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Aaron A. Sargent 1883 Designs for Aerial Ship

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.2000.0032
Creators:
Sargent, Aaron Augustus, 1827-1887
Dates:
1883
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.05 Cubic feet
1 folder
Repository:
This collection consists of drawings relating to Aaron A. Sargent's designs for an Aerial Ship in 1883

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of approximately eighteen sheets of drawings, descriptions and calculations relating to Aaron A. Sargent's designs for an Aerial Ship. These early dirigible designs are dated June 2, 1883 and are believed to have been drawn during Sargent's tenure as Minister to Germany.

Arrangement

Arrangement
No arrangement; just one folder of material.

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
Aaron Augustus Sargent (1827-1887) was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts. After working in the printer's trade in Philadelphia, PA, he moved to Washington, DC and became Secretary to a Member of Congress. He later owned a paper in Nevada City, CA and studied law there, subsequently serving as District Attorney and as Representative to the Thirty-seventh Congress. He served as a United States Senator from 1873-1879. In January 1878 he introduced to the Senate a bill that was to be adopted in 1920 as the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, granting suffrage to women. Sargent returned to California in 1880. He was appointed Minister to Germany (1882-1884) and thereafter practiced law in San Francisco, CA.

Administration

Author
Patti Williams
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
David I. and Janice Sargent Lamphier, Gift, 2000, NASM.2000.0032
Processing Information
Arranged, described, and encoded by Patti Williams, 2018.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access note
No restrictions on access
Preferred Citation
Aaron A. Sargent 1883 Designs for Aerial Ship, NASM.2000.0032, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
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Aeronautics -- pre-1903 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Airships Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Drawings Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Aeronautics Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sargent, Aaron Augustus, 1827-1887 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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