Title | Horace Porter papers, 1853-1922 |
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Span Dates | 1853-1922 |
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ID No. | MSS36608 |
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Creator | Porter, Horace,
1837-1921 |
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Extent | 1,500
items ; 5 containers ; 2 linear feet |
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Language | Collection material in
English |
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Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
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Summary | Army officer, railroad
official, and diplomat. Correspondence, diary, family papers, photographs, and
speeches relating to Porter’s Civil War service, Ulysses S. Grant, Porter’s
activities with the Pullman Company and the New York, West Shore and Buffalo
Railroad, the Union League, his interest in Republican Party politics, his role
in the inaugural of William McKinley, and his service as United States
ambassador to France. |
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Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010238 |
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LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection:
http://lccn.loc.gov/mm79036608 |
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