T.O. Selfridge papers, 1852-1926 (bulk 1858-1880).
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 1,900 items; 8 containers; 2 linear ftSubject(s): - 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 records
- 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
Open to research.
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.
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.
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