Letters Received (by the USLSS), 1861 – 1910
There are 3 sets of boxes in this entry. The first set listed below is early correspondence organized chronologically and then by author’s name. The second set, 799 boxes, is organized by file number. (Use the registers in Entry 230 to find the file numbers for your topic.) The last set, six boxes, appears to be mainly personnel related correspondence although the last box has material on inventions and lifesaving equipment.
Box 1: Miscl. Letters, 1849 – 1875 (Includes correspondence regarding early New Jersey stations, Joseph Francis (1853), and the 1870s renumbering of stations)
Box 2: Organized by correspondents name: A -Z, 1861 – 1871
Box 3: A-Z, 1872
Box 4: A-Z, 1873, see volume 1 of Entry 230 for register
Box 5: A-M, 1874, see volumes 1 – 2 of Entry 230
Box 6: N-Z, 1874
Box 7: A-M, 1875, see volumes 2 -3
Box 8: M-W, 1875
Box 9: Districts 1 -6, 1875
Box 10: A-H, 1876, see volumes 3-4
Box 11: I-M, 1876
Box 12: M-P, 1876
Box 13: R-Y, 1876
Box 14: Districts 1-4, 1876
Box 15: Districts 4-5, 8-10, 1876
Box 16: A-F, 1877, see volumes 4 -5
Box 17: G-M, 1877
Box 18, M-P, 1877