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 The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey began its existence as the '''United States Survey of the Coast''', created within the [[United States Department of the Treasury]] by an [[Act of Congress]] on February 10, 1807, to conduct a "Survey of the Coast."<ref name="NOAA">[http://www.lib.noaa.gov/noaainfo/heritage/coastandgeodeticsurvey/index.html NOAA, ''Coast and Geodetic Survey Heritage''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219185106/http://www.lib.noaa.gov/noaainfo/heritage/coastandgeodeticsurvey/index.html |date=December 19, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="timeline18071899">[http://www.history.noaa.gov/legacy/time1800.html noaa.gov NOAA History: NOAA Legacy Timeline 1807–1899]</ref><ref name=archivescatalog>[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10469069National Archives Catalog: Department of Commerce. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 1913-7/13/1965 Organization Authority Record Accessed 29 October 2022]</ref><ref name=orglawp97>''Organization and Law of the Department of Commerce and Labor'', p. 97.</ref> The Survey of the Coast, the [[Federal government of the United States|United States government]]{{'}}s first scientific agency,<ref name="timeline18071899" /> represented the interest of the [[Administration (government)#United States|administration]] of [[President of the United States|President]] [[Thomas Jefferson]] in science and the stimulation of international trade by using scientific [[surveying]] methods to chart the waters of the United States and make them safe for navigation. A [[Swiss people|Swiss]] immigrant with expertise in both surveying and the standardization of [[Unit of measurement|weights and measures]], [[Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler|Ferdinand R. Hassler]], was selected to lead the Survey.<ref name="theberge1">[http://www.lib.noaa.gov/noaainfo/heritage/coastsurveyvol1/TITLE.html#TITLE Theberge, Captain Albert E., ''The Coast Survey 1807–1867: Volume I of the History of the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration'', "THE HASSLER LEGACY: FERDINAND RUDOLPH HASSLER and the UNITED STATES COAST SURVEY: THE EARLY YEARS", no publisher listed, NOAA History, 1998.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906160411/http://www.lib.noaa.gov/noaainfo/heritage/coastsurveyvol1/TITLE.html |date=September 6, 2014 }}</ref>
-Hassler submitted a plan for the survey work involving the use of [[triangulation]] to ensure scientific accuracy of surveys, but [[international relations]] prevented the new Survey of the Coast from beginning its work; the [[Embargo Act of 1807]] brought American overseas trade virtually to a halt only a month after Hassler{{'}}s appointment and remained in effect until Jefferson left office in March 1809. It was not until 1811 that Jefferson{{'}}s successor, President [[James Madison]], sent Hassler to [[Europe]] to purchase the instruments necessary to conduct the planned survey, as well as standardized weights and measures. Hassler departed on August 29, 1811, but eight months later, while he was in [[England]], the [[War of 1812]] broke out, forcing him to remain in Europe until its conclusion in 1815. Hassler did not return to the United States until August 16, 1815.<ref name="theberge1" /> The Survey finally began surveying operations in 1816, when Hassler started work in the vicinity of [[New York City]].<ref name="theberge1" /><ref name=orglawp97/> The first [[Baseline (surveying)|baseline]] was measured and verified in 1817.<ref name="theberge1" />
+Hassler submitted a plan for the survey work involving the use of [[triangulation]] to ensure scientific accuracy of surveys, but [[international relations]] prevented the new Survey of the Coast from beginning its work; the [[Embargo Act of 1807]] brought American overseas trade virtually to a halt only a month after Hassler{{'}}s appointment and remained in effect until Jefferson left office in March 1809. It was not until 1811 that Jefferson{{'}}s successor, President [[James Madison]], sent Hassler to [[Europe]] to purchase the instruments necessary to conduct the planned survey, as well as standardized weights and measures. Hassler departed on August 29, 1811, but eight months later, while he was in [[England]], the [[War of 1812]] broke out, forcing him to remain in Europe until its conclusion in 1815. Hassler did not return to the United States until August 16, 1815.<ref name="theberge1" /> The Survey finally began surveying operations in 1816, when Hassler started work in the vicinity of New York City.<ref name="theberge1" /><ref name=orglawp97/> The first [[Baseline (surveying)|baseline]] was measured and verified in 1817.<ref name="theberge1" />
 ===Suspension of work===