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Africa Aleutians Ariz Berkshire county Bluff Board borough brook Cape Carroll Clark coast Coconino county Colo Colorado Columbia Conn coun county seat creek Cumberland Dorchester county East entrance Fayette Fork Franklin geographic names Grand Canyon Grove Hancock harbor Hill Hudson river Illinois Indian inlet Iowa Jackson Jefferson county Johns river Kans Lake landing ledge light-house Lincoln Long Island sound Madison county Maine Marion Mass Mill Minn Mississippi river Missouri Monroe Mont Morris county mountain Nebr Neck North Ohio river P. O. and R. R. P. O. and township P. O. and village parish peak Polk pond Port post light precinct R. R. station reef Rock Saint Johns Saint Johns river Saint Marys Santa seaport shoal South Springs station and village strait Suffolk county Tenn town and township township and village tributary usage Wash Washington county West York
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Page 17 - The simplification of names consisting of more than one word by their combination into one word.
Page 52 - As we steered in, the water shoaled to nine, eight, and seven fathoms, when breakers were seen from the deck right ahead, and from the mast-head they were observed to extend across the bay ; we, therefore, hauled out...
Page 9 - Department Otis T. Mason, Smithsonian Institution. Herbert G. Ogden, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Henry Gannett, United States Geological Survey. Marcus Baker, United States Geological Survey. To this board shall be referred all unsettled questions concerning geographic names which arise in the Departments, and the decisions of the board are to be accepted by these Departments as the standard authority in such matters. Department officers are instructed to afford such assistance as may...
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Page 1 - As it is desirable that uniform usage in regard to geographic nomenclature and orthography obtain throughout the Executive Departments of the Government, and particularly upon the maps and charts issued by the various Departments and bureaus, I hereby constitute a Board on Geographic Names...
Page 24 - Accents should not generally be used, but where there is a very decided emphatic syllable or stress, which affects the sound of the word, it should be marked by an acute accent.
Page 1 - Geological Survey. To this Board shall be referred all unsettled questions concerning geographic names which arise in the Departments, and the decisions of the Board are to be accepted by these Departments as the standard authority in such matters. Department officers are instructed to afford such assistance as may be proper to carry on the work of this Board. The members of this Board shall serve without additional compensation, and its organization shall entail no expense on the Government. BENJ.
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