John Crittenden Watson papers
Contributors: Watson, Edward H. (Edward Howe), 1873-1942; Watson, James T.
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1500
Subjects: Wyoming (Sloop of war); United States. Navy. European Station; United States; Mobile Bay, Battle of, Ala., 1864; History; Correspondence; New York Naval Shipyard; New Orleans (La.); United States. Navy. Asiatic Squadron; Navy-yards and naval stations; Shipwrecks
Description: General and family correspondence, reports, official orders, notes, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to Watson's naval career. Documents his Civil War service at Fort Jackson, Fort Saint Philip, and Chalmette, La., resulting in the capture of New Orleans, La., 1862; at Vicksburg, Miss., 1862; and at the Battle of Mobile Bay, La., 1864.  Also documents his postwar duty as commander of the USS Wyoming (Sloop of war) with the U.S. Navy European Station; as commander of the U.S. Navy Asiatic Squadron; as American naval representative at the coronation of Edward VII, King of Great Britain; and the controversy with U.S. secretary of the navy William E. Chandler over the dismissal of civilian employees at the New York Naval Shipyard in 1883.  Includes papers of Watson's sons, U.S. naval officer Edward H. Watson, relating to the naval shipwreck at Point Honda, Calif. (1923), and U.S. Army officer James T. Watson, concerning judge advocate cases.  Correspondents include Willard H. Brownson, Silas Casey, George Dewey, David Glasgow Farragut, William T. Meredith, David D. Porter, and Theodore Roosevelt.
Notes: Open to research.

Deposit, Naval Historical Foundation, 1967.

Converted to gift, 1998.

Naval officer.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division.

Register published by the Library of Congress, 1968.

Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection.