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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
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

Date1898
MediumPaper
Dimensions10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Catalog number2023.3.74
DescriptionLetter dated 8/7/1898 through 8/21/1898 from Dr. Fenn J Hart, Tempe's first mayor, written to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart in Tempe, Arizona during his ocean voyage from Honolulu, Hawaii to the 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 a beautiful but rough voyage, the weather, sea sickness among men, breakdowns of the ship causing delays, the burying at sea of an injured Asian crewmember, and the poor treatment of soldiers by officers, advising his wife to prevent their brother-in-law from enlisting. He goes on to describe his relief at finally reaching port in Manila, as well as the sailors' intrepidation of the international war vessels also docked there.
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Not on view
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
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 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 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 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
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
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
Image Not Available for Journal notes of Mildred Muriel Hart Wilson containing stories told to her by her father, Dr. Fenn J Hart, during his time as a physician and school teacher to the Akimel and Tohono O'odham (formerly known as Papago and Pima) tribes at San Xavier Mission near Tucson, AZ
Journal notes of Mildred Muriel Hart Wilson containing stories told to her by her father, Dr. Fenn J Hart, during his time as a physician and school teacher to the Akimel and Tohono O'odham (formerly known as Papago and Pima) tribes at San Xavier Mission near Tucson, AZ
c. 1935
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