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Collection Reference Number GLC04546.05
From Archive Folder Collection of documents, photographs, and objects related to the Boxer Rebellion archive 
Title Walter T. Kendall Brown to W. T. K. Brown
Date 27 March 1900
Author Brown, Walter T. Kendall (fl. 1899-1932)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description 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 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.
Subjects Global History and Civics  Foreign Affairs  Asia  Rebellion  Military History  Navy  Fortification    
Place written Aboard USS Monocacy, Shanghai, China
Theme Naval & Maritime; Foreign Affairs; Children & Family
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