£& @EC I TUE L I G H 'r -H O U S E S , BEACONS, .AND FLOATING LIGHTS, OF THE UNI'rED ST ATES, FOR 1838. PREPARED BY ORDER OF S TEPHEN PLEASONTON, FIFTH AUDITOR AND ACTING COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE, WASHINGTON : PRINTEa BY BLAlR AND RlVES. 1838. INDEX. l' No. Page. No. Page. V A. E. ssalea~ue Island . 145 8 Edgartown - 63 4 htabu a.Beacon . 172 10 Eaton's Neck 85 6 B. F. Baker's Island, ~aine) 16 2 Franklin Island - 4 2 Baker's island, ( ass.) - 32 2 Faulkner Island - 76 4 Boston - 30 2 Five Mil« Point - 80 6 Billingsgate Island 41 2 Fayerweather Island 82 6 Brown's Head - 21 2 Fire Island Inlet - 88 6 Burnt Island - 9 2 Fort Tompkins - 91 6 Boon Island - 26 2 Four Mile P oint 93 6 Bird Island . 59 4 Franks Island - 174 10 Block IR.land - 72 4 Fort Gratiot - - 192 12 Bu.ffalo - - 100 6 Federal Point . 147 8 Bombay Hook - 121 8 Fort P oint 25 2 Bodkin Island - 126 8 Back River Point. - 144 8 G. Bald Head . - 146 8 Be~s on Wolf's Island - 160 10 Goat Island, (Maine) . 23 2 Ba ou St. John's - • - 173 10 Gloucester P oint - - 44 4 Bois Blanc - - • - 195 12 Gayhead - - • 48 4 Barnegat Shoals - 115 6 Goat Island, (R. I.(: • 68 4 - Great Captains' Is and - 84 6 C. Grand River - - • . 163 10 Galloo Island . 103 6 Cape Elizabeth 17 2 Genesee - 105 6 Cape Cod • 34 2 Clark's Point 49 4 H. Cutterhunk Island 50 4 Cape Poge - 54 4 Hendrick's Head· 19 2 Chatham - 55 4 Holmes' Hole 57 4 Cape May - . 116 6 Horse Island • . 108 6 Cape H enlopen . 119 8 Highlands of Neversink - 114 6 Cape Henlopen Beacon - 120 8 Christiana River - - - 124 8 I. Cohanzey Creek • . 125 8 Concord Point - 131 8 lp.swich 47 4 Cove Point - - 132 8 Clay Island - - 135 8 J. Cape Henry - . 139 8 Cape Hatteras . 148 a Juniper Island 74 4 Cal)e Lookout - 151 10 Charleston - 153 10 K. Cumberland Islancl - 161 10 Cleveland - - - 164 10 Kinderhook - 9-2 6 Conneaut River Beacl!>n . 168 10 Cunningham Creek - 169 10 L. Cat Island - • . 178 10 Cbefuncta River • . 180 10 Libby Island - - 10 2 Calle Florida . 185 12 Long Island Head 39 2 Chicago • - 198 12 Long Point - 43 4 Choctaw Point 201 12 Lynde Point - • 77 4 Little Gull Island - 98 6 D. Lazaretlo Point - - 134 8 Little Walts' Island . 137 8 Dices H ead • 18 2 Little Cumberland Island . )6~ JO Dumpling Rock . 62 4 D1t1ch Island 69 4 M. Dnnkirk • 102 6 13 2 Dry T onngas 186 1~ Moose Peak Heall iv INDEX. No. Page. No. Page. M arlinicus Rock - 14 2 Pensacola 191 12 Mount Desert Rock 2 - 20 Pottawatamie - 199 12 Marshall's Point - 22 2 M arblehead 46 4 R. Monamoy Point . 60 4 Morgan's Point 79 4 Race P oint - 38 Montauk 2 97 6 Roundout Creek - 96 6 Mahon's Ditch - 122 8 Roanoke Marshes - 15~ 10 Mispillion Creek - . 123 8 Racoon Key - - 154 10 Mouth Huron River - 170 10 Round Island . 202 12 Mouth Black River - 171 10 Mosquito Inlet. - 183 12 s. Mobile - . 200 12 Monhegan Island - 11 2 Seguin - 2 2 Scituate 37 2 N. Sandy Neck - • 42 2 Straitmout.h_Harbor 45 4 Negro Island 24 2 Stonington - 78 4 Nantucket 51 4 Stratford Point 81 6 N antucket Beacon 52 4 Sands' Point - 86 6 Nantucket B:arbor Light 53 4 Stony Point - 90 6 Nobsque Point . - - 61 4 Saugerties 94 6 Ncds' Point.. - 6-1 4 Stuyvesant's Landing - 95 6 Newport - 65 4 Sodus Bar - - - 106 6 Nayat Point - 71 4 Stony Pomt - - • • - 110 6 New London 75 4 Smith's Island, (Maryland) - 130 8 Norwalk Island 63 6 Smith's P oint - - - 141 8 Niagara Fort - 109 6 Smith's island, (Virginia) - - 143 8 North PoinL - - 127 8 St. Simon's Island - - 158 l_O New Point Comfort - 142 8 SapeJo Island - 159 10 North Island . 155 10 Sandusky - • - 166 10 Natchez . 204 12 Southwest Pass of Mississippi - 175 10 S0ut11 Point, (Gordon's Island) - 176 10 0. St. Augustine - - 182 12 SL John's River - 184 12 Owl's Head . 12 2 Sand Key - - 187 12 Old Field Light . 87 6 St. George's Island .- 189 12 Oswego - - . 104 6 St. Mark's - . 190 12 Ogdensbura • - - )11 6 St. Joseph's - - 196 12 Old Point omforl - 140 8 Sand Island - . 203 12 Ocracoke - 150 10 Sandy Hook - . 113 6 Otter Creek- P oint - 194 12 T. P. Thatcher's Island - 31 2 Portland 1 2 Tarpaulin Cove . 58 4 Polit Menan - 7 2 T hrog's Neck 89 6 Pond Island - 8 2 T ibbet's Point - 107 6 Permaquid Poim - 15 2 Thomas's P oint - 128 8 Portsmouth - - 27 2 T ybee - - - 156 10 Plumb Island, (Mass.) - 33 2- Tybee Beacon - 157 10 Plymouth • 35 2 TurUe Island 165 10 Point Gammon 56 4 Thunder Bay Island - I - 197 12 Point Judith • 67 4 T en Pound Island 40 2 Poplar Point - - - . 73 4 Turkey Point 136 8 I Plumb Island, (New York) 99 6 - Portland Harb:.>r - 101 6 w. 'Prince's Bay - . 112 6 Presque Isle - - . 11'7 8 Whitehead - 3 2 • Presque Isle Beacon . 118 8 Wood Island 5 2 Pool's Island . 129 8 West Quocl1 Head 6 2 Point Loukout . 133 8 White Is.lan - 28 2 Pjney P oint - . 138 8 Whales' Back 29 2 Pamptico Point - 149 8 Wigmam Point 36 2 Port Clinton - . 167 10 Watch Hill - 66 4 Pleasonton's Island . 177 10 Warwick Neck 70 4 Pass Christian - 179 10 W indmill Point . 193 12 Point Defer • . 181 10 Whitehead's Pomt 188 12 F o1· Floati1~g Lights, see p~ge 14. LIGHT-HOUSES, &c. OF THE UNITED STATES. 2 LIGHT-HOUSES OF ,,; Q.. E No. State and name of Place on which the light is Latitude. Longitude. ....~ light. situat.cd. 0 t .0a z::s 1 -- - MAJ~E. Deg. min. soc. Deg. min. sec. l P ortland - - Portland H ead . 43 39 00 70 17 00 15 2 Se't:_tin - - Islancl of Seguin - - 43 41 00 69 4G 00 14 3 W itehead - - W hitehead Island . 44 04 00 69 13 00 10 4 .Franklin Island - North end of Franklin Island IO 5 Wood Island - - W ood Toland - - 43 27 00 70 22 00 10 -6 W est Q.uoddy H ead - Vvest Q.uoddy Head - . 44 57 00 66 54 00 10 7 Petit Menan • - South end P etit Menan Island 44 25 00 67 40 00 8 8 Pond Island - - Entrance K ennebec - - 43 45 00 69 46 00 8 9 Burnt Island - - Burnt Island - - - - - 10 10 L ibbh Island - - Libbrs Island - - 44 32 00 87 22 00 10 11 Mon eifen Island - Mon egan Island • . 43 44 00 69 15 00 10 12 Owl's ead - - E ntrance P enobscot Bay - - 8 13 Moose P eak Island - Mistake l'sland - - 44 28 00 67 22 00 -H> 14 M artinicus Rock - Marttnicus Rock, Penobscot 43 51 00 68 56 00 14 Bay. Permaquid Point . P emaquid Point - - 43 52 00 69 22 00 10 ~~ Baker's Island - Baker's Island - . 43 42 00 68 09 00 10 17 Cape Elizabeth - Cape Elizabeth - . 43 33 00 70 15 00 2!) 18 Dice's H ead - - Dice's Head - - . 44 24 00 G8 46 00 10 19 Hendrick's Head - Hendrick's H ead . - 43 36 00 69 44 00 8 20 Mount Desert Rock - Near theislandofM 't Desert 43 52 00 68 05 00 10 21 Brown's H ead - - - - - - - 8 22 Marshall's 'Point - - . - - - - "'/ 23 Goal lshuid - - Mouth Cape P orpoise Harbor - - 7 24- ~ Negro Island - - - - - - - - 8 25 Fort P oint - . - - - . 8 2(i Boon Island - . Boon Island - - . 43 06 00 70 :n 00 12 NEW R~1PSHIRE, 27 P ort.smottth - - Entrance P ortsmouth Harbor 43 05 00 70 44 00 11 28 White Island • - W estern Island of the Isle of 42 58 00 70 15- shoals. ~ 29 Whale's Back . East sidePortsmoulh Harbor 43 0-1 00 70 4338 J 1/ M.&.SSACllUSETTS. 30 Boston - - Entrance of Boslon Harbor - 42 20 00 70 55 00 14 31 Thatcher's Island - T hatcher's Island - - - 30 32 Baker's Island - Baker's Island - - 42 33 00 70 51 00 25 33 Plumb Island " .. Plufnb Island - - 42 4!) 00 70 49 00 34 Cape Cod • - Cape Cod - - . 4~ 04 00 iO 04 00 ~ 35 Plymouth Harbor . 12 l . ~ mouth - - - - ~ I, 36 igwamPoiot - Squam Harbor - - 42 42 00 70 35 6 ... -37 Scituate - . Cedar P oint • - - 42 12 00 70 43 i 15 n -38 Race Point - - Westerly point of Cape Cod 10 2. ...'l9 Loug Island Head - 20 30 71 00 1l Long Island H eacl - • 42 od ~~ T en P ound Island 42 8 0 0 - 'f en Pound Island - - 31 00 70 39 00 I ·11 Billingsgate hlaml - 13illingsgate Point . - 41 52 00 70 01 00 8 I,( 12 S;lo,ty Neck - - Entr:mce Barn-;tahle Harbor 41 4-t 00 i i # O<l 10 -{ THE UNl'rED s1~ATES. 3 w d ...... ' ,; ;; .d .. o.!111 ....,, C: ,.c:: ... > l:.O . 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