Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1836, Feb. 6 | Born, Charlestown, Mass. |
| 1854 | Graduated, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.. |
| 1855-1856 | Duty in USS Independence, Pacific Squadron |
| 1857 | Duty in USS Nautilus |
| 1857-1860 | Duty in USS Vincennes, Africa Squadron |
| 1860-1862 | Duty in USS Cumberland, North Atlantic Blockade Squadron |
| 1862 | Duty in USS Alligator |
| 1862-1863 | Commanded USS Cairo, Mississippi Squadron |
| 1863-1864 | Commanded USS Conestoga and USS Manitou, Mississippi Squadron |
| 1864-1865 | Commanded USS Osage and USS Vindicator, Mississippi Squadron |
| 1865 | Married Ellen F. Shepley (died 1905) |
| 1865-1867 | Duty at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
| 1867-1868 | Commanded USS Macedonian |
| 1869-1874 | Special duty in United States Darien Exploring Expeditions, surveying the Isthmus of Darien for an interoceanic canal |
| 1875 | Commander, Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Mass. |
| 1877-1878 | On leave from the navy |
| 1878 | Special duty surveying the Amazon and Madeira rivers, South America |
| 1879 | Special delegate to the International Canal Congress, Paris, France |
| 1881-1884 | Commanded Torpedo Station, Newport, R. I. |
| 1885-1887 | Commanded USS Omaha, Asiatic Squadron |
| 1888 | Tried and acquitted by court-martial |
| 1889-1890 | Duty as member of the Board of Inspection |
| 1890-1893 | Commanded Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Mass. |
| 1894-1895 | President, Board of Inspection |
| 1895-1897 | Commander, European Squadron |
| 1896 | Promoted to rear admiral Special representative to the coronation of Nicholas II of Russia |
| 1898 | Retired from the navy |
| 1907 . | Married Gertrude Wildes |
| 1924 | Published Memoirs of Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr., Rear Admiral, U.S.N. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons |
| 1924, Feb. 4 | Died, Washington, D.C |