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- mm79036574 abstract "Correspondence, 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. Papers 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.".
- mm79036574 accessRights "Open to research.".
- mm79036574 accrualMethod "Gift,".
- mm79036574 accrualMethod "Purchase,".
- mm79036574 contributor B12951088.
- mm79036574 contributor B12951089.
- mm79036574 coverage "Algeria Foreign relations United States.".
- mm79036574 coverage "Dominican Republic Foreign relations United States.".
- mm79036574 coverage "Fajardo (P.R.) History.".
- mm79036574 coverage "Mediterranean Region Description and travel.".
- mm79036574 coverage "Samaná Bay (Dominican Republic)".
- mm79036574 coverage "Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) History.".
- mm79036574 coverage "Turkey Foreign relations United States.".
- mm79036574 coverage "United States Foreign relations Algeria.".
- mm79036574 coverage "United States Foreign relations Dominican Republic.".
- mm79036574 coverage "United States Foreign relations Turkey.".
- mm79036574 coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Naval operations.".
- mm79036574 date "||||".
- mm79036574 description "Correspondence, 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.".
- mm79036574 description "Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000015".
- mm79036574 description "Gift, Mrs. Oscar H. Rogers, 1934.".
- mm79036574 description "Gift, New York Public Library, 1903.".
- mm79036574 description "Naval officer.".
- mm79036574 description "Papers 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.".
- mm79036574 description "Purchase, various sources, 1901-1934.".
- mm79036574 description "Some maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.".
- mm79036574 extent "10".
- mm79036574 extent "33 1".
- mm79036574 extent "7,000".
- mm79036574 identifier eadmss.ms000015.
- mm79036574 identifier eadmss.ms000015.3.
- mm79036574 issued "||||".
- mm79036574 language "Collection material in English.".
- mm79036574 language "eng".
- mm79036574 rights "Open to research.".
- mm79036574 spatial "Algeria Foreign relations United States.".
- mm79036574 spatial "Algeria.".
- mm79036574 spatial "Caribbean Area.".
- mm79036574 spatial "Dominican Republic Foreign relations United States.".
- mm79036574 spatial "Fajardo (P.R.) History.".
- mm79036574 spatial "Mediterranean Region Description and travel.".
- mm79036574 spatial "Samaná Bay (Dominican Republic)".
- mm79036574 spatial "Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) History.".
- mm79036574 spatial "Turkey Foreign relations United States.".
- mm79036574 spatial "Turkey.".
- mm79036574 spatial "United States Foreign relations Algeria.".
- mm79036574 spatial "United States Foreign relations Dominican Republic.".
- mm79036574 spatial "United States Foreign relations Turkey.".
- mm79036574 spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Naval operations.".
- mm79036574 subject "Boutelle, Charles A. (Charles Addison), 1839-1901 Correspondence.".
- mm79036574 subject "Camels.".
- mm79036574 subject "Diplomatic and consular service, American Algeria.".
- mm79036574 subject "Diplomatic and consular service, American Turkey.".
- mm79036574 subject "Enterprize (Schooner : 1799-1811)".
- mm79036574 subject "Essex (Frigate)".
- mm79036574 subject "Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870 Correspondence.".
- mm79036574 subject "Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883 Correspondence.".
- mm79036574 subject "Hamilton, Paul, 1762-1816 Correspondence.".
- mm79036574 subject "Heap, Gwinn Harris Correspondence.".
- mm79036574 subject "Mexican War, 1846-1848 Naval operations, American.".
- mm79036574 subject "Mexico. Armada.".
- mm79036574 subject "Pirates Caribbean Area.".
- mm79036574 subject "Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851 Correspondence.".
- mm79036574 subject "Porter family.".
- mm79036574 subject "Porter, Evelina Anderson, 1790-1871 Correspondence.".
- mm79036574 subject "Robeson, George M. (George Maxwell), 1829-1897 Correspondence.".
- mm79036574 subject "Rodgers, John, 1812-1882 Correspondence.".
- mm79036574 subject "Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 Correspondence.".
- mm79036574 subject "Shields, Thomas, -1827 Correspondence.".
- mm79036574 subject "Southard, Samuel L. (Samuel Lewis), 1787-1842 Correspondence.".
- mm79036574 subject "United States Naval Academy.".
- mm79036574 subject "United States. Army History 19th century.".
- mm79036574 subject "United States. Navy Department.".
- mm79036574 subject "United States. Navy Foreign service Puerto Rico.".
- mm79036574 subject "United States. Navy Foreign service West Indies.".
- mm79036574 subject "United States. Navy History 19th century.".
- mm79036574 subject "United States. Navy. Board of Inspection and Survey.".
- mm79036574 subject "Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 Correspondence.".
- mm79036574 subject "Wolcott, Oliver, 1760-1833 Correspondence.".
- mm79036574 title "David D. Porter family papers, 1799-1899.".
- mm79036574 type "collection".