26. Letter to the Secretary of Treasury of U. S. on Steamboat Explosions and their preventions, dated Dec. 26, 1838. Congressional Document, 25th Congress, 3d Session, House of Reps., Doc. No. 21, 1839; London Nautical Magazine, 1839, p. 617, 681 and 813.

27. Remarks on Mr. Espy's Theory of Centripetal Storms, especially his positions relative to the storm of Sept. 3d, 1821, with some notice of his examinations of other storms. Journ. Franklin Institute, xxiii, 323, 363, May and June, 1839.

28. Further notice of Mr. Espy's examination of Storms. Journ. Franklin Inst., xxiv, 1, July, 1839.

29. Account of the Circular Storm of Dec. 1839, Journ. of Commerce, Jan. 6, 1840; London Nautical Magazine, 1840, 424.

30. On the Causes of Steamboat Accidents and the practical means of preventing their occurrence. (Communicated by request through Capt. J. W. Pringle, R. E., to the Commissioners on that subject appointed by the English Government. Received too late for the Report of the Commissioners), but published here in "Appendix to a Memorial of Proprietors and Managers of American Steam-vessels on the impolicy and injustice of certain enactments contained in the law relating to steamboats." Jan. 1840.

31. Abstracts of Meteorological Observations made at St. John's, Newfoundland, and at Canton in China, with some notice of the Half-yearly Inequalities of Atmospheric Distribution which appear in these observations. Am. Jour. Sci., xxxviii, 265, April 1840.

32. Synopsis of a Meteorological Journal kept in the City of New York for the years 1838 and 1839, including also the mean results of the last seven years. Report of the Regents of the University of State of N. Y., 1840; Am. Journ. Sci., xxxviii, 323, April, 1840.

33. Short Notices of American Fossil Fishes. (Read before the Yale Natural History Society.) Am. Jour. Sci., xli, 24, July, 1841.

34. Five Letters to Commodore Perry on the means of National Defence. N. Y. Journal of Commerce, July, 1841.

35. Remarks relating to the Tornado which visited New Brunswick in the State of New Jersey on the 19th June, 1835, with a plan and schedule of the prostrations observed on a section of its track. London, Ed. and Dub. Phil. Mag. and Jour. Sci., xviii, 20, Jan. 1841; Am. Jour. Sci., xli, 69, July, 1841; Jour. Frankl. Inst., xxviii (or 3d series ii), 40, July, 1841.

36. Observations on the Storm of Dec. 15th, 1839, with a Map showing the direction of the wind at noon of that day, as observed at various places. (Read before the Am. Phil. Soc., Jan. 15, 1841.) Lond., Ed. and Dubl. Phil. Mag., xvii, 17, July, 1841; Am. Jour. Sci., xlii, 112, Jan. 1842; Trans. Am. Phil. Soc., viii, new series, 77, 1843.

37. Extract of a letter to Sir. J. F. W. Herschel. Report of 10th meeting of British Assoc. for Adv. of Science, 1841, p. 40, 1841.

38. Reply to Dr. Hare's objections to the Whirlwind Theory of Storms. Am. Jour. Sci., xlii, 299, April, 1842; Lond., Ed. and Dubl. Phil, Mag., xx, 353, May, 1842.

39. Reply to Dr. Hare's Further Objections relating to Whirlwind Storms, with some evidence of the whirling action of the Providence Tornado of August, 1838. Am. Jour. Sci., xliii, 250, Oct. 1842; latter portion of the article also in Amer. Repertory of Arts and Sci., iii, 81, March, 1841; also in Jour. Frank. Inst., new series, iv, 252, Oct. 1842; first portion of article also in Lond., Ed. and Dubl. Phil. Mag., xxi, Suppl. 481, Dec. 1842; latter portion of article also in same, xxii, 38, Jan. 1843.

40. Notice of newly discovered Fishbeds and a Fossil Foot-mark in the Red Sandstone Formation of New Jersey. Am. Jour. Sci., xliv, 134, Jan. 1843.

41. Notice of Dr. Hare's Strictures on Prof. Dove's Essay on the Law of Storms. Am. Jour. Sci., xliv, 384, April, 1843; Jour. Franklin Inst. for 1844, p. 384.

42. Remarks on Tides and the Prevailing Currents of the Ocean and Atmosphere. (Read before Amer. Phil. Soc. at its centennial meeting, May 27th, 1843.) Amer. Jour. Sci., xlv, 393, Oct. 1843; London Nautical Magazine, 1843, 655.

43. On the drift Ice and Currents of the North Atlantic, with a Chart showing the observed positions of the Ice at various times. Am. Jour. Sci., xlviii, 373, April, 1845; London Nautical Magazine, 1845, pp. 298, 353; Blunt's Memoir on the Dangers and Ice of the North Atlantic.

44. Letters to the U. S. Board of Navy Commissioners, being replies to their circular asking information relative to Steam Navigation applicable to government purposes. Jour. Frankl. Inst., new series, x, 361, and xii, 1, June, July and Aug., 1846.

45. On three several Hurricanes of the American Seas, and their relation to the Northers so called of the Gulf of Mexico and the Bay of Honduras, with Charts illustrating the same. Am. Jour. Sci., new series, i, 1, 153, 333, ii, 162, 311, Jan., March, May, Sept. and Nov., 1846.

46. Effects of the Earth's Rotation upon Falling Bodies, and upon the Atmosphere. Am. Jour. Sci., new series, iii, 283, March, 1847.

47. Remarks on a Letter from R. N. Shufeldt of U. S. Ship Marion to E. and G. W. Blunt, relative to a Hurricane encountered by Ship Marion, Sept., 1848. London Nautical Magazine, 1849, p. 39.

48. On some Fossil Remains from Broome Co., N. Y. Proceedings of Am. Assoc. for Adv. of Science, 2d Meeting, 1849 (at Cambridge), p. 255.

49. The Law of Storms and its penalties for neglects. N. Y. Jour. of Commerce, June 19, 1850; London Nautical Magazine, 1850, p. 470; Bermuda Royal Gazette, July 16, 1850; N. Y, Courier and Enquirer.

50. On the apparent necessity of revising the received systems of Dynamical Meteorology. Proc. Am. Assoc. for Adv. of Sci., 4th Meeting (New Haven), p. 366, 1850.

51. On the Post-Permian Date of the Red Sandstone Rocks of New Jersey and the Connecticut Valley, as shown by their Fossil Remains. Proc. Am. Assoc. for Adv. of Science, 5th Meeting (Cincinnati), p. 45, May, 1851.

52. On the Fossil Rain-marks found in the Red Sandstone Rocks of New Jersey and the Connecticut Valley, and their authentic character. Proc. Am. Assoc. for Adv. of Science, 5th Meeting (Cincinnati), p. 72, May, 1851.

53. On the value of the Barometer in navigating the American Lakes. Proc. Am. Assoc. for Adv. of Science, 7th Meeting, (Cleveland,) p. 54, 1853; Wells's Annual of Scientific Discovery for 1854, p. 200.

54. A storm-track of Seven Thousand Miles, Annals of Science, Cleveland, vol. ii, p. 47, 1854.

55. Cape Verde and Hatteras Hurricane and other Storms, with a Hurricane Chart. Proc. Amer. Assoc. for Adv. Sci., 8th Meeting (Washington), p. 208, 1854. This paper and the preceding are abstracts of the following.

56. On the first Hurricane of September, 1853, in the Atlantic, with a Chart, and Notices of other Storms (Cape Verde and Hatteras Hurricane). Am. Jour. Sci., new series, xviii, 1, 176, July and Sept. 1854; London Nautical Mag., 1854, p. 466, 526, 597, Sept., Oct., Nov., 1854.

57. On the Storm of October 7th, 1854, near the coast of Japan, and the Conformity of its progression with other Cyclones. Proc. Am. Assoc. for Adv. of Sci., 9th Meeting (Providence), Aug. 1855, p. 183.

58. On the relations of the Fossil Fishes of the Sandstone of Connecticut and other Atlantic States to the Liassic and Oolitic Periods. Read before the American Assoc. for Advancement of Science, Albany, Aug. 26, 1856. Am. Jour. Sci., new series, xxii, 357, Nov. 1856; Proc. Am. Assoc. for Adv. of Sci., 10th Meeting, Albany, 1857, p. 180.

59. On the Spirality of Motion in Whirlwinds. Am. Jour. Sci., new series, xxiii, 23, Jan. 1857.

60. Notes attached to a Communication "On the Avoidance of the violent portions of Cyclones, with notices of a Typhoon at the Bonin Islands" (by John Rodgers, Commander U. S. N., and Anton Schönborn, Assist. Ast.). Am. Jour. Sci., new series, xxiii, 205, March, 1857.

61. On Pacific Cyclones. Am. Jour. Sci., xxiv, 21, July, 1857. An abstract of the following.

62. Observations in relation to the Cyclones of the Western Pacific, embraced in a Communication to Commodore Perry. Perry's Japan Expedition, ii, 335, July, 1857.

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do 87, line 3 from bottom, for Abigal read Abigail.
do 133, running title, for DANIEL read JAMES.
do 138, between families 382 and 384, insert
do 141, line 3, for Francis read Frances.
do 142, line 15, for UPTON read UPSON.
do 143, foot note, for Whyte read White.
do 146, line 6, for FRANCIS read FRANCES.
do 163, line 17, for ROBBERT read ROBERTS.
do 166, line 21, for MARY W. read MARY H.
do 169, line 9, for Clinton read North Madison.
do 190, line 2, for FRANCIS read FRANCES.
do 216, line 2, for ELLIOTT read ELLIOT.
do 227, last line, for FRANCIS read FRANCES.
do 240, line 12, for Child read Children.
do 253, line 9, for MARY W. read MARY H.
do 259, line 4, for 1481 read 1482.
do 259, line 9, for 1520 read 1521.

INDEX.

PART I.

Containing the Christian names of descendants named REDFIELD, also the
Christian names of those who have become Redfields by marriage, the
maiden names of such following in brackets. Names of children who are
supposed to have died under the age of ten years are omitted, such being
more naturally sought for under the parent's name.