Porter, David D. (David Dixon) 1813-1891 creator mixed material monographic eng 7,000 33 1 10 Correspondence, journals, logbooks, orders, reports, memoranda, family papers, drafts of articles, memoirs, poems, short stories, and other literary writings, sketches, photographs, and printed matter documenting David D. Porter's naval career. Includes material on his years as a midshipman, his service in the Mexican War, his trips to the Mediterranean to secure camels for the use of the U.S. Army, his Civil War service, his superintendency of the United States Naval Academy, his mission to Santo Domingo concerning the lease of Samaná Bay in the Dominican Republic, and his career as an advisor to the Navy Dept. (1870-1891) and chairman of the U.S. Navy Board of Inspection and Survey (1877-1891). Includes material on Union naval strategy during the Civil War and the need for naval reform. Correspondents include his mother, Evelina Anderson Porter, and Charles A. Boutelle, David Glasgow Farragut, Gustavus Vasa Fox, Gwinn Harris Heap, George M. Robeson, William T. Sherman, and Gideon Welles. Papers of Porter's father, David Porter (1780-1843), also a naval officer, relate to his command of the schooner Enterprize (1805-1806) and the frigate Essex (1811-1814), his command of the West Indies squadron for the suppression of piracy in the Caribbean, the naval expedition to Fajardo, P. R., his role as commander-in-chief of the Mexican navy (armada), and his American diplomatic service in Algeria and Turkey. Correspondents include his wife, Evelina Anderson Porter, and Paul Hamilton, Joel Roberts Poinsett, John Rodgers, Thomas Shields, Samuel L. Southard, and Oliver Wolcott. Open to research. Some maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. Naval officer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000015 Mexico. Armada. United States. Army History 19th century United States. Navy Foreign service Puerto Rico United States. Navy Foreign service West Indies United States. Navy History 19th century United States. Navy. Board of Inspection and Survey. United States. Navy Department. Enterprize (Schooner : 1799-1811) Essex (Frigate) United States Naval Academy. Camels Mexican War, 1846-1848 Naval operations, American Pirates Caribbean Area Algeria Foreign relations United States Dominican Republic Foreign relations United States Fajardo (P.R.) History Mediterranean Region Description and travel Samaná Bay (Dominican Republic) Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) History Turkey Foreign relations United States Diplomatic and consular service, American Algeria Diplomatic and consular service, American Turkey United States Foreign relations Algeria United States Foreign relations Dominican Republic United States Foreign relations Turkey United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Naval operations Boutelle, Charles A. (Charles Addison) 1839-1901 Correspondence Farragut, David Glasgow 1801-1870 Correspondence Fox, Gustavus Vasa 1821-1883 Correspondence Hamilton, Paul 1762-1816 Correspondence Heap, Gwinn Harris Correspondence Poinsett, Joel Roberts 1779-1851 Correspondence Porter, Evelina Anderson 1790-1871 Correspondence Porter family Robeson, George M. (George Maxwell) 1829-1897 Correspondence Rodgers, John 1812-1882 Correspondence Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh) 1820-1891 Correspondence Shields, Thomas -1827 Correspondence Southard, Samuel L. (Samuel Lewis) 1787-1842 Correspondence Welles, Gideon 1802-1878 Correspondence Wolcott, Oliver 1760-1833 Correspondence Naval officers Porter, David, 1780-1843 mm 79036574 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms000015 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms000015.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000015 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000015.3 Open to research. DLC 790807 20260227111656.0 mm 79036574