Notebook of Frederick William True containing articles and related material concerning the Pribilof Islands and sealing
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PrintNotebook of Frederick William True is a collection of notes on mammals of the Prybilov [Pribilof] Island and vicinity on sealing, including with the types portions, lists of specimens collected. These include: "Notes on Mammals of the Pribilof Islands and vicinity" by William Palmer, 1890; notes on the geology of the Pribilof Islands by William H. Dall, George M. Dawson, and Joseph Stanley Brown; a list of books concerning the islands; recommendations for the collecting of a fur seal group; "Fur Seal skins on hand," presumably at the United States National Museum, by William Palmer, 1895; "State Department Lot Fur Seals" collected by Charles Haskin Townsend, 1892; a letter to Otis Tufton Mason from James G. Swan concerning the preparation of a report on sealing in the Bering Sea and including a report on fur sealing at Cape Horn, 1889; and newspaper clippings concerning the sealing industry and other topics.
1890-1895
1890
1895
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SIA RU007181
Frederick William True Papers, circa 1886-1910
1 field book
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Box 2 Folder 11