Reproduction-Account of Orville E. Babcock's Death by B. B. Smith, June 7, 1884

Authors

B. B. Smith

Files

Description

This report of the drowning of General Orville E. Babcock and others at the Mosquito Inlet, Florida, is a typed reproduction of the report given to the Lighthouse Board by B. B. Smith, the Clerk of the 6th Lighthouse District. The report details the events that lead to Babcock's death, as well as the deaths of two other men. The report was reproduced from the holdings of the National Archives and is stated as such along the edge of the pages.

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Publication Date

6-7-1884

Time Period

1880-1889

Geographic Location

Charleston, (S. C.)

Object Type

text

Format (original)

report: 4 leaves

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_USGPL_OEB_1884-06-07_Reproduction_Account-of-Babcocks-Death

Source

Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, Orville E. Babcock Papers, Box 2, Folder 26

Repository

Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Recommended Citation

Orville E. Babcock Papers, Box 2, Folder 26, Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, Mississippi State University Libraries