A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Delaware > Sussex http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=642 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=51492 Submitted by: Harrison H Howeth Article Title: Pennsylvania Gazette Article Date: September 10 1767 Article Description: Directions to the Shipping in the Delaware Article Text: Deal on the Delaware, The Commissioners appointed by Act of Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania for building a lighthouse at Cape Henlopen, and fixing Buoys in the Bay of Delaware, having now completed this service, think proper to make Public the situation of the said buoys in hopes that the directions following may prove useful to the shipping bound up and down this Bay: Directions for Sailing into Whorekill Road: 1. A red Buoy is stationed on the SE Point of the Shears, in Four Fathom water. The Lighthouse bears from this Buoy S by E and the outer Point of Capes S by E half E. The Course from the Cape is NW by W and from the Buoy SSW until the Cape bears SE by E, the Buoy NNE and Lewestowne SW, then there is Anchorage in Four Fathom water, good Ground. 2. A large Black Buoy is stationed on the Lower Part of the Brown, in Three and a Quarter Fathom Water, which is to be left on the Larboard Hand when bound up the Bay. The Lighthouse bears from this Buoy S Three Quarters E. Cape May bears E One quarter S. and the Buoy on the Lower Part of the Brandywine N One quarter W. 3. A Buoy on the Lower Part of the Brandywine, in Four Fathom Water; the body of this Buoy is painted black with white Rim and black Head. Cape May bears from the Buoy ESE One quarter E. The Buoy on the Brown S One Quarter E. Mispilion W the Buoy on the upper Pert of the Brandywine NNW One quarter W. From the Buoy, in comiing up, the Course is NW by N as high as the Beakers, which lie about Midway between the two Buoys, and it is steep too; when you are abreast of the Breakers, at the Distance of a Cables Length from them, the Course is NNW, some time, then N will bring you to the upper Buoy on the Brandywine, which lies in Five Fathom Water. 4. A large Buoy in the upper Part of the Brandywine, in Five Fathom Water, painted white next to the Water, the middle Part red, with a black Rim, the Head a black Ground, with four white Squares. Cape May bears from this Buoy SE by E, Mispilion W by S Three quarter W, the Lower Buoy on the Brandywine SSE One quarter E. , and the Breakers, on the Height of the Shoal, SSE half E. 5. A large white Buoy, on the Lower End of Cross Ledge, in Three and a half Fathom Water, Egg Island bears from this Buoy E half N, Fortescue Island NE by N One quarter E. The Lower pert of Bombay Hook NW and the Buoy on the Upper Middle NW half N. 6. A black Buoy on the Upper Middle, in Seventeen Feet Water: The Lower Part of Bombbay Hook, intersecting the Uppermost of the Thrum Caps, bears from this Buoy NW half W, the Thrum Caps NW by W. Fortescue Island E by N Three Quarters N, and the Buoy on the Cross Ledge SE one half S. This Buoy lies on the Height of the Shoal, in Seventeen Feet Water, at low Tide, and, Vessels of 14 or 15 Feet may go over any time of Tide. N.B. The soundings of the Buoys are taken a Low Water. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DE-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com