Letter from Louis McCarty Little to Commanding Officer, 1st Regiment, Provisional Brigade, U.S. Marines

Subject(s): Military operations, Naval--American, Panama, Scouting (Reconnaissance), Scouts and scouting, United States. Marine Corps

Captain Little reports on the exploration of trails near Empire, Panama, by the Marine Corps. Little details the trails they explored and their defensibility in case of an attack by Colombia.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-22

Creator(s)

Little, Louis McCarty, 1878-1960

Language

English

Period

U.S. President – 1st Term (September 1901-February 1905)

Repository

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Page Count

2

Production Method

Typed

Record Type

Multi-image

Resource Type

Report

Rights

These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.

Citation

Cite this Record

Chicago:

Letter from Louis McCarty Little to Commanding Officer, 1st Regiment, Provisional Brigade, U.S. Marines. [January 22, 1904]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o43826. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Little, Louis McCarty, 1878-1960. Letter from Louis McCarty Little to Commanding Officer, 1st Regiment, Provisional Brigade, U.S. Marines. [22 Jan. 1904]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 15, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o43826.

APA:

Little, Louis McCarty, 1878-1960., [1904, January 22]. Letter from Louis McCarty Little to Commanding Officer, 1st Regiment, Provisional Brigade, U.S. Marines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o43826.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 15, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.

APA:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.