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100	1		_aSelfridge, T. O. _q(Thomas Oliver), _d1836-1924.
245	0	0	_aT.O. Selfridge papers, _f1852-1926 _g(bulk 1858-1880).
300			_a1,900 _fitems.
300			_a8 _fcontainers.
300			_a2 _flinear ft.
351			_aArranged in 5 series. Series 1: Logbooks, Journals, and Notebooks, 1854-1885; Series 2: Letterbooks and Letterpress Books, 1867-1880; Series 3: Correspondence, 1864-1919; Series 4: Subject File, 1852-1889; and Series 5: Miscellany, 1866-1926.
506	0		_aOpen to research.
520	8		_aCorrespondence, 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.
545	0		_aNaval officer and explorer.
546			_aCollection material in English.
555	8		_aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012017
580			_aForms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection.
600	1	0	_aAmmen, Daniel, _d1820-1898 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aBenjamin, J. P. _q(Judah Philip), _d1811-1884 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aCollins, Edward Knight, _d1802-1878.
600	1	0	_aDavidson, George, _d1825-1911 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aEvans, W. W. _q(Walton White), _d1817-1886 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aFox, Gustavus Vasa, _d1821-1883 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aFrancis, James Bicheno, _d1815-1892 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aJervis, John B. _q(John Bloomfield), _d1795-1885 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aLatrobe, Benjamin Henry, _d1806-1878 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aPeirce, Benjamin, _d1809-1880 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aPickett, John T. _q(John Thomas), _d1822-1884.
600	1	0	_aPorter, John L. _q(John Luke), _d1813-1893 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aSelfridge, Thomas Oliver, _d1804-1902 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aSteele, J. Dutton _q(John Dutton), _d1810-1886 _vCorrespondence.
610	1	0	_aConfederate States of America. _tConfederate States of America records.
610	1	0	_aConfederate States of America. _bNavy.
610	2	0	_aCumberland (Frigate)
610	2	0	_aMerrimack (Frigate)
611	2	0	_aUnited States Darien Exploring Expedition _d(1870)
611	2	0	_aUnited States Darien Exploring Expedition _d(1871 and 1873)
650		0	_aCanals.
650		0	_aSurveys _zPanama _zPanama, Isthmus of.
651		0	_aDarien (Panama and Colombia) _xDescription and travel.
651		0	_aPanama, Isthmus of (Panama) _xDiscovery and exploration.
651		0	_aPanama Canal (Panama)
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865 _xNaval operations.
656		7	_aExplorers. _2itoamc
656		7	_aNaval officers. _2itoamc
856	4		_3Finding aid _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012017
856	4		_3Finding aid (PDF) _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012017.3
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