Original logbooks of the Fish Hawk, station numbers 917 to 960
date: label: Date Range
content: 1881
label: Start Date
content: 18810716
label: End Date
content: 18810826
name: label: Alternate Title
content: Original logbooks of the "Fish Hawk" United States Fish Commission station records
notes: label: Abstract
content: Original 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.
place: label: Place
content: Martha's Vineyard
label: Place
content: Massachusetts
label: Place
content: Menemsha Bight
label: Place
content: Buzzards Bay
label: Place
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: Marine biology
label: Topic
content: Ichthyology
label: Topic
content: Marine invertebrates
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content: United States Bureau of Fisheries, Records, circa 1877-1948
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content: United States. Bureau of Fisheries
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU007184
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
label: Object Type
content: Logbooks
objectRights: label: Access Information
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physicalDescription: label: Collection name
content: United States Bureau of Fisheries, Records, circa 1877-1948
label: Physical Description
content: 1 field book
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 9 Folder 28