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    <title>Thomas Oliver Selfridge papers, 1809-1927 (bulk 1809-1870)</title>
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    <namePart>Selfridge, Thomas Oliver</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1804-1902</namePart>
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  <abstract>Correspondence, journals, logbooks, notebooks, and other papers relating to Selfridge's naval career.  Includes material relating to his service as commander of the USS Mississippi and of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Calif., and as president of the U.S. Naval Examining Board (Line).  Correspondents include his son, T.O. Selfridge, Henry E. Ballard, George E. Belknap, A.F. Crossman, Francis E. Grice, and David D. Porter.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Naval officer.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
  <note xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012018">Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012018</note>
  <note>Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection.</note>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Ballard, Henry E</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Belknap, George E. (George Eugene)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1832-1903</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Crossman, A. F</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">-1872</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Grice, Francis E</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1829-</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Porter, David D. (David Dixon)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1813-1891</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Selfridge, T. O. (Thomas Oliver)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1836-1924</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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      <namePart>Naval Examining Board (Line)</namePart>
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      <namePart>Navy</namePart>
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    <topic>Officers</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Mare Island Naval Shipyard.</namePart>
    </name>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Mississippi (Side-wheel steamer)</namePart>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Navy-yards and naval stations</topic>
    <geographic>California</geographic>
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    <occupation>Naval officers</occupation>
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