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Image Not Available for Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart during his sea voyage from Hong Kong to Honolulu, en route to Manila to serve as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart during his sea voyage from Hong Kong to Honolulu, en route to Manila to serve as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
Image Not Available for Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart during his sea voyage from Hong Kong to Honolulu, en route to Manila to serve as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars

Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart during his sea voyage from Hong Kong to Honolulu, en route to Manila to serve as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars

Date1898
MediumPaper
Dimensions9 × 6 in. (22.9 × 15.2 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Catalog number2023.3.72
DescriptionLetter from Dr. Fenn J Hart, Tempe's first mayor, dated 7/18/1898 through 7/21/1898, addressed to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart in Tempe, Arizona. The letter details Dr. Hart's sea voyage from Hong Kong, China to port at Honolulu, Hawaii, where he was awaiting final passage to Manila, Philippine Islands, to serve as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars from 1898 - c. 1900. Dr. Hart describes his observations of army life at sea, differences in how soldiers fare vs officers, his physician living quarters, sea sickness among men, and their intrepidation of the international war vessels they encounter when docking their ship. Dr. Hart also details the weather, ocean views, sea creatures, and flora/fauna he observes along the way. Dr. Hart also appears to be attempting to comfort Mrs. Hart of her fears regarding his safety and exposure to the small pox epidemic serving the Red Cross in Manila. Financial woes at home also appear to be an issue as Dr. Hart appeals to Mrs. Hart not to sell their Tempe home, and provides her with instructions on how to collect debts owed to him by the Tempe community to help support herself and their daughter, Mildred Muriel Hart, while he is away at war.
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Image Not Available for Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart during his ocean voyage from Honolulu to Manila, to serve as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart during his ocean voyage from Honolulu to Manila, to serve as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
1898
Image Not Available for Journal entry of Dr. Fenn J Hart during his ocean voyage from the Philippines to Hong Kong, upon his return from serving as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
Journal entry of Dr. Fenn J Hart during his ocean voyage from the Philippines to Hong Kong, upon his return from serving as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
1899
Image Not Available for Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart describing his work as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon to soldiers under attack by Filipino insurgents during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart describing his work as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon to soldiers under attack by Filipino insurgents during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
1899
Image Not Available for Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart in Honolulu, Hawaii, written on his personal Red Cross physician stationary, to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart in Tempe, Arizona
Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart in Honolulu, Hawaii, written on his personal Red Cross physician stationary, to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart in Tempe, Arizona
1898
Image Not Available for Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart upon his arrival to Manila, Philippine Islands, to serve as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart upon his arrival to Manila, Philippine Islands, to serve as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
1898
Image Not Available for Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart describing the work he is doing providing medical aid to small pox patients in Manila as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart describing the work he is doing providing medical aid to small pox patients in Manila as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
1898
Image Not Available for Letter from the Red Cross to Rosa Ann Brown Hart, wife of Tempe's first mayor Dr. Fenn J Hart, praising his aid to invalid soldiers in Manila as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
Letter from the Red Cross to Rosa Ann Brown Hart, wife of Tempe's first mayor Dr. Fenn J Hart, praising his aid to invalid soldiers in Manila as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
1898
Wooden cross carried by Dr. Fenn J Hart during his time serving as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon in Manila during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars from 1898 - 1900
Wooden cross carried by Dr. Fenn J Hart during his time serving as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon in Manila during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars from 1898 - 1900
c. 1898
California Red Cross armbands worn by Dr. Fenn J Hart, Tempe's first mayor, during his time serving as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon in Manila during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars from 1898 - 1900
California Red Cross armbands worn by Dr. Fenn J Hart, Tempe's first mayor, during his time serving as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon in Manila during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars from 1898 - 1900
c. 1898
Image Not Available for Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart from his private practice in Jerome, AZ to his daughter Mildred Muriel Hart in Tempe, AZ
Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart from his private practice in Jerome, AZ to his daughter Mildred Muriel Hart in Tempe, AZ
1900
Image Not Available for Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart from his home in Phoenix, AZ to his grandsons Earl and Fenn John Wilson in Berkeley, CA
Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart from his home in Phoenix, AZ to his grandsons Earl and Fenn John Wilson in Berkeley, CA
1933
Professional portrait of Dr. Fenn J Hart standing in his Red Cross regalia in Jerome, Arizona
Professional portrait of Dr. Fenn J Hart standing in his Red Cross regalia in Jerome, Arizona
c. 1901
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