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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

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