Box 1
Contains 12 Results:
Field notebooks: Time by Equal Altitudes (1855); Latitude by Circumemredian Altitudes (1855-1856), 1855 July 23-November 4, 1855 July 23-1856 September 25
The collection consists of letters Henry Larcom Abbot wrote to his parents in 1855, journals kept during his survey work of 1855-1856 in California and Oregon, and various books of field notes and celestial observations taken for the survey. The collection also includes a microfilm copy of one of Abbot's field books. Also in the collection is the text of an address given by Robert W. Sawyer at the 1943 launching of a Liberty ship named for Abbot.
Field notebooks: Time by Single Altitudes (1855-1856); Latitude by Polaris (1855, 1870), 1855 July 29-November 4, 1856 September 7-25, 1855 July 15-November 4, 1870 December 16-20
The collection consists of letters Henry Larcom Abbot wrote to his parents in 1855, journals kept during his survey work of 1855-1856 in California and Oregon, and various books of field notes and celestial observations taken for the survey. The collection also includes a microfilm copy of one of Abbot's field books. Also in the collection is the text of an address given by Robert W. Sawyer at the 1943 launching of a Liberty ship named for Abbot.