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Collection Summary
Title | Fitz-John Porter papers, 1830-1949 |
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Span Dates | 1830-1949 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1861-1898) |
ID No. | MSS36590 |
Creator | Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901 |
Extent | 13,000 items ; 67 containers plus 10 oversize ; 26.8 linear feet ; 31 microfilm reels |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | Army officer and public official in New York, N.Y., and New Jersey. Correspondence, telegrams, reports, memoranda, writings, autobiographical and biographical material, maps, scrapbooks, printed matter, and miscellany largely concerning Porter's court-martial and cashiering out of military service during the Civil War and his later reinstatement and presidential pardon. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms005015 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm78036590 |