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It was also learned that the cape was named in honor of a companion 
of Weymouth and the chronicler of his expedition to the coast of Maine 
in 1605. A search for his name was successful, as follows: 
James Rosier. — Ancient Dominions of Maine, Sewall, 1859, pp. 35, 36, 60. 
A Brief History of Maine, in Colby's Atlas, Dr. W. C. Lapham, 
1885. 
Narrative and Critical History of America, Winsor, Vol. Ill, pp. 81 
and 191. 
James Rozier. — Yarney's Gazetteer of Maine, 1886, p. 137. 
Correspondence with local authorities elicited the information that 
local usuage is very evenly divided between Rosier and Rozier; and 
one of the parties addressed cited the following additional authorities: 
Rosier.— Walling' s Map of Maine, 1860. 
Bangor Historical Society Magazine, Vol. II, No. 11. 
Rozier. — Maine Register. 
James Rosier. — Bangor Historical Society Magazine, Vol. V, No. 12, p. 222. 
Abbott's History of Maine, pp. 33, 35, 40, etc. 
Maine Historical Society, series 2, vol. 2, index; 21 references. 
This information was properly scheduled and submitted to the Board 
Cii Geographic Names for a decision. The Board adopted Rosier as 
the name of the cape and Cape Rosier as the name of the post-office. 
The special and general maps made by the Survey receive a similar 
examination before engraving, and the necessary proof reading before 
publication. All of the maps intended to illustrate the various pub- 
lications of the Survey in book form, whether made from its own 
surveys or compiled, arc examined by the editor of topographic maps, 
with special reference to the geographic names thereon. During the 
calendar year 1903 there were 223 of these maps examined, this work 
involving the verification of about 35,000 names, in addition to other 
cultural and topographic features. 
In the beginning the proof reading of prints from the engraved 
plates was done by various persons in the intervals of other work. 
On the appointment of an editor of topographic maps this work was 
placed under his supervision and has since been performed by a corps 
of trained proof readers. When the engraving of an atlas sheet has 
been completed a separate print is made from each of the three plates, 
and each of these is in turn compared, detail b} T detail, with the manu- 
script map. Errors and omissions are marked on the proofs, which 
are then returned to the engravers for correction of the plates. After 
correction another set of plate prints is made. On these the proof 
reader notes errors that may have been overlooked in the first proof 
reading or in the first correction of the plates. These also are returned 
to the engravers and the plates are again corrected. The engraving is 
then lithographed and proofs are printed witli the three colors combined 
on one sheet. The combined proof is examined in detail by the proof 
readers, to see that the three colors are properly registered — that is, 
