03592cpcaa2200637 a 4500 mm 79036608 DLC 20260227111656.0 cr ||||||||||| 790807|||||||||||| eng mm 79036608 ms 63000388 DLC dacs DLC DLC W lcmd Porter, Horace, 1837-1921. Horace Porter papers, 1853-1922. 1,500 items. 5 containers. 2 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, diary, speeches, biographical material, family papers, photographs, and other papers relating to Porter's service during the Civil War, as secretary to President Ulysses S. Grant, and as U.S. ambassador to France. Documents his career with the Pullman Company and the New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railroad; activities with the Union League of America; interest in Republican Party politics; and role in the inauguration of William McKinley. Includes correspondence relating to Porter's search for the body of John Paul Jones; notes pertaining to his book, Campaigning with Grant (1897); and correspondence as president of the Grant Memorial Commission (1891-1897). Correspondents include A.N. Blakeman, George Edward Payson Dodge, James Henry Duncan, Marcus Alonzo Hanna, John Hay, David Rittenhouse Porter, Sophie K. McHarg Porter, Albert B. Pullman, George Mortimer Pullman, and Elihu Root. U.S. Army officer, railroad official, and diplomat. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010238 Blakeman, A. N. (Alexander Noel), 1840- Correspondence. Dodge, George Edward Payson, 1839-1904 Correspondence. Duncan, James Henry, 1793-1869 Correspondence. Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. Hanna, Marcus Alonzo, 1837-1904 Correspondence. Hay, John, 1838-1905 Correspondence. Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792. McKinley, William, 1843-1901 Inauguration. Porter, David Rittenhouse, 1788-1867 Correspondence. Porter, Sophie K. McHarg, -1903 Correspondence. Pullman, Albert B. Correspondence. Pullman, George Mortimer, 1831-1897 Correspondence. Root, Elihu, 1845-1937 Correspondence, Porter family. Grant Memorial Commission. New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railroad. Pullman Company. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Union League of America. Diplomatic and consular service, American France. Railroads New York (State) France Foreign relations United States. United States Foreign relations France. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. United States Politics and government 1865-1900. Army officers. itoamc Diplomats. itoamc Railroad officials. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010238 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010238.3 42292 42292