Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1901 to Harvey L. Brown

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GLC#
GLC04546.012-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1 September 1900
Author/Creator
Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1901
Title
to Harvey L. Brown
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
4 p. :
Primary time period
Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
Sub-Era
The Politics of Reform

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 Taku on 11 June 1900. He was trapped with the US Marines and multinational force in Tientsin.

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