TY - GEN AU - Porter,Horace TI - Horace Porter papers, KW - Blakeman, A. N. KW - Dodge, George Edward Payson, KW - Duncan, James Henry, KW - Grant, Ulysses S. KW - Hanna, Marcus Alonzo, KW - Hay, John, KW - Jones, John Paul, KW - McKinley, William, KW - Porter, David Rittenhouse, KW - Porter, Sophie K. McHarg, KW - Pullman, Albert B. KW - Pullman, George Mortimer, KW - Root, Elihu, KW - Porter family. KW - Grant Memorial Commission KW - New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railroad KW - Pullman Company KW - Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) KW - Union League of America KW - Diplomatic and consular service, American KW - France KW - Railroads KW - New York (State) KW - Foreign relations KW - United States KW - History KW - Civil War, 1861-1865 KW - Politics and government KW - 1865-1900 KW - Army officers KW - itoamc KW - Diplomats KW - Railroad officials N1 - Open to research N2 - 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 UR - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010238 UR - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010238.3 ER -