Fitz-John PorterPapers 1830-1949 (bulk 1861-1898)

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Fitz-John PorterPapers 1830-1949 (bulk 1861-1898)

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.

13,000 items; 67 containers plus 10 oversize; 26.8 linear feet; 31 microfilm reels

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