Correspondence of the Norfolk, Virginia Station, Office of the Chief Signals Officer, United States Army, 1871, 1877 | Sargeant Memorial Collection

By Will Hopkins

Collection Overview

Title: Correspondence of the Norfolk, Virginia Station, Office of the Chief Signals Officer, United States Army, 1871, 1877

Predominant Dates:1877

ID: 001/01/MSS 2016-002

Primary Creator: United States. Army. Signal Corps

Other Creators: Chief Signal Officer of the Army, Division of Telegrams and Reports for the Benefit of Commerce

Extent: 1.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Arranged in chronological order. Telegrams for 1877 are organized separately.

Date Acquired: 01/06/2016

Subjects: Norfolk (Va.), United States. Army. Signal Corps, Washington (D.C.)

Forms of Material: Government records, Military records

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Daily correspondence to the Norfolk Station, Division of Telegrams and Reports for the Benefit of Commerce, Office of the Chief Signal Officer of the Army, for the years 1871 and 1877. Includes official letters, memoranda, and telegrams from the Division and Office; official correspondence from other Army departments and the United States Navy; and correspondence between the Station and local civilian entities. Most of the materials deal with daily administrative directives, expenditures, and personnel actions.

Subject/Index Terms

Norfolk (Va.)
United States. Army. Signal Corps
Washington (D.C.)

Administrative Information

Repository: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Access Restrictions: This collection is open to all researchers.

Use Restrictions: The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.

Acquisition Source: Terry A. Ritter by donation

Preferred Citation: Correspondence of the Norfolk, Virginia Station, Office of the Chief Signals Officer, United States Army, MSS 2016-002, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Processing Information: Processed March 23, 2017.

Box and Folder Listing

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[Box 1],
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Box 1

Folder 1: Correspondence (Folder 1 of 3), 1871

Includes 15 official letters and one letter from S. P. Brown and Son Company of Washington, D. C.

Folder 2: Correspondence (Folder 2 of 3), 1877 February - June

Item 1: Correspondence, 1877 February: 15 official letters.
Item 2: Correspondence, 1877 March: 15 official letters, including one letter from the United States Navy.
Item 3: Correspondence, 1877 April: 14 official letters.
Item 4: Correspondence, 1877 May: 23 official letters and one letter from the captain of the German Navy corvette, Nymphe.
Item 5: Correspondence, 1877 June: 16 official letters.

Folder 3: Correspondence (Folder 3 of 3), 1877 July - December

Includes telegrams and one miscellaneous item.

Item 1: Correspondence, 1877 July: Two official letters.
Item 2: Correspondence, 1877 September: 12 official letters.
Item 3: Correspondence, 1877 October: Seven official letters.
Item 4: Correspondence, 1877 November: 10 official letters.
Item 5: Correspondence, 1877 December: 10 official letters.
Item 6: Telegrams, 1877: Six official telegrams.
Item 7: Miscellaneous, 1877: Remnant of possible folder or box. Marked "letters received 1877."