RG 26 Entry 23 (NC-31)

Letters Sent to District Inspectors and Engineers, October 1852 – July 1910

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 31 April 1894 – Dec. 1895 Eng.
Volume 15 Oct. 1865 – March 1870 Insp.
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 48 July 1888 – April 1892 Insp.
Volume 49 July 1892 – June 1895 Insp.
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 (Note: this volume covers the south Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Florida)
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 76 Jan. 1874 – March 1886 Insp. No. 3
Volume 74 March 1887 – April 1892 Insp. No. 4
Volume 77 Jan. 1874 – Oct. 1892 Eng.
Volume 70 1892 – 1896 Eng.
Volume 68

Eighth Lighthouse District
Volume 106 Oct. 1852 – Feb. 1869 Eng. No. 1
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 69 Insp.

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 Jan. 1889 – June 1895 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

Second Lighthouse District

Box 19: Engineer, July 1874 – June 1884

Box 20: Engineer, July 1884 – Dec. 1886

Box 21: Engineer, Jan. 1887 – Dec. 1889

Box 22: Engineer, Jan. 1890 – Dec. 1894

Box 23: Engineer, Jan. 1895 – Dec. 1896

Box 24: Engineer, Jan. 1897 – Dec. 1898

Box 25: Engineer, Jan. 1900 – Dec. 1901

Box 26: Engineer, Jan. 1902 – Dec. 1903

Box 27: Engineer, Jan. 1904 – Jan. 1907

Box 28: Engineer, July 1907 – June 1910

Box 29: Inspector, July 1874 – Jan. 1878

Box 30: Inspector, July 1878 – June 1881

Box 31: Inspector, July 1881 – Dec. 1883

Box 32: Inspector, Jan. – Dec. 1884

Box 33: Inspector, Jan. 1886 – Dec. 1887

Box 34: Inspector, Jan. 1888 – Dec. 1890

Box 35: Inspector, Jan. 1891 – June 1894

Box 36: Inspector, July 1894 – Dec. 1896

Box 37: Inspector, Jan. – Dec. 1897

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, Jan. 1887 – June 1888; July 1888 – June 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

Box 122: Inspector, 1908 – 1910

Sixth Lighthouse District

Box 123: Engineer, 1875 – 1878

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 124: Inspector, 1882 – 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

Eighth Lighthouse District:

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 161: Engineer, 1901 – 1902

Box 162: Engineer, 1903 – 1904

Box 163: Engineer, 1905 – 1908

Box 164: Engineer, 1908 – 1910

Box 165: Inspector, 1874 – 1879

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

(Boxes 174 and 175 are not on the shelf)

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 225: Engineer, 1874 – 1885

Box 226: Engineer, 1886 – 1890

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

Thirteenth Lighthouse District

Box 243:

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