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245	0	0	_aPorter family papers, _f1811-1881.
300			_a100 _fitems.
300			_a2 _fcontainers.
300			_a0.6 _flinear feet.
506	0		_aOpen to research.
520	8		_aDavid Porter's papers consist of letters written to his wife, Evelina, and to Samuel Hambleton, James P. McCorkle, and George W. Walker; a draft of his resignation as commander in chief of the Mexican Navy (Armada); and his will. Subjects include Porter's command of the frigate Essex (1811-1814) and of the Mexican Navy (1826-1829) and life in Minorca, Spain, in 1830.
520	8		_aDavid Dixon Porter's papers include letterbooks, a draft of a letter to William Henry Seward, and printed general orders. A letter from Porter while in New Orleans in 1862 to his wife, George Ann, discussed the life of their southern relatives during the Union occupation of that city. Other correspondents include Nathan Goff, William H. Hunt, and Richard W. Thompson.
545	0		_aFamily members represented are David Porter (1780-1843) and his son, David Dixon Porter (1813-1891), naval officers and authors.
546			_aCollection material in English.
555	8		_aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007026
580			_aForms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection.
600	1	0	_aGoff, Nathan, _d1843-1920 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aHambleton, Samuel, _d1777-1851 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aHunt, William H. _q(William Henry), _d1823-1883 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aMcCorkle, James P. _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aPorter, Evelina Anderson, _d1790-1871 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aPorter, George Ann Patterson _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aSeward, William Henry, _d1801-1872 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aThompson, Richard W. _q(Richard Wigginton), _d1809-1900 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aWalker, George W. _vCorrespondence.
600	3	0	_aPorter family.
610	1	0	_aMexico. _bArmada.
610	2	0	_aEssex (Frigate)
651		0	_aMinorca (Spain) _xSocial life and customs.
651		0	_aNew Orleans (La.) _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865.
656		7	_aAuthors. _2itoamc
656		7	_aNaval officers. _2itoamc
700	1		_aPorter, David, _d1780-1843. _tDavid Porter papers. _f1811-1841.
700	1		_aPorter, David D. _q(David Dixon), _d1813-1891. _tDavid D. Porter papers. _f1861-1881.
856	4		_3Finding aid _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007026
856	4		_3Finding aid (PDF) _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007026.3
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