Volume 13
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Meigs, Montgomery C., 1816-1892
label: Collection Photographer
content: Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902
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content: Montgomery C. Meigs Papers
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content: Montgomery C. Meigs Papers / Series 1: Scrapbooks
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content: 1882 June 15 to 1882 November 9
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content: Box 7
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: Text
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content: Volume 13, labeled  "Miscellaneous," is a bound scrapbook with numbered pages and an index with some hand written notes. There is a separate handwritten index packet inside the front of the book that has detailed listings of the volume's contents. It does not appear to have been written by Meigs. The volume contains newspaper clippings and hand written notes on a variety of topics.

The topic given the most attention in Volume 13 is the issue over the "Egyptian Question" and the build-up to war in Egypt. There are numerous stories about British and French policies towards Egypt. There are also illustrations depicting Egyptian landscapes, people, and cities. Meigs included several stories on changes in U.S. Army policy and on the ongoing retirement of veteran Army officers and the promotions of their successors. Scattered throughout the volume are stories about Civil War battles and leaders,obituaries of notable public figures,and pieces on extreme weather events around the United States.

Some of the newspapers represented in Volume 13 are the Army and Navy Journal, The New York Herald, The Daily Graphic, The Daily Evening Telegraph, The Evening Star, and the The New-York Daily Tribune.