MS 7310 Material concerning a Roman sarcophagus
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 7310
name: label: Creator
content: Casanowicz, Immanuel M.
label: Correspondent
content: Elliott, Jesse D. (Jesse Duncan), 1782-1845
label: Correspondent
content: Harwood, A., Admiral
label: Correspondent
content: Gregory, H. D.
label: Addressee
content: Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878
label: Addressee
content: Rhees, William Jones, 1830-1907
label: Addressee
content: Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933
label: Names
content: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
label: Names
content: Severus Alexander, Emperor of Rome, 208-235
topic: label: Topic
content: Sarcophagi -- Roman
creator: label: Creator
content: Casanowicz, Immanuel M.
label: Correspondent
content: Elliott, Jesse D. (Jesse Duncan), 1782-1845
label: Correspondent
content: Harwood, A., Admiral
label: Correspondent
content: Gregory, H. D.
label: Addressee
content: Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878
label: Addressee
content: Rhees, William Jones, 1830-1907
label: Addressee
content: Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933
culture: label: Culture
content: Roman
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The sarcophagus was obtained in 1839 at Beirut by Commander J. D. Elliott (whose flag ship was the Constitution). It was the container for the remains of the Roman Emperor Alexander Severus. It was intended for the remains of Andrew Jackson, but he declined its use.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 14 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1916 (part)
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Sent to the archives by Gus Van Beek, November 2, 1981.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7310
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Catalog cards
label: Type
content: Letters
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Catalog cards
label: Genre/Form
content: Letters
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Includes notes; abstracts from letters of Commodore Jesse D. Elliott to the National Institute; Admiral A. Harwood to Joseph Henry; andH. D. Gregory to William J. Rhees; and a letter probably from Casanowicz to William Henry Holmes, March 27, 1916.