Fitz-John Porter Papers [Finding Aid]. Library of Congress. [PDF Rendered
Fitz-John Porter Papers A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2004 Revised 2010 April Contact information: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.contact Additional search options available at: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms005015 LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm78036590 Prepared by David Mathisen Revised and expanded by Melinda K. Friend and Chanté Wilson Collection Summary Title: Fitz-John Porter Papers 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. Selected Search Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein. People Bullitt, John C. (John Christian), 1824-1902--Correspondence. Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Correspondence. Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904--Correspondence. Johnson, Reverdy, 1796-1876--Correspondence. Lord, Theodore Akerly, 1844-1914. Mangold, Ferdinand Franz, 1832-1903.
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