OF CENTER). "UNITED STATES COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY" (ABOVE TITLE). "No. 4." (LEFT TOP MARGIN). "NOTE- THE SHADED SURFACES INDICATE RESURVEYS" (CENTER RIGHT). SCALES IN KILOMETERS AND STATUTE MILES (BOTTOM LEFT). "NOTES" (UNDER SCALES). THE REVERSE SIDE IS BLANK. LONGITUDE WEST FROM GREENWICH (TOP AND BOTTOM BORDERS). LATITUDE (RIGHT AND LEFT BORDERS).

DATE OF PUBLICATION : R1885 (1883)
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : WASHINGTON
PUBLISHER : U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 56.8 X 85.5 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : 63.5 X 91.1 CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 1,000,000
SCALE - OTHER DATA : 80 STATUTE MILES = 13.0 CM.
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-637
# 2 : MSA SC1399-636 (1882 STATE)
# 3 : MSA SC1399-639 (1883 STATE)
# 4 : MSA SC1399-640 (1885 STATE)
# 5 : MSA SC1399-635 (1886 STATE)
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : B014-DHH
# 2 : B014-DHH (1882 STATE)
# 3 : B014-DHH (1883 STATE)
# 4 : B014-DHH (1885 STATE)
# 5 : B014-DHH (1886 STATE)
REGION CATEGORY : GENERAL MAP OF INTEREST TO A MD/CHESAPEAKE COLLECTION (3)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : U.S.C.S. TYPE CHART (4)
: PROGRESS SKETCH (20)
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE CHART.
RELIEF SHOWN ? : NO
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : NONE.
CARTOUCHE : NONE (1)
BORDER : SIMPLE FUNCTIONAL (5)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : GREENWICH (1)
SEE ALSO MAP #s : 382U6, 383U5, 385U5, 386U5.
BEST INFO SOURCE : THE FISCAL 1884 USC&GS ANNUAL REPORT IS THE ONLY SOURCE FOUND.
DESCRIPTION : THIS SKETCH OF THE TRIANGULATION CONNECTING NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, PENNSYLVANIA, MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA AND THE OHIO SHOWS HOW THE TRIANGULATION WAS TIED TOGETHER. IT DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY TRIANGULATION. WHILE NOT IMPORTANT TO A CHESAPEAKE-MARYLAND COLLECTION, THIS SKETCH DOES SHOW THAT THE WORK DONE ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WAS PIVOTAL TO THE EXTENSION OF THE TRIANGULATION WESTWARD AND SOUTHWARD. THE WORK WAS SUPERVISED BY A.T. MOSMAN. IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING WITH JUNE, 1884, U.S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY, 1885.

DATA IS FROM THE USC&GS 1884 ANNUAL REPORT AND FROM OBSERVATION OF THE COPY IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.

EDITION & STATE INFO : THIS SKETCH IS AN UPDATED AND REISSUED VERSION OF ONE THAT FIRST APPEARED IN THE USCGS ANNUAL REPORT OF FISCAL 1881-2 (SEE MAP # 382U6). FURTHER REVISIONS AND REPUBLICATION OCCURRED IN FISCAL 1884-5 (SEE MAP # 385U5) AND IN FISCAL 1885-6 (SEE MAP # 386U5).

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS A COPY ON THIN PAPER WITH SOME BROWNING AND SEPARATION AT THE FOLDS. IT HAS AN ACQ. # OF B014-DHH AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399- 637. THE COLLECTION ALSO HAS COPIES OF THE 1882 STATE WITH A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-636, THE 1883 STATE WITH A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399- 639, THE 1885 STATE WITH A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-640, AND THE 1886 STATE WITH A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-635. ALL STATES HAVE ACQ. #S OF B014-DHH.

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : U.S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY, REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING WITH JUNE, 1884, WASHINGTON: U.S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY, 1885, 46-47, 90.

March 17, 1992


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