Civil War Documents Stolen

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Summary

Four handwritten Civil War documents are stolen from a display case on the stairway at the east end of the National Portrait Gallery. Norman James Chandler is arrested for the theft in February 1985, and three of the documents are recovered.

Subject

National Portrait Gallery (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, "The Torch," February 1985, p. 2.
  • Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, "The Torch," March 1985, p. 2.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

  • December 31, 1984
  • Civil War, 1861-1865

Topic

  • History
  • Theft

Place

United States

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