TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS OF THE STATE. 



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In the report for 1868, the cupola of Mt. Pequawket is given as lati 

 tude 44 6 19&quot;. 60; longitude 71 5 2o&quot;.22. I learn the following to 

 be the position of Mt. Washington: Latitude 44 16 25&quot;; longitude 

 71 1 6 26&quot;. Mt. Monadnock, in accordance with the latest determina 

 tions, has latitude 42 51 39&quot;.6i; longitude 72 6 Z Q &quot;-49- 



PROF. QUIMBY S REPORT. 



To PROF. C. H. HITCHCOCK : I beg leave to submit the following 

 report of the geodetic work done by your order the past year. I occu 

 pied, during the month of October, 1869, the following stations, and, 

 although the weather was very unfavorable, succeeded in obtaining satis 

 factory observations on each : The observatory at Dartmouth college ; 

 Moose mountain, Hanover ; Kearsarge, Warner ; Uncanoonuc, Goffstown ; 

 Monadnock, Jaffrey; and Ascutney, Windsor, Vt. The station upon 

 Kearsarge was at an angle of the line between the towns of Warner and 

 Wilmot. 



