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100	1		_aWatson, John Crittenden, _d1842-1923.
245	0	0	_aJohn Crittenden Watson papers, _f1844-1960 _g(bulk 1884-1923).
300			_a1,500 _fitems.
300			_a9 _fcontainers.
300			_a7 _flinear feet.
506	0		_aOpen to research.
520	8		_aGeneral and family correspondence, reports, official orders, notes, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to Watson's naval career. Documents his Civil War service at Fort Jackson, Fort Saint Philip, and Chalmette, La., resulting in the capture of New Orleans, La., 1862; at Vicksburg, Miss., 1862; and at the Battle of Mobile Bay, La., 1864. Also documents his postwar duty as commander of the USS Wyoming (Sloop of war) with the U.S. Navy European Station; as commander of the U.S. Navy Asiatic Squadron; as American naval representative at the coronation of Edward VII, King of Great Britain; and the controversy with U.S. secretary of the navy William E. Chandler over the dismissal of civilian employees at the New York Naval Shipyard in 1883. Includes papers of Watson's sons, U.S. naval officer Edward H. Watson, relating to the naval shipwreck at Point Honda, Calif. (1923), and U.S. Army officer James T. Watson, concerning judge advocate cases. Correspondents include Willard H. Brownson, Silas Casey, George Dewey, David Glasgow Farragut, William T. Meredith, David D. Porter, and Theodore Roosevelt.
545	0		_aNaval officer.
546			_aCollection material in English.
555	8		_aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
580			_aForms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection.
600	1	0	_aBrownson, Willard H. _q(Willard Herbert), _d1845-1935 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aCasey, Silas, _d1841-1913 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aDewey, George, _d1837-1917 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aChandler, William E. _q(William Eaton), _d1835-1917.
600	0	0	_aEdward _bVII, _cKing of Great Britain, _d1841-1910.
600	1	0	_aFarragut, David Glasgow, _d1801-1870 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aMeredith, William T. _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aPorter, David D. _q(David Dixon), _d1813-1891 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aRoosevelt, Theodore, _d1858-1919 _vCorrespondence.
600	3	0	_aWatson family _vCorrespondence.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bNavy. _bAsiatic Squadron.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bNavy. _bEuropean Station.
610	2	0	_aNew York Naval Shipyard.
610	2	0	_aWyoming (Sloop of war)
650		0	_aMobile Bay, Battle of, Ala., 1864.
650		0	_aNavy-yards and naval stations _zNew York (State) _zNew York.
650		0	_aShipwrecks _zCalifornia _zHonda, Point.
651		0	_aAlabama _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651		0	_aChalmette (La.) _xHistory.
651		0	_aFort Jackson (La.) _xHistory _ySiege, 1862.
651		0	_aFort Saint Philip (La.) _xHistory.
651		0	_aLouisiana _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651		0	_aMississippi _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865
650		0	_aNew Orleans (La.) _xHistory _yCapture, 1862.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651		0	_aVicksburg (Miss.) _xHistory.
656		7	_aArmy officers. _2itoamc
656		7	_aNaval officers. _2itoamc
700	1		_aWatson, Edward H. _q(Edward Howe), _d1873-1942. _tEdward H. Watson papers.
700	1		_aWatson, James T. _tJames T. Watson papers.
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