04033cpcaa2200673 4500 mm 70052720 DLC 20260227111613.0 cr ||||||||||| 730514|||||||||||| eng mm 70052720 ms 68002072 DLC DLC dacs DLC W lcmd Selfridge, T. O. (Thomas Oliver), 1836-1924. T.O. Selfridge papers, 1852-1926 (bulk 1858-1880). 1,900 items. 8 containers. 2 linear ft. Arranged in 5 series. Series 1: Logbooks, Journals, and Notebooks, 1854-1885; Series 2: Letterbooks and Letterpress Books, 1867-1880; Series 3: Correspondence, 1864-1919; Series 4: Subject File, 1852-1889; and Series 5: Miscellany, 1866-1926. Open to research. Correspondence, journals, logbooks, notebooks, scrapbooks, maps, drawings, and other papers relating primarily to Selfridge's command of survey expeditions to the Isthmus of Darien (Panama) as a site for an interoceanic canal in the 1870s. Includes material relating to the sinking of the USF Cumberland (Frigate) by the CSS Merrimack (Frigate) in 1862, the purchase of the John T. Pickett papers (Confederate States of America records) in Canada in 1872 by the United States, and Selfridge's court-martial in 1888. Correspondents include Daniel Ammen, J.P. Benjamin, Edward Knight Collins, George Davidson, W.W. Evans, Gustavus Vasa Fox, James Bicheno Francis, John B. Jervis, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Benjamin Peirce, John L. Porter, Thomas Oliver Selfridge, Sr., and J. Dutton Steele. Naval officer and explorer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012017 Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection. Ammen, Daniel, 1820-1898 Correspondence. Benjamin, J. P. (Judah Philip), 1811-1884 Correspondence. Collins, Edward Knight, 1802-1878. Davidson, George, 1825-1911 Correspondence. Evans, W. W. (Walton White), 1817-1886 Correspondence. Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883 Correspondence. Francis, James Bicheno, 1815-1892 Correspondence. Jervis, John B. (John Bloomfield), 1795-1885 Correspondence. Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1806-1878 Correspondence. Peirce, Benjamin, 1809-1880 Correspondence. Pickett, John T. (John Thomas), 1822-1884. Porter, John L. (John Luke), 1813-1893 Correspondence. Selfridge, Thomas Oliver, 1804-1902 Correspondence. Steele, J. Dutton (John Dutton), 1810-1886 Correspondence. Confederate States of America. Confederate States of America records. Confederate States of America. Navy. Cumberland (Frigate) Merrimack (Frigate) United States Darien Exploring Expedition (1870) United States Darien Exploring Expedition (1871 and 1873) Canals. Surveys Panama Panama, Isthmus of. Darien (Panama and Colombia) Description and travel. Panama, Isthmus of (Panama) Discovery and exploration. Panama Canal (Panama) United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Naval operations. Explorers. itoamc Naval officers. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012017 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012017.3 39186 39186