TY  - GEN
AU  - Selfridge,T.O.
TI  - T.O. Selfridge papers,
KW  - Ammen, Daniel,
KW  - Benjamin, J. P.
KW  - Collins, Edward Knight,
KW  - Davidson, George,
KW  - Evans, W. W.
KW  - Fox, Gustavus Vasa,
KW  - Francis, James Bicheno,
KW  - Jervis, John B.
KW  - Latrobe, Benjamin Henry,
KW  - Peirce, Benjamin,
KW  - Pickett, John T.
KW  - Porter, John L.
KW  - Selfridge, Thomas Oliver,
KW  - Steele, J. Dutton
KW  - Confederate States of America
KW  - Confederate States of America records
KW  - Navy
KW  - Cumberland (Frigate)
KW  - Merrimack (Frigate)
KW  - United States Darien Exploring Expedition
KW  - (1870)
KW  - (1871 and 1873)
KW  - Canals
KW  - Surveys
KW  - Panama
KW  - Panama, Isthmus of
KW  - Darien (Panama and Colombia)
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - Panama, Isthmus of (Panama)
KW  - Discovery and exploration
KW  - Panama Canal (Panama)
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Naval operations
KW  - Explorers
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Naval officers
N1  - Open to research
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012017
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012017.3
ER  -