Volume 19
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
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1884 July 3 to 1884 November 29
container: label: Container
content: Box 10
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
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 19 is a bound scrapbook that contains newspaper clippings and handwritten notes by Meigs.  There are small notes scattered throughout the scrapbook.

The bulk of the articles in Volume 19 deal with British campaigns in the Sudan and Egypt, especially as they pertain to the relief of British General Gordon. There are also stories about Grover Cleveland, the United States Navy, and general foreign news. Stories relating to violence with Native Americans and to new and notable constructions from around the world are also included. 

Some of the newspapers featured in Volume 19 include the Army and Navy Journal, The Evening Star, The Daily Graphic, The Daily Times, and the The New-York Daily Tribune.