LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE OF THE PRINCIPAL PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES, ETC.* The Longitudes are reckoned from Greenwich. The Capitals (Seats of Government) of the States and Territories are designated by Italic Letters. 42 38 10.9 70 34 104 42 16.7 470 70 34 104 42 16.7 49 36 42 46 16 35 Canadian River, Head-waters of, Canandaigua, Cape Ann, Thatcher's Island (North Light), Do. (South Light), 37 1 33 N. Y.42 54 9 Cape Cod (Long Point Light), Mass. 42 157.1 70 9 474 40 39.1 507 Cape Island, Lake of the Woods, Cape Hancock (Mouth of Columbia River), Castine, Cedar Keys, Depot Island, Me. 44 22 30 29 7 27 N. C. 35 54 21 *The positions contained in this table have been derived from that given in the American Almanac for 1841; with additions and corrections from the determinations of the Coast Survey, and of the United States Topographical Engineers. Machias Bay, 70 56 284 43 45.9 441 67 22 4 29 28 Do. (Light), Me. 44 33 Marblehead (Black-top Ch.),. Mass. 42 30 23.7 70 50 324 43 22.1 450 Mexico, City of, Middletown (Wesl. Univ.), Milledgeville, Milwaukee, Missouri River, Mouth of, Mobile (Episcopal Ch.), 42 30 14 Mex. 19 25 45 Conn. 41 33 8 Ga. 33 720 Wisc. 43 3 45 Ala. Monclova, Monomoy Point Light, Monterey, 38 51 36 30 41 26.2 Mex. 26 54 0 Mass. 41 33 33 Mex. Monterey, Cal. 25 40 13 36 36 24 Montpelier, Montreal, New Bedford (Baptist Spire), Mass. 41 38 10.2 70 55 164 43 41.1 429 Nebraska or Platte River, Junction of North and South Forks, 41 5 5 101 21 246 45 25.6 Washington, Wheeling, Va. Mass. Do. (Observatory), 77 0155 81 77 2 485 8 11.2 91 20 6 5 20 1146 West Point (Military Academy),N. Y. 41 23 31.2 73 57 314 55 50.1 Williamstown (Cong. Ch.), 80 42 5 22 48 264 73 13 104 52 52.7 406 75 32 425 2 10.8 111 78 10 5 12 40 416 71 48 134 47 12.9 70 40 38 53 20 38 53 39.3 Miss. 31 36 40 7 42 42 49 39 44 27 N. C. 34 11 Mass. 42 16 17 43 10 0 394 4 42 40 500 York,. Pa. Yorktown, |