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Extent:

3 cul. ft. (6 document boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Field notes

Place:

New England

Barnstable County (Mass.)

Provincetown (Mass.)

Chatham (Mass.)

Dennis (Mass. : Town)

Harwich (Mass.)

Truro (Mass.)

Wellfleet (Mass.)

Yarmouth (Mass.)

Date:

1853-1862

Descriptive Entry:

This collection consists of 112 logbooks maintained by various New England fishing schooners during voyages conducted from 1852 to 1862. The logbooks contain data regarding weather conditions, number of fish caught, and, to a lesser degree, types of fish caught. The ports represented are: Barnstable, Chatham, Dennis, Harwich, Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, and Yarmouth.

Topic:

Ichthyology  Search this

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Genre/Form:

Field notes

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7200, New England Fishing Schooner Logbooks

Identifier:

Record Unit 7200

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New England Fishing Schooner Logbooks

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-faru7200