Postcard showing photograph of guns in Taku Forts.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, owner.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military history.

Genre:

Postcards

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Production:

[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], [date of production not identified]

Summary:

[Uninventoried]

Notes:

Brown served as Paymaster Yeoman on the USS Monocacy during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. The Monocacy had served in Chinese waters for nearly 30 years, and was ordered to recapture the forts at Taku on 11 June 1900. He was trapped with the US Marines and multinational force in Tientsin.The postal marks on the envelopes in this collection are very rare and valuable. Mail was handled through the Monocacy.

Collection Reference: GLC04546.120

From folder: Collection of documents, photographs, and objects related to the Boxer Rebellion archive

Sub-collection: The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945

Description based on publisher-supplied metadata (viewed October 19, 2026).