Nathan Sargent papers, 1866-1957 (bulk 1880-1905).
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 2,700 items; 8 containers plus 1 oversize; 3 linear feetSubject(s): - 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
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.
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