Volumes - Outgoing letters were copied into volumes by a clerk; sometimes with
a notation of letter's subject in the margin (Boxes of press copies for later years follow volumes)
First Lighthouse District
Volume 5 Dec.
1852 - Dec. 1873
Volume 4 Jan 1874 - April 1889
Volume 2 May 1889 - June 1897
Volume 1 Oct. 1889 - Dec. 1894
Volume
3 Dec. 1894 - July 1897
Second Lighthouse District
Volume 6 Nov. 1852 - May 1864 Engineer No. 1
Volume 7 May 1864 - Dec. 1873
Engineer No. 2
Volume 8 Jan. 1874 - Aug. 1887 Engineer No. 3
Volume 9 1887 - 1892 Engineer No. 4
Volume 10 June 1892
- March 1897 Engineer No. 5
Volume 11 Dec. 1852 - May 1855 Inspector No. 1
Volume 12 May 1855 - Sept. 1857 Insp. No.
2
Volume 23 Sept. 1857 - June 1861 Insp. No. 3
Volume 14 June 1861 - Oct. 1865 Insp. No. 4
Volume 17 Aug. 1872 -
Dec. 1873 Insp. No. 7
Volume 18 Jan. 1874 - March 1877 Insp. No. 8
Volume 19 April 1877 - June 1879 Insp. No. 9
Volume
29 June 1883 - Feb. 1885 Insp. No. 12
Volume 28 Dec. 1889 - Jan. 1892 Insp.
Volume 30 Jan. 1892 - April 1894 Insp. ??
Third Lighthouse District (includes General Depot, Staten Island)
Volume 21 Oct. 1852 - May 1856 Eng. No. 1
Volume
22 May 1856 - Feb. 1859 Eng. No. 2
Volume 13 March 1859 - Dec. 1866 Eng. No. 3
Volume 24 Jan. 1867 - Dec. 1870 Eng.
No. 4
Volume 25 Dec. 1870 - Dec. 1872 Eng. No. 5
Volume 26 Jan. 1874 - June 1879 Eng. No. 7
Volume 27 1887 - Nov.
1889 Eng.
Volume 20 Nov. 1892 - June 1894 Insp.
Fourth Lighthouse District
Volume 32 Dec. 1852 - Aug. 1861 Insp. No. 1
Volume 33 Aug. 1861 - Nov. 1871 Insp.
No. 2
Volume 34 Dec. 1871 - Dec. 1873 Insp. No. 3
Volume 35 Jan. 1874 - Dec. 1880 Insp. No. 4
Volume 36 Jan. 1881
- April 1887 Insp. No. 5
Volume 37 April 1887 - April 1893 Insp. No. 6
Volume 38 April 1893 - June 1897 Insp. No. 7
Volume
39 July 1865 - Aug. 1871 Eng.
Volume 40 Oct. 1883 - Nov. 1890 Eng.
Volume 41 Jan. 1897 - Dec. 1897 Eng.
Fifth Lighthouse District
Volume 42 Dec. 1852 - July 1860 Insp. No. 1
Volume
43 Aug. 1860 - Jan. 1871 Insp. No. 2
Volume 44 Feb. 1871 - Dec. 1873 Insp. No. 3
Volume 45 Jan. 1874 - May 1881 Insp.
No. 4
Volume 46 May 1881 - Feb. 1885 Insp. No. 5
Volume 47 Feb. 1885 - June 1888 Insp. No. 6
Volume 57 Sept 1868
- Dec. 1873 Eng. No. 2
Volume 50 Jan. 1874 - Dec. 1883 Eng. No. 3
Volume 51 Dec. 1883 - Oct. 1888 Eng. No. 4
Volume
52 Oct. 1888 - May 1894 Eng. No. 5
Volume 53 May 1894 - June 1896 Eng. No. 6
Sixth Lighthouse District
Volume 56 Jan. 1853 - Jan. 1860 Insp. No. 1
Volume
54 Feb. 1860 - June 1872 Insp. No. 2
Volume 58 June 1872 - Dec. 1873 Insp. No. 3
Volume 59 Jan. 1874 - Jan. 1884 Insp.
No. 4
Volume 60 Feb. 1884 - April 1890 Insp. No. 5
Volume 61 April 1890 - Oct. 1894 Insp. No. 6
Volume 62 Oct. 1894
- Dec. 1896 Insp. No. 7
Volume 63 Nov. 1852 - Aug. 1871 Eng. No. 1
Volume 64 Aug. 1871 - Dec. 1873 Eng. No. 2
Volume
65 Jan. 1874 - Aug. 1884 Eng. No. 3
Volume 66 Aug. 1884 - June 1896 Eng. No.4
Volume 67 June 1896 - Aug. 1897 Eng. No.
5
Seventh Lighthouse District
Volume 71 1852 - July 1873 Insp. No. 1
Volume
72 July 1873 - Dec. 1873 Insp. No. 2
Volume 68 Jan. 1874 - March 1886 Insp. No. 3
Volume 74 March 1887 - April 1892
Insp. No. 4
Volume 69 Insp.
Volume 70 Eng.
Volume 77 Jan. 1874 - Oct. 1892 Eng.
Volume 76
Eighth Lighthouse District
Volume 55 Jan. 1867 - Dec. 1873 Insp.??
Volume
73 Jan. 1874 -Nov. 1884 Insp. No. 3
Volume 75 June 1873 - July 1873 Eng. No. 3
Volume 106 Oct. 1852 - Feb. 1869 Eng.
No. 1
Ninth Lighthouse District
Volume 78 Dec. 1852 - June 1863 Insp. No. 1
Volume
79 June 1863 - May 1867 Insp. No. 2
Volume 80 March 1887 - Feb. 1896 Eng.
Volume 81 Feb. 1896 - Jan. 1897 Eng.
Tenth Lighthouse District [Eastern Great Lakes]
Volume 82 Jan. 1853 - July
1867 Insp. No. 1
Volume 83 July 1867 - Dec. 1873 Insp. No. 2
Volume 84 Jan. 1874 - April 1887 Insp. No. 3
Volume
85 May 1887 - Dec. 1893 Insp.
Volume 86 Jan. 1894 - Feb. 1897 Insp.
Volume 88 Insp
Volume 87 Oct. 1852 - Oct. 1873
Eng. No. 1
Eleventh Lighthouse District [Western Great Lakes]
Volume 89 Dec. 1852 - June
1866 Insp. No. 1
Volume 90 July 1866 - Dec. 1873 Insp. No. 2
Volume 92 Jan. 1874 - June 1883 Insp. No. 3
Volume 93
July 1883 - April 1890 Insp. No. 4
Volume 94 April 1890 - April 1895 Insp. No. 5
Volume 95 April 1895 - June 1897 Insp.
No. 6
Volume 91 Jan. 1870 - Dec. 1873 Eng. No. 2
Twefth Lighthosue District [California]
Volume 96 Dec. 1852 - Nov. 1861 Insp.
No. 1
Volume 97 Nov. 1861 - Dec. 1873 Insp. No. 2
Volume 99 July 1894 - Dec. 1896 Insp.
Volume 98 Dec. 1852 - June
1870 Eng. ??
Thirteenth Lighthouse District [Pacific Northwest]
Volume 100 July 1886 -
Jan. 1893
Volume 101 Jan. 1893 - Dec. 1896
Volume 102 Jan. 1889 - Nov. 1895
Fourteenth Lighthouse District
Volume 103 Aug. 1874 - July 1896 Insp.
Fifteenth Lighthouse District
Volume 104 July 1874 - Jan. 1892 Insp.
Volume
105 Jan. 1872 - March 1897 Insp.
Sixteenth Lighthouse District
Volume 107 Dec. 1888 - Jan. 1897 Insp.
Volume
16 Miscl. Aug. 1869 - Sept. 1871
Boxes - These contain volumes of press copies with index in front of each
volume
First Lighthouse District
Box 1: Engineer, July 1874 - June 1881
Box 2: Engineer, June 1881 - June 1887
Box 3: July 1885 - June 1887; Engineer: July 1887 - June 1895
Box 4: Engineer, July 1897 - Dec. 1900
Box 5: Engineer, Jan. 1901 - June 1902
Box 6: Engineer, July 1902 - Feb. 1906
Box 7: Engineer, March 1906 - June 1910
Box 8: Inspector, July 1878 - Dec. 1883
Box 9: Inspector, Jan. 1884 - Dec. 1885
Box 10: Inspector, Jan. 1886 - June 1888
Box 11: Inspector, July 1888 - Dec. 1891
Box 12: Inspector, Jan. 1892 - June 1895
Box 13: Inpsector, July 1895 - Dec. 1897
Box 14: Inspector, Jan. 1898 - Dec. 1900
Box 15: Inspector, Jan. 1901 - June 1903
Box 16: Inspector, June 1903 - June 1904
Box 17: Inspector, July 1904 - Dec. 1907
Box 18: Inspector, Jan. 1908 - June 1910
Third Lighthouse District
Box 44: Engineer, July 1874 - June 1879
Box 45: Engineer, July 1879 - June 1883
Box 46: Engineer, Sept. 1883 - Dec. 1884
Box 47: Engineer, July 1885 - Dec. 1886
Box 48: Engineer, Jan. - Dec. 1887
Box 49: Engineer, Jan. - Dec. 1888
Box 50: Engineer, Jan. - Dec. 1889
Box 51: Engineer, Jan. 1890 - Dec. 1891
Box 52: Engineer, Jan. 1892 - Dec. 1893
Box 53: Engineer, Jan. 1894 - June 1895
Box 54: Engineer, Jan. - Dec. 1895
Box 55: Engineer, Jan. - Dec. 1896
Box 56: Engineer, Jan. - Dec. 1897 ?
Box 207: Engineer, July 1897 - Dec. 1897
Box 57: Engineer, Jan. - Dec. 1898
Box 58: Engineer, Jan. 1899 - June 1900
Box 58A: Engineer, July - Dec. 1900
Box 59: Engineer, Jan. 1901 - March 1902
Box 60: Engineer, April 1902 - June 1903
Box 61
Box 61A: Engineer, Jan. 1907 - Feb. 1909
Box 61B: Engineer, March 1909 - June 1910
Box 61C: Inspector, July 1874 - June 1877
Box 61D: Inspector, July 1877 - June 1879
Box 61E: Inspector, July 1879 - June 1880
Box 62: Inspector, July 1881 - June 1882
Box 62A: Inspector, July 1882 - June 1883
Box 62B: Inspector, July 1883 - June 1884
Box 63: Inspector, July - Dec. 1884
Box 64: Inspector, Jan. - Dec. 1885
Box 65: Inspector, Jan. - June 1886
Box 65A: Inspector, July - Dec. 1886
Box 65B: Inspector, Jan. - Dec. 1887
Box 65C: Inspector, Jan. - Dec. 1888
Box 66: Inspector, Jan. - June 1889
Box 67: Inspector, July - Dec. 1889
Box 67A: Inspector, July 1890 - June 1891
Box 67B: Inspector, July 1891 - Dec. 1891
Box 67C: Inspector, Jan. - Dec. 1892
Box 67D: Inspector, Jan. 1893 - March 1894
Box 67E: Inspector, April - Dec. 1894
Box 68: Inspector, July - Dec. 1895
Box 68A: Inspector, Jan. - Dec. 1896
Box 68B: Inspector, Jan. - Dec. 1897
Box 69: Inspector, Jan. - June 1898
Box 69A: Inspector, July 1898 - June 1899
Box 70: Inspector, July 1899 - June 1900
Box 71: Inspector, Jan. - June 1901
Box 71A: Inspector, July - Dec. 1901
Box 71B: Inspector, Jan. - June 1902
Box 71C: Inspector, Jan. - Dec. 1903
Box 72: Inspector, Jan. - June 1904
Box 73: Inspector, July 1904 - March 1905
Box 74: Inspector, April 1905 - Feb. 1906
Box 75: Inspector, March - Dec. 1906
Box 75A: Inspector, Jan. - Dec. 1907
Box 76: Inspector, Jan. - June 1908
Box 77: Inspector
Box 78: Inspector
Fourth Lighthouse District
Box 79: Engineer, 1874 - 1880
Box 80: Engineer, 1884 - 1886
Box 80A: Engineer, 1887 - 1889
Box 81: Engineer, 1890 - 1895
Box 81A: Engineer, 1895 - 1896
Box 82: Engineer, 1897 - 1900
Box 83: Engineer, 1901 - 1904
Box 84: Engineer, 1905 - 1909
Box 85: Engineer, 1909 - 1910
Box 85A: Inspector, 1874 - 1880
Box 86: Inspector, 1880 - 1884
Box 87: Inspector, 1884 - 1885
Box 87A: Inspector, 1886 - 1887
Box 87B: Inspector, 1888 - 1889
Box 88: Inspector, 1893 - 1895
Box 90: Inspector, 1899 - 1902
Box 91: Inspector, 1902 - 1904
Box 92: Inspector, 1905 - 1907
Box 93: Inspector, 1907 - 1908
Box 94: Inspector, Jan. - June 1910
Fifth Lighthouse District
Box 94: Engineer, July 1877 - June 1880
Box 95: Engineer, July 1880 - June 1883
Box 96: Engineer, July 1883 - June 1885
Box 97: Engineer, July 1885 - Dec. 1886
Box 97A: Engineer, July 1888 - June 1890; Oct. 1888 - March 1890
Box 98: Engineer, July 1890 - June 1893; July 1893 - Feb. 1895
Box 99: Engineer, July 1895 - June 1896; July 1896 - June 1897
Box 100: Engineer, July 1897 - June 1898; July 1898 - Dec. 1899
Box 101: Engineer, Jan. 1901 - June 1902; July 1902 - Dec. 1903
Box 102: Engineer, Jan. 1904 - June 1905; July 1905 - June 1907
Box 103: Engineer, July 1907 - July 1909; Aug. 1909 - June 1910
Box 104: Inspector, 1874 - 1880
Box 105: Inspector, July 1880 - June 1882
Box 106: Inspector, July 1882 - Sept. 1883
Box 107: Inspector, Jan. 1884 - June 1885
Box 108: Inspector, July 1885 - Dec. 1886
Box 109: Inspector, Jan. 1887 - June 1888
Box 110: Inspector, April 1888 - June 1889
Box 111: Inspector, July 1889 - Oct. 1890; Jan. 1891 - Dec. 1891
Box 112: Inspector, Jan. 1892 - June 1893; July 1893 - June 1894
Box 113: Inspector, July 1894 - June 1895; July 1895 - Dec. 1896
Box 114: Inspector, Jan. 1897 - Dec. 1897; Jan. 1898 - June 1898
Box 115: Inspector, July 1898 - Dec. 1898; Jan. 1899 - June 1899
Box 116: Inspector, July 1899 - Dec. 1899; Jan. 1900 - June 1900
Box 117: Inspector, July 1900 - Dec. 1900; Jan. 1901 - Dec. 1901
Box 118: Inspector, Jan. 1902 - Dec. 1902; Jan. 1903 - June 1903
Box 119: Inspector, July 1903 - March 1904
Box 120: Inspector, April 1904 - Dec. 1904
Box 121: Inspector, Jan. 1906 - Dec. 1906; Jan. 1907 - Dec. 1907
Sixth Lighthouse District
Box 125: Engineer, Jan. 1887 - Dec. 1893
Box 126: Engineer, Jan. 1894 - Dec. 1896; Jan.
1897 - June 1898
Box 127: Engineer, July 1898 - June 1899; July 1899 - Dec. 1900
Box 128: Engineer, Jan. 1901 - Dec. 1903; Jan. 1904 - Dec. 1905
Box 129: Engineer, Jan. 1906 - March 1909; April 1909 - June 1910
Box 130: Inspector, July 1874 - June 1882
Box 131: Inspector, July 1882 - June 1885
Box 132: Inspector, July 1885 - December 1887
Box 133: Inspector, Jan. 1888 - December 1891
Box 134: Inspector, Jan. 1892 - December 1894
Box 135: Inspector, Jan. 1895 - June 1897
Box 136: Inspector, July 1897 - December 1899
Box 137: Inspector, Jan. 1900 - December 1901
Box 138: Inspector, Jan. 1902 - June 1905
Box 139: Inspector, July 1905 - June 1907
Box 140: Inspector, July 1907 - Dec. 1909
Seventh Lighthouse District:
Box 141: Engineer, 1874 - 1888
Box 142: Engineer, 1888 - 1896
Box 143: Engineer, 1897 - 1899
Box 144: Engineer, 1900 - 1902
Box 145: Engineer, 1903 - 1910
Box 146: Inspector, 1874 - 1884
Box 147: Inspector, 1884 - 1891
Box 148: Inspector, 1891 - 1895
Box 149: Inspector, 1896 - 1898
Box 150: Inspector, 1898 - 1900
Box 151: Inspector, 1900 - 1902
Box 152: Inspector, 1902 - 1905
Box 153: Inspector, 1905 - 1908
Eight Lighthouse District:
Box 154: Inspector, 1908 - 1910
Box 155: Engineer, 1874 - 1884
Box 156: Engineer, 1884 - 1893
Box 157: Engineer, 1893 - 1896
Box 158: Engineer, 1896 - 1897
Box 159: Engineer, 1898 - 1899
Box 160: Engineer, 1899 - 1900
Box 166: Inspector, 1881 - 1886
Box 167: Inspector, 1887 - 1891
Box 168: Inspector, 1892 - 1895
Box 169: Inspector, 1896 - 1898
Box 170: Inspector, 1898 - 1900
Box 171: Inspector, 1901 - 1903
Box 172: Inspector, 1904 - 1905
Box 173: Inspector, 1906 - 1910
Ninth Lighthouse District
Box 176: Engineer, 1899 - 1902
Box 177: Engineer, 1902 - 1905
Box 178: Engineer, 1905 - 1909
[See Box 95 in Entry 6 (NC-63) for press copies of letters from Engineer,
1909 - 1910]
Box 179: Inspector, 1890 - 1891
Box 180: Inspector, 1891 - 1892
Box 181: Inspector, 1895 - 1898
Box 182: Inspector, 1898 - 1899
Box 183: Inspector, 1900 - 1902
Box 184: Inspector, 1902 - 1904
Box 185: Inspector, 1905 - 1907
Box 186: Inspector, 1908 - 1909
Tenth Lighthouse District
Box 187: Engineer, July 1, 1874 - Dec. 31, 1879; July 1, 1880 - Dec. 1885
Box 188: Engineer, Jan. 1, 1890 - Dec. 31, 1892
Box 189: Engineer, Jan. 1, 1893 - Dec. 31, 1895
Box 190: Engineer, Jan. 1, 1896 - June 30, 1898
Box 191: Engineer, July 1, 1898 - June 30, 1900
Box 192: Engineer, July 1, 1900 - June 30, 1902
Box 193: Engineer, July 1, 1903 - Dec. 31, 1904
Box 194: Engineer, Jan. 1, 1905 - Dec. 31, 1909
Box 204: Inspector, 1874 - 1881
Box 196: Inspector, 1884 - 1891
Box 197: Inspector, 1891 - 1895
Box 198: Inspector, 1896 - 1898
Box 199: Inspector, 1898 - 1900
Box 200: Inspector, 1901 - 1903
Box 201: Inspector, 1904 - 1907
Box 202: Inspector, 1907 - 1910
Eleventh Lighthouse District
Box 215: Engineer, 1874 - 1881
Box 208: Engineer, 1887 - 1890
Box 209: Engineer, 1895 - 1897
Box 210: Engineer, 1897 - 1898
Box 211: Engineer, 1898 - 1900
Box 212: Engineer, 1901 - 1903
Box 213: Engineer, 1903 - 1905
Box 214: Engineer, 1906 - 1910
Box 203: Inspector, 1874 - 1881
Box 215: Inspector, 1877 - 1880
Box 206: Inspector, 1881 - 1885
Box 216: Inspector, 1886 - 1890
Box 217: Inspector, 1890 - 1892
Box 218: Inspector, 1893 - 1897
Box 219: Inspector, 1897 - 1899
Box 220: Inspector, 1899 - 1900
Box 221: Inspector, 1901 - 1902
Box 222: Inspector, 1903 - 1905
Box 223: Inspector, 1905 - 1907
Box 224: Inspector, 1908 - 1910
Twelfth Lighthouse District
(see RG 26 Entry 27 for Engineer, 1852
- 1873)
Box 243: Engineer, 1874 - 1886
Box 227: Engineer, 1891 - 1896
Box 228: Engineer, 1897 - 1898
Box 229: Engineer, 1899 - 1902
Box 230: Engineer, 1902 - 1905
Box 231: Engineer, 1906
Box 232: Engineer, 1908 - 1910
Box 233: Inspector, 1874 - 1882
Box 234: Inspector, 1882 - 1887
Box 235: Inspector, 1887 - 1891
Box 236: Inspector, 1892 - 1896
Box 237: Inspector, 1897 - 1900
Box 238: Inspector, 1900 - 1901
Box 239: Inspector, 1902 - 1904
Box 240: Inspector, 1904 - 1905
Box 241: Inspector, 1906 - 1909
Box 242: Inspector, 1909 - 1910
Box 225
Box 226
Thirteenth Lighthouse District
Box 244: Engineer, Jan. 1, 1887 - June 30, 1893
Box 245: Engineer, June 30, 1893 - Dec. 31, 1896
Box 246: Engineer, Jan, 1, 1897 - Dec. 31, 1898
Box 247: Engineer, Jan. 1, 1899 - Dec. 31, 1901
Box 248: Engineer, Jan. 1, 1902 - April 30, 1904
Box 249: Engineer, May 1, 1904 - March 31, 1907
Box 250: Engineer, April 1, 1907 - June 7, 1910
Box 251: Inspector, 1874 - 1886
Box 252: Inspector, 1886 - 1887
Box 253: Inspector, 1887 - 1889
Box 254: Inspector, 1887 - 1893
Box 255: Inspector, 1894 - 1897
Box 256: Inspector, 1897 - 1899
Box 257: Inspector, 1899 - 1900
Box 258: Inspector, 1900 - 1901
Box 259: Inspector, 1903 - 1905
Box 260: Inspector, 1906 - 1907
Box 261, Inspector, 1908 - 1910
Fourteenth District
Box 262:
Box 263: Engineer, 1874 - 1883
Box 264: Engineer, 1883 - 1888
Box 265: Inspector, 1888 - 1898
Box 266: Inspector, 1899 - 1906
Fifteenth Lighthouse District
Box 267: Engineer, 1874 - 1910
Box 268: Inspector, 1874 - 1883
Box 269: Inspector, 1883 - 1888
Box 270: Inspector, 1889
Box 271: Inspector, 1900 - 1904
Box 272: Inspector, 1905 - 1910
Sixteenth Lighthouse District
Box 273: Inspector, 1900 - 1910
Box 274: Inspector, 1886 - 1898
Box 275: Inspector, 1899 - 1901
Box 276: Inspector, 1904 - 1910
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