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Account of U.S. Marines' expedition to Panama

Title
  1. Account of U.S. Marines' expedition to Panama, 1885.
Author
  1. Collum, Richard S. (Richard Strader)

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Additional authors
  1. Jouett, James E., 1828-1902.
Description
  1. .06 linear foot (1 volume)
Summary
  1. Richard S. Collum, captain in the United States Marines Corps, wrote this account of the expedition to Panama in which two battalions of Marines and some sailors landed at Aspinwall (Colón) to subdue an insurgent uprising. His account includes a sketch of events leading to the revolt from March through May 1885. General order no. 9 of Admiral James Jouett is inserted. These events are now commonly referred to as the burning of Colón, or the Panama Incident.
Subject
  1. United States > Marine Corps > Officers
  2. Panama > Social conditions > 19th century
  3. Colón (Panama) > History > 19th century
  4. Insurgency > Panama > History > 19th century
  5. United States > Navy
  6. Colombia > History > 19th century
Call number
  1. MssCol 598
Access (note)
  1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
Author
  1. Collum, Richard S. (Richard Strader)
Title
  1. Account of U.S. Marines' expedition to Panama, 1885.
Restricted access
  1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
Added author
  1. Jouett, James E., 1828-1902.
Research call number
  1. MssCol 598
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