03178cpcaa2200565 4500 mm 70052936 DLC 20260227111613.0 cr ||||||||||| 730215|||||||||||| eng mm 70052936 ms 70000972 DLC dacs DLC DLC W lcmd Sargent, Nathan, 1849-1907. Nathan Sargent papers, 1866-1957 (bulk 1880-1905). 2,700 items. 8 containers plus 1 oversize. 3 linear feet. Open to research. 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. Naval officer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011245 Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection. Burns, John, active 1898 Correspondence. Cooley, Mortimer E. (Mortimer Elwyn), 1855-1944 Correspondence. Dewey, George, 1837-1917 Correspondence. Dewey, Mildred McLean Hazen, 1850-1931 Correspondence. Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887 Correspondence. Hill, David Jayne, 1850-1932 Correspondence. Lothrop, Cyrus E., 1861-1913 Correspondence. Staunton, Sidney Augustus Correspondence. Walker, John Grimes, 1835-1907 Correspondence. United States. Navy. General Board. Alaska (Screw gunboat) Baltimore (Cruiser) Lancaster (Sloop of war) Machias (Gunboat) Scorpion (Gunboat) United States Naval Academy. Spanish-American War, 1898. Panama, Isthmus of (Panama) United States History, Naval. Naval officers. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011245 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011245.3 39195 39195