Official & Miscl. Letters Rec'd by Third District Engineer
(These original letters are bound into volumes; some volumes are stored in boxes. Volumes
are generally indexed. Includes instructions on material to be shipped all to stations all over the country including
lenses.)
Box 27 Engineer J.C. Duane, 1856-59
Box 28 1857-61
Box 29 1862-68
Box 30 1866-68 Letters recd. from USLHB (originals - indexed)
Box 31 1868-70
Box 32 1870-71
Box 33 1871
Box 34 1871-72 Letters recd. from USLHB (indexed)
Box 35 1872 Letters recd. from USLHB (indexed)
Box 36 1872-73 Letters recd. from USLHB (indexed)
Box 37 1873
Box 38 1873-74
Box 39 1874-75
Box 40 1875-76
Box 41 1876-77
Box 42 1877
Box 43 1877-78
Box 44 1878-79
Box 45 1879-80
Box 46 1880-81
Box 47 1881
Box 48 1881-82
Box 49 1882-83
Box 50 1883-84
Box 51 1884-85
Box 52 1884-86
Box 53 1885-86
Box 54 1886-87
Box 55 1887
Volume 590 1887 - 1888 (indexed originals)
Volume 591 1888
Volume 592 1888
Volume 593 1888
Volume 594 1888
Volume 595 1888
Volume 596 1888 (no index)
Volume 597 1888
Volume 598 1888 - 1889
Volume 599 1889
Volume 600 1889
Volume 601 1889
Volume 602 1889
Volume 603 1889 - 1890
Volume 604 1890
Volume 605 1890
Volume 606 1890
Volume 607 1890
Volume 608 1890
Volume 609 1890 - 1891
Volume 610 1891
Volume 611 1891
Volume 612 1891 -1892
Volume 613 1892
Volume 614 1892
Volume 615 1892
Volume 616 1892
Volume 617 1892-1893
Volume 618 1893
Volume 619 1893
Volume 620 1893
Volume 621 1893-1894
Volume 622 1894
Volume 623 1894
Volume 624 1894
Volume 625 1894-1895
Volume 626 1895
Volume 627 1895
Volume 628 1895
Volume 629 1895
. . . Volume 701
Volume 580 General Index to Letters Recd. by District Engineer from USLHB, Jan. 25, 1901 to June 6, 1908 (provides volume
number for volumes 114 - 148)
Volume 523 (No. 1) 1892-1900 (Miscl. Letters Recd. - originals)
Volume 524 (No. 2) 1901-1904
Volume 525 (No. 3) 1904-1906
Volume 526 (No. 4) 1906-1908
Letters rec'd by Inspector from USLHB
Volume 1 (No. 1) 1853
Volume 2
Volume 3
Volume 4 (No. 4)
Volume 5 (No. 5) Feb-May 1855
Volume 6
Volume 7
Volume 8 (No. 9) 1856
Volume 9 (No. 8) 1855
Volume 10 (No. 10) April-May 1856
Volume 11 (No. 11) -Oct 1856
Volume 12 (No. 12) 1856
Volume 13 (No. 13) 1856-March 1857
Volume 14 (No. 14) Mar 1857-May 1857
Volume 15 (No. 15) 1857
Volume 16 (No. 16) Sept-Nov 1857
Volume 17 (No. 17) Nov 1857-May 1858
Volume 18 (No. 18) 1858
Volume 19 (No. 19) 1859
Volume 20 (No. 20) Feb-Aug 1859
Volume 21 (No. 21) Aug-Dec 1859
Volume 22 (No. 22) Dec 1859-June 1860
Volume 23 (No. 23) 1860
Volume 24 (No. 25) -March 1861
Volume 25 (No. 26) April-Aug 1862
Volume 26 (No. 27) July 1862-April 1863
Volume 27 April-Nov 1863
Volume 28 1863
Volume 29 1864-65 (originals)
Volume 30
Volume 31 (No. 31) 1866
Volume 32 1866
Volume 33 (No. 33) Sept 1866-March 1867
Volume 34 (No. 33) March-Oct 1867
Volume 35 (No. 34) 1867
Volume 36 (No. 35) 1868
Volume 37 (No. 36) 1868
Volume 38 (No. 37) 1869
Volume 39 (No. 38) 1869
Volume 40 (No. 39) 1870
Volume 41 (No. 40) 1870
Volume 42 (No. 41) 1870
Volume 43 (No. 42) 1871
Volume 44 (No. 43) 1871
Volume 45 (No. 44.) 1871
Volume 46 (No. 45) 1871
Box 1 - Volumes 46 & 49 1872
Volume 47 (No. 47) 1872
Volume 48 (No. 49 1/2) 1872
Volume 49 (No. 50) 1873
Volume 50 (No. 51) 1873
Volume 51 (No. 52) 1873
Volume 52 (No. 53) 1873
Box 2 (No. 55) 1874
Volume 53 (?) 1874
Volume 54 (No. 56) 1875
Volume 55 (No. 57) 1875
Volume 56
Volume 57 1876
Volume 58 1876
Volume 59 (No. 61) 1877
Volume 60 (No. 62) 1877
Volume 61 (No. 63) 1877-78
Volume 62 (No. 64) 1878
Volume 63 (No. 65) 1878-79
Volume 64 (No. 66) 1879
Volume 65 (No. 67) 1879
Volume 66 (No. 68) 1879
Volume 67 (No. 69) 1880
Volume 68 (No. 70) 1880
Volume 69 (No. 71) 1880
Volume 70 (No. 72) 1880-81
Volume 71 (No. 73) 1881
Volume 72 (No. 74) 1881
Volume 73 (No. 75) 1881
Volume 74 (No. 76) 1882
Volume 75 (No. 77) 1882
Volume 76 (No. 77 1/2) 1882
Volume 77 (No. 78) 1882
Volume 78 (No. 79) 1882
Volume 79 (No. 80) 1883
Volume 80 (No. 81) 1883
Volume 81 (No. 62) 1883
Volume 82 (No. 83) 1883
Volume 83 (No. 84) 1884
Volume 84 (No. 85) 1884
Volume 85 (No. 86) 1884
Volume 86 (No. 87) 1884
Volume 87 (No. 88) 1884-85
Volume 88 (No. 89) 1885
Volume 89 (No. 90) 1885
Volume 90 (No. 91) 1885
Volume 91 (No. 92) 1885-86
Volume 92 (No. 93) 1886
Volume 93 (No. 94) 1886
Volume 94 (No. 95) 1886
Volume 95 (No. 96) 1886
Volume 96 (No. 97) 1886
Volume 97 (No. 98) 1887
Volume 98 (No. 99) 1887
Volume 99 (No. 100) 1887
Volume 100 1887
Volume 101 1887
Volume 102 1887
Volume 103 1888
Letters Recd. by Inspector
Volume 581 Index to letters recd. by Inspector from July 1888 - May 1890 (Gives letter # arranged by subject)
Volume 583 General Index to letters recd. by Inspector 1889 - 1890 (accd. to letter #)
Volume 582 General Index to letters recd. by Inspector 1891 - 1889 (accd. to letter #)
Letters from Inspector
Volume 705 May 23, 1860-June 7, 1861
Volume 702 (No. 2) 1863-66 (press copies)
Volume 257 (No. 11) Aug. 6, 1866-Sept. 14, 1867
Volume 258 1874 (press copies)
Volume 259 1874-75 (press copies)
Volume 260 1875 (press copies)
Volume 261 1875 (press copies)
Volume 262 1876 (press copies)
Volume 263 1876 (press copies)
Volume 264 1877 (press copies)
Volume 265 1878 (press copies)
Volume 266 1878 (press copies)
Volume 267 1878-79 (press copies)
Volume 268 1879 (press copies)
Volume 269 1879 (press copies)
Volume 270 1879 (press copies)
Volume 271 1879-80 (press copies)
Volume 272 1880 (press copies)
Volume 273 1880-81 (press copies)
Volume 274 1881 (press copies)
Volume 275 1881-82 (press copies)
Volume 276 1882 (press copies)
Volume 277 1882 (press copies)
Volume 278 1882-83 (press copies)
Volume 279 1883 (press copies)
Volume 280 1883 (press copies)
Volume 281 1883-84 (press copies)
Volume 282 1884 (press copies)
Volume 283 1885 (press copies)
Volume 284 Press copies of letters from Insp. to USLHB (indexed) May - June 1892
Volume 285 Press copies of letters from Insp. to USLHB (indexed) July - August 1892
Volume 286 Press copies of letters from Insp. to USLHB (indexed) Sept. 1892
Volumes 795 - 798 Index to Letters Sent by Inspector, 1892 - 1898 (organized by topic (with section devoted to
lighthouse keepers) and alphabetically; within each section, listed by date sent, recipient, and short summary)
Volume 527 (No. 2) 1892-93 (press copies)
Volume 528 (No. 3) 1893-94 (press copies)
Volume 529 (No. 4) 1894-97 (press copies)
Volume 530 (No. 5) 1898-99 (press copies)
Volume 531 (No. 6) 1899-1902 (press copies)
Volume 522 1909 (press copies)
Annual/Monthly reports of 3rd District Engineer (includes shipments from Depot, Staten Island)
Volume 747 1868-72 (press copies)
Volume 748 1874-76 (very faded press copies)
Volume 749 1877-79
Volume 532 1876-1878
Volume 750 1882-85
Volume 751 ?????????????????? (not listed)
Volume 752 1882-85
Volume 753 1888-89
Volume 754 1893-95
Volume 755 1897-1901
Volume 756 1901-03
Volume 757 1903-04
Volume 758 1905-07
Volume 759 1907-10
Letters to USLHB from 3rd District Engineer, 1866-1893
Volume 768 1856-59 (press copies) partial index
Volume 769 1859-65 (press copies) partial index
Volume 705 (No. 1) 1860-63
Volume 703 (No. 3) 1866-67
Volume 704 (No. 4) 1867-68
Volume 706 1868-June 9, 1870
Volume 707 1871-1872
Volume 708 1871
Volume 709 1872
Volume 710 1873
Volume 711 1871
Volume 712 1872-73
Volume 713 1872-73
Volume 714 1873-74
Volume 715 (No. 9) 1874
Volume 716 (No. 10) 1874-75
Volume 717 (No. 11) 1875-76
Volume 718 (No. 12) 1876
Volume 719 (No. 13) 1877
Volume 720 (No. 14) 1877-78
Volume 721 (No. 15) 1878-79
Volume 722 (No. 16) 1879
Volume 723 1879-80
Volume 724 1880-81
Volume 725 1881-82
Volume 726 1882-83
Volume 727 1883-84
Volume 728 1884-85
Volume 729 1885-86
Volume 730 1886-87
Volume 731 1887
Volume 732 1887-88
Volume 733 1888
Volume 734 1888
Volume 735 1888-89
Volume 736 1889
Volume 737 1889
Volume 738 1889-90
Volume 739 1890
Volume 740 1890
Volume 741 1890-91
Volume 742 1891
Volume 743 1891-92
Volume 744 1892
Volume 745 1892
Volume 746 1892-93
Miscellaneous Letters (press copies)
Volume 770 March 1871-Oct. 1871
Box 56 Letters & circulars rec'd by Sabins Point Lthse, RI 1813-1912
3rd District Engineer appointments to his staff
Volume 771 1903-08 (includes personnel who worked at General Depot; provides salary, original appt date goind
back to 1870s, and promotion dates; also lists "eligibles" for positions)
Accounting Records
Volume 584 Accounts by date, 1906 - 1907
Volume 585 Accounts by date, 1907 - 1908
Volume 586 Accounts Ledger 1931
Volume 772 Accounts of 3rd District Inspector, 1884 - 1889 (includes accounts for supplies, light vessels, buoyage,
salaries (including keepers), and stations)
Volume 773 Accounts of 3rd District Inspector, 1888-1892
Volume 774 Accounts of 3rd District Inspector, 1892 - 1896
Volume 775 Accounts of 3rd District Inspector, 1896 - 1901
Volume 776 Accounts of 3rd District Inspector, 1901 -
Volume 777 Accounts of 3rd District Inspector
Volume 778 Accounts of 3rd District Inspector, 1906 - 1909
Volume 779 Salaries, 1895 -1898
Volume 780 Record Book of Lighthouse Keepers Salaries, 1898 - 1902
Volume 781 Payrolls, 1902-1905
Volume 782 Payrolls, 1905-1908
Volume 783 Engineers Records of Receipts and Disbursements, 1884-1891; (organized by Quarter; gives amounts received
for various projects and set categories and amount expended with name of recipient; provides draft and warrant numbers)
Volume 784 Engineers Records of Receipts and Disbursements, 1892-1897
Volume 785 Engineers Records of Receipts and Disbursements, 1898 -
Volume 786 Engineers Records of Receipts and Disbursements
Volume 787 Engineers Records of Receipts and Disbursements
Volume 788 Engineers Records of Receipts and Disbursements
Volume 789 Cost Accounting Ledgers, 1910-1920
Volume 790 Cost Accounting Ledgers, 1920-1931
Volumes 791 - 794 Ledger of Cost Keeping System 1913 -
