Selfridge, T. O. (Thomas Oliver) 1836-1924 creator mixed material monographic eng 1,900 8 2 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. Open to research. 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. 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 Naval officers mm 70052720 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012017 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012017.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012017 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012017.3 Open to research. DLC 730514 20260227111613.0 mm 70052720