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100 1 _aPorter, Horace,
_d1837-1921.
245 0 0 _aHorace Porter papers,
_f1853-1922.
300 _a1,500
_fitems.
300 _a5
_fcontainers.
300 _a2
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
545 0 _aU.S. Army officer, railroad official, and diplomat.
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.ms010238
600 1 0 _aBlakeman, A. N.
_q(Alexander Noel),
_d1840-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDodge, George Edward Payson,
_d1839-1904
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDuncan, James Henry,
_d1793-1869
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGrant, Ulysses S.
_q(Ulysses Simpson),
_d1822-1885.
600 1 0 _aHanna, Marcus Alonzo,
_d1837-1904
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHay, John,
_d1838-1905
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aJones, John Paul,
_d1747-1792.
600 1 0 _aMcKinley, William,
_d1843-1901
_xInauguration.
600 1 0 _aPorter, David Rittenhouse,
_d1788-1867
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPorter, Sophie K. McHarg,
_d-1903
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPullman, Albert B.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPullman, George Mortimer,
_d1831-1897
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRoot, Elihu,
_d1845-1937
_vCorrespondence,
600 3 0 _aPorter family.
610 2 0 _aGrant Memorial Commission.
610 2 0 _aNew York, West Shore & Buffalo Railroad.
610 2 0 _aPullman Company.
610 2 0 _aRepublican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
610 2 0 _aUnion League of America.
650 0 _aDiplomatic and consular service, American
_zFrance.
650 0 _aRailroads
_zNew York (State)
651 0 _aFrance
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zFrance.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1865-1900.
656 7 _aArmy officers.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aDiplomats.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aRailroad officials.
_2itoamc
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010238
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010238.3
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