Inventory of the Reports from Cape Lookout, N.C., 1879-1880

Collection Number 3912


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Collection Information


Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/

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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Title
Reports from Cape Lookout, N.C., 1879-1880.
Call Number
3912
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
1 volume (200 pages).
Abstract
MICROFILM ONLY. Copies of daily telegraphic reports from the Signal Corps station at Cape Lookout to the Chief Signal Officer at Washington, D.C., concerning weather, nautical information, and other official matters related to signal equipment, observations of ships, and the seacoast telegraph line.


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Administrative Information

Location of Originals
Originals returned to private owner in 1970.
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Reports from Cape Lookout, N.C., #3912, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Coast defenses--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Communications, Military--United States--History--19th century.
North Carolina--Climate--Observations.
Signals and signaling--History--19th century.
United States. Army. Signal Corps--History.
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Collection Overview

MICROFILM ONLY. Copies of daily telegraphic reports from the Signal Corps station at Cape Lookout to the Chief Signal Officer at Washington, D.C., concerning weather, nautical information, and other official matters related to signal equipment, observations of ships, and the seacoast telegraph line.