Fryingpan shoals, near Cape Fear river, (N.C.) (Part of season; see also Sections IV and V.) Albemarle, Roanoke, and Croatan sounds, com- pleted; Currituck sound commenced. Entrance to Cape Fear river, (N.C.) (Part of season; see also Section W.) Exploration of Gulf Stream—continued.
East and west ends of Edisto base (S. C.) occu- pied; lines opened; secondary triangulation of North Edisto and Dawho rivers; recommaissance for secondary triangulation to Stono river. Difference of longitude of Charleston and Savan- nah stations. South Edisto and Ashepoo rivers and St. Helena sound. (See also Section IV.) Preliminary triangulation of entrance to Savannah river. (Close of season.) - South Edisto entrance and river, and Edisto island, near east end of base. (See also Section III.) Harbor of Savannah and approaches. (During part of season; see also Section III.) Charleston harbor completed; North Edisto har- bor of refuge completed; harbor of Savannah completed. Preliminary survey of entrance to Savannah river. Inspection of progress of parties in Section, &c. Preparation of sites of bases; connexion of Tortu- gas and Marquesas, Cedar Keys, and Crystal river harbor, &c. (See also Section VIII.) Triangulation of Cedar Keys and vicinity, and of Crystal river harbor, commenced. Triangulation of Florida keys, from Key Biscayne to Soldier key. (Part of season; see also Sec- tion I.) Triangulation of Florida keys continued from Sol- dier key to Turkey key. (Part of season; see also Section IV.)
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J. H. Adams, sub-assistant, and | Marquesas, &c., Bahia Honda, &c., Key Biscayne Mr. R. M. Bache. (Double and main, to limits of triangulation, completed. party.)
(See also Section I.) Lieut. Comm'g John Rodgers, U. | Key West harbor and approaches completed; S. navy, assistant.
Boca Grande, Bahia Honda, reconnaissance of
Musquito inlet, (eastern coast of Florida.) F. H. Gerdes, assistant, and Mr. Station points secured. (Part of season; see also Henry Ginder.
Section VI.)
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S. A. Gilbert, assistant - - Revision of previous work and extension west
ward into Lake Borgne; Biloxi and St. Louis bays triangulated; signals placed in Lake Borgne
and on eastern shore Pontchartrain. W. E. Greenwell, assistant, and West Pascagoula river, Mississippi, to Biloxi Mr. Wm. M. Johnson.
bay and Back bay; Pass Christian, from Pitcher
Point to Henderson's Point. Lieut. Comm'g B. F. Sands, U. S. Eastward and westward of Mobile entrance; Pass navy, assistant.
Christian; reconnaissance of Southwest Pass
and Pass à l'outre, mouths of Mississippi. Lieut. Comm'g Jas. Alden, U. S. Bonsecours bay, near entrance of Mobile bay. navy, assistant.
(Part of season.) Jas. S. Williams, assist., and Spen- From Base on Galveston island, Texas, and High-
cer C. McCorkle, sub-assistant. land bayou, westward to “Peninsula” station.
Sub-assistant J. M. Wampler
• Head of Galveston bay; entrance to San Jacinto
| river; delta of Trinity river and Turtle bay;
fast and West bays, near entrance of Gal.
veston bay, to limits of triangulation. (See also
Section III.) Galveston entrance, approaches and Lower bay.
Determination of Farallones; entrance to San Francisco bay; San Diego harbor. Latitude and longitude of Point Pinos, Monterey, California; of Point Loma, San Diego, Cali- fornia; of Cape Disappointment, Columbia river, Oregon; diff long. San Francisco and Cape Disappointment. North and south sides of entrance to San Fran- cisco bay; Mare island, for site for fortification and navy yard; sites of light-houses at entrance to San Francisco bay, on Farallones, and on Bird island. Sites of light-houses at Point Conception, at Point Pinos, (Monterey,) at Point Loma, (San Diego, California,) and at Cape Disappointment, (Ore- gon,) and Point Adams, Oregon, Trinidad bay and river; Humboldt bay, Califor- nia; views of entrance to Columbia river; gen- eral reconnaissance of the coast south of San Francisco; hydrography of the harbor of Mon- terey; and continuation of reconnaissance of coast south of Monterey.
A list of army officers on Coast Survey duty, September 1, 1851.
Thomas J. Cram,,... Henry Prince........ Isaac I. Stevens...... Augustus A. Gibson ,... James Totten........ William M. Gardner,.. Richard H. Rush ,..... Joseph S. Totten....... George W. Lay.......... Edward B. Hunt, , . William P. Trowbridge, ..
Captain topographical engineers , ....,,.,,. Captain and brevet major 4th infantry ...... 1st lieutenant and brevet major engineers,... 1st lieutenant ad artillery ...... 1st lieutenant 2d artillery .....,
1st lieytenant 7th artillery,... ...!
1st lieutenant 2d artillery ...... 1st lieutenant 2d artillery ...... 1st lieutenant and brevet captain 6th infantry.,...
2d lieutenant engineers, ... .., 2d lieutenant engineers, ......
December 17, 1846 December 10, 1850 September 14, 1849 January 17, 1851 December 10, 1850 February 1, 1851 December 10, 1850 December 10, 1850 December 10, 1850 May 5, 1851 April 18, 1851
APPENDIX No. 3. List of nary oficers on Coast Survey duty, March 1, 1861.
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C. H. McBlair .. Lieut. commanding - April 11, 1849 H. A. Wise ... Lieutenant.. Oct. 8, 1849 C. St. Geo. Noland .......do ............ May 29, 1850 F. S. Conover ....... Passed midshipman . Feb. 21, 1851 M. Woodhull........ Lieut. commanding . Mar. 30, 1848 E. A. Barnet..... .. Lieutenant. ........ Sept. 8, 1849 J. H. March.. Passed midshipman .
1850 G. H. Bier........ .....do......do...... July 30, 1850 Wm. Van Wyck........do......do...... T. A. Jenkins. Lieut. commanding. Feb. 17, 1849 J. S. Taylor
Lieutenant ........ July 18, 1850 A. S. Baldwin..... ......do.....
Jan. 9, 1849 W. A. Bartlett...........do.....
May 29, 1848 S. Nicholson .... Passed midshipman . Oct. 17, 1849 J. N. Maffitt.. Lieut. commanding.. Feb. 8, 1851 Daniel Ammen...... Lieutenant.........
1850 J. D. Bullock ....... Passed midshipman . Aug. 29, 1849 J. D. Langhorne........do......do...... May 29, 1850 A. C. Rhind ...........do......do...... Nov. 27, 1848
John Rodgers ....... Lieut. commanding.. Apr. 27, 1849 | J. D. Read .........l Lieutenant.........
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