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Collection Reference Number GLC04546.144
From Archive Folder Collection of documents, photographs, and objects related to the Boxer Rebellion archive 
Title Photograph of sailors assembled on their ship
Date n.d.
Document Type Photograph
Content Description [Uninventoried]
Subjects Navy  Military History  Global History and Civics  
Place written s.l.
Theme Naval & Maritime; Foreign Affairs
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Additional Information 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.The postal marks on the envelopes in this collection are very rare and valuable. Mail was handled through the Monocacy.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945