Sargent, Nathan,  1849-1907. <br/><br/>
Nathan Sargent papers, 1866-1957  (bulk 1880-1905). 

 - 2,700  items. 8  1  containers plus  oversize. 3  linear feet. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, diaries, journals, writings, orders to duty, scrapbooks, printed matter,  photographs, memorabilia, and other papers relating to Sargent's service as a naval officer.  Documents his years as a student at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland; tours aboard the USS Alaska (Screw gunboat) in 1873 and the USS Lancaster (Sloop of war) in 1884; service in the Spanish-American War; command of the USS Scorpion (Gunboat) and USS Machias (Gunboat) for the purpose of transporting an expedition to the coast of the Isthmus of Darien (Panama); command of the USS Baltimore (Cruiser); and duty as a member of the General Board.  Correspondents include John Burns, Mortimer E. Cooley, George Dewey, Mildred McLean Hazen Dewey, William H. Emory, David Jayne Hill, Cyrus E. Lothrop, Sidney Augustus Staunton, and John Grimes Walker. 
<br/><br/><br/>Naval officer. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011245 
<br/><br/>Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 70052936  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Burns, John, active 1898 --Correspondence.<br/>Cooley, Mortimer E. 1855-1944 --Correspondence.<br/>Dewey, George, 1837-1917 --Correspondence.<br/>Dewey, Mildred McLean Hazen, 1850-1931 --Correspondence.<br/>Emory, William H. 1811-1887 --Correspondence.<br/>Hill, David Jayne, 1850-1932 --Correspondence.<br/>Lothrop, Cyrus E., 1861-1913 --Correspondence.<br/>Staunton, Sidney Augustus--Correspondence.<br/>Walker, John Grimes, 1835-1907 --Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Navy.  General Board. <br/>Alaska (Screw gunboat)<br/>Baltimore (Cruiser)<br/>Lancaster (Sloop of war)<br/>Machias (Gunboat)<br/>Scorpion (Gunboat)<br/>United States Naval Academy.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Spanish-American War, 1898.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Panama, Isthmus of (Panama)<br/>United States--History, Naval.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Naval officers.