Various [Collection of 25 documents related to the Boxer Rebellion archive. Decimalized: .01-.24, .31].

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The postal marks on the envelopes in this collection are very rare and valuable. Mail was handled through the Monocacy.
Collateral in Oversize pamphlet - size 2.

GLC#
GLC04546
Type
Header Record
Date
circa 1900
Author/Creator
Various
Title
[Collection of 25 documents related to the Boxer Rebellion archive. Decimalized: .01-.24, .31].
Place Written
Various Places
Pagination
44 items + 45 envelopes + 7 clippings
Primary time period
Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
Sub-Era
Empire Building
Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900
Global History and Civics
Foreign Affairs
Asia
Rebellion
Military History

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Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Mrs. S. W. K. Brown

February 13, 1900

Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1901

German vessel smuggling amunition in japanese waters. Written aboard the U.S.S. Monocacy

GLC04546.001
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Mrs. S. W. K. Brown

20 March 1900

Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1901

Brown served as Paymaster Yeoman on the USS Monocacy during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. The Monocacy had served in Chinese waters for nearly 30 years, and was ordered to recapture the forts at Taku on 11 June 1900. He was trapped with the US...

GLC04546.001b
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Harvey L. Brown

March 1900

Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1901

Disturbances in China; rumors of Russo-Japanese War. Brown served as Paymaster Yeoman on the USS Monocacy during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. The Monocacy had served in Chinese waters for nearly 30 years, and was ordered to recapture the forts at...

GLC04546.002
Collection Item
Object

[Leather hand guard and metal spike].

circa 1900

Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1901

GLC04546.003
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Mrs. S. W. K. Brown

23 March 1900

Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1901

With photo.

GLC04546.004
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to W. T. K. Brown

27 March 1900

Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1901

Twenty six mounted photographs, an album containing twenty nine mounted photographs, one unmounted photograph, and one negative. Photographs taken in China around the time of the Boxer Rebellion. Brown served as Paymaster Yeoman on the USS Monocacy...

GLC04546.005
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Mrs. S. W. K. Brown

March 30, 1900

Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1901

Murder of British missionaries by "Boxers," preparing. 44 various items: + 8 envelopes, 25 clippings, and 1 photo

GLC04546.006
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Mrs. S. W. K. Brown

16 April 1900

Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1901

"our gunboat shot through, Monocacy attacked"

GLC04546.007
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Mrs. S. W. K. Brown

25 April 1900

Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1901

GLC04546.008
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Mrs. S. W. K. Brown

8 June 1900

Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1901

Europeans murdered by Boxers, invasion preparations. Brown served as Paymaster Yeoman on the USS Monocacy during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. The Monocacy had served in Chinese waters for nearly 30 years, and was ordered to recapture the forts at...

GLC04546.009
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Mrs. S. W. K. Brown

12 June 1900

Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1901

Ordered to sail to Taku. Brown served as Paymaster Yeoman on the USS Monocacy during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. The Monocacy had served in Chinese waters for nearly 30 years, and was ordered to recapture the forts at Taku on 11 June 1900. He was...

GLC04546.010
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Mrs. S. W. K. Brown

13 July 1900

Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1901

Relieving siege of Taku and Tientsin. A long letter describing fighting: "2300 men of all nations held the city [Tientsin] against 30,000 Imperial troops and 100,000 Boxers. It was hell for 6 days [as] they bombarded the city. Our losses - over 600...

GLC04546.011
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Harvey L. Brown

1 September 1900

Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1901

Mentions writing a description of siege of Tientsin. Brown served as Paymaster Yeoman on the USS Monocacy during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. The Monocacy had served in Chinese waters for nearly 30 years, and was ordered to recapture the forts at...

GLC04546.012
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Harvey L. Brown

28 June 1900

Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1901

Killing of first American, marine Nichols. Date inferred from content and postal mark (July 28). Battle description. Brown describes forming ranks to fire on 500 Boxers, marine Nichols being hit, and the marines' attempt to save Nichols, who died...

GLC04546.013
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Mrs. S. W. K. Brown

31 October 1900

Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1901

GLC04546.014
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Mrs. S. W. K. Brown

20 October 1900

Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1901

GLC04546.015
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Mrs. S. W. K. Brown

14 December 1900

Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1901

His promotion.

GLC04546.016
Collection Item
Envelope

to Mrs. S. W. K. Brown

4 January 1901

Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1901

Rare envelope.

GLC04546.017
Collection Item
Envelope

to Harvey L. Brown

February 26, 1901

Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1901

GLC04546.018
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Mrs. S. W. K. Brown

7 March 1901

Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1901

GLC04546.019