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100 1 _aPorter, David D.
_q(David Dixon),
_d1813-1891.
245 0 0 _aDavid D. Porter family papers,
_f1799-1899.
300 _a7,000
_fitems.
300 _a33
_fcontainers plus
_a1
_foversize.
300 _a10
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
520 8 _aPapers 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.
544 _3Some maps
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Geography and Map Division.
545 0 _aNaval officer.
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.ms000015
610 1 0 _aMexico.
_bArmada.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy
_xHistory
_y19th century.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNavy
_xForeign service
_zPuerto Rico.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNavy
_xForeign service
_zWest Indies.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNavy
_xHistory
_y19th century.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNavy.
_bBoard of Inspection and Survey.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNavy Department.
610 2 0 _aEnterprize (Schooner : 1799-1811)
610 2 0 _aEssex (Frigate)
610 2 0 _aUnited States Naval Academy.
650 0 _aCamels.
650 0 _aMexican War, 1846-1848
_xNaval operations, American.
650 0 _aPirates
_zCaribbean Area.
651 0 _aAlgeria
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aDominican Republic
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aFajardo (P.R.)
_xHistory.
651 0 _aMediterranean Region
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aSamaná Bay (Dominican Republic)
651 0 _aSanto Domingo (Dominican Republic)
_xHistory.
651 0 _aTurkey
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aDiplomatic and consular service, American
_zAlgeria.
650 0 _aDiplomatic and consular service, American
_zTurkey.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zAlgeria.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zDominican Republic.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zTurkey.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865
_xNaval operations.
600 1 0 _aBoutelle, Charles A.
_q(Charles Addison),
_d1839-1901
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFarragut, David Glasgow,
_d1801-1870
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFox, Gustavus Vasa,
_d1821-1883
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHamilton, Paul,
_d1762-1816
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHeap, Gwinn Harris
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPoinsett, Joel Roberts,
_d1779-1851
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPorter, Evelina Anderson,
_d1790-1871
_vCorrespondence.
600 3 0 _aPorter family.
600 1 0 _aRobeson, George M.
_q(George Maxwell),
_d1829-1897
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRodgers, John,
_d1812-1882
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSherman, William T.
_q(William Tecumseh),
_d1820-1891
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aShields, Thomas,
_d-1827
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSouthard, Samuel L.
_q(Samuel Lewis),
_d1787-1842
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWelles, Gideon,
_d1802-1878
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWolcott, Oliver,
_d1760-1833
_vCorrespondence.
656 7 _aNaval officers.
_2itoamc
700 1 _aPorter, David,
_d1780-1843.
_tDavid Porter papers.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000015
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000015.3
999 _c42291
_d42291