Allan Danvers Brown papers, 1860-1904.

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Brown, Allan Danvers, 1843-1904. Allan Danvers Brown papers, 1860-1904.

Allan Danvers Brown papers, 1860-1904.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/227012187

The collection contains biographical information about Allan Danvers Brown including correspondence from William Arba Ellis as he prepared his published history of Norwich University, 1819-1911. There is information on both the inauguration and death of Allan D. Brown, along with selected acts of the Vermont legislature that pertain to Norwich, 1898 and 1900. A letterpress book, 1898-1900, documents a portion of Brown's presidency. The collection also includes transcriptions of correspondence with his wife, 1863-1876. At the urging of his family, Brown began to transcribe these excerpts in 1871. The transcribed excerpts begin in June 1863, shortly before he married Gertrude on 29 December 1863. In an opening statement addressed to his children, Brown mentions the circumstances of his marriage and his entrance into active service. Other episodes of interest from these excerpts include Brown's visit to the Court of King Mongkut (Rama IV of Siam) just months before the King's death in October 1868, and letters written by Brown from Pensacola Barracks in Panama City, Panama, while serving aboard the U.S.S. Pensacola during the autumn of 1873. The then 30-year-old naval officer suddenly found himself ashore in charge of a detachment of troops charged with keeping a watchful eye on American property (the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and the Panama Railroad Company), which had been fired upon. The collection includes a complete copy of correspondence between the commanding officer of the U.S. Naval Detachment and the authorities of the ships in Panama Bay. The collection also includes a scrapbook containing Brown's Naval papers, orders, commissions and correspondence from 1860-1891. These papers document Brown's Naval service from the Civil war until his retirement in 1891. See the content listing in the finding aid for additional information.

2 Boxes (1.25 linear feet)

Norwich University, Kreitzberg Library