Original logbooks of the Fish Hawk, station numbers 917 to 960
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Request permissionsDownload image PrintOriginal logbook of the Fish Hawk, 16 July to 26 August [1881?], station record numbers 917-960. Data recorded include instrument used, current number of observation, date, locality, bearings, time of day and tide, state of sky, temperature of (air, surface of water, at depth of, of bottom), depth, nature of bottom, direction of, force of, name of vessel, to what service attached, name and rank of commanding officer, name and position of observer, and remarks. Remarks include lists of common and scientific names of specimens collected and sometimes include quantity and sex. Observer is A. P. Chapin, yeoman. Locality: Martha's Vineyard, Menemsha Bight, Buzzards Bay, and other localities in New England. No year is recorded in this book, but the year is possibly 1881 based on the sequence of the proceeding and following log books.
1881
Jul 16, 1881
Aug 26, 1881
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SIA RU007184
United States Bureau of Fisheries, Records, circa 1877-1948
1 field book
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Box 9 Folder 28