Papers, 1858-1892 (inclusive).

ArchivalResource

Papers, 1858-1892 (inclusive).

Papers: letters received (1884-1890) relating to service in the U.S. Navy; letters (1892) concerning his death; masonic society certificates (1858-1890); speeches concerning Chinese society; printed obituary (1892); cabinet photograph, probably of Fentress and his daughter Rhoda; and "Memoirs and Naval Life," a fictional narrative based chiefly upon his U.S. Navy service.

.25 cubic ft. (4 v. and 1 envelope)

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6749625

Rutgers University

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

United States Naval Expedition to Japan (1852-1854)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rc24nc (corporateBody)

Fentress, Walter E. H., -1892?

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v44834 (person)

Sailor and businessman, of Michigan. From the description of Papers, 1858-1892. (Rutgers University). WorldCat record id: 28409052 Sailor; served in the U.S. Navy, possibly as early as 1849; was held as a prisoner of war by the Confederate States of America, September 1863 -October 1864; commanded the U.S. Mist from November 1864 until the end of the Civil War, and then served aboard the U.S.S. Canandaigua; was honorably discharged in 1867; lived in Michigan and engaged in c...

Libby Prison

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60k5xth (corporateBody)