Douglas Watson Porter papers, 1819-1862 (bulk 1819-1823) [manuscript].

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Douglas Watson Porter papers, 1819-1862 (bulk 1819-1823) [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22376599

These papers are chiefly bills, receipts, estate inventories, and other financial papers of the Porter family and their plantation, presumably Poplar Grove, 1819-1823. Also included is a letter, 20 April 1862, from Otis Smith while serving in the Confederate Army near Richmond, Va.

About 200 items (0.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7042252

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Porter, Annabella Burwell Dawson Watson, 1785-1835.

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Porter, Douglas Watson, 1786-1823.

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Douglas Watson Porter (1786-1823) was a Morgan County, Ga., planter. His wife was Annabella Burwell Dawson Watson (1785-1835). From the guide to the Douglas Watson Porter Papers, ., 1819-1862, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Douglas Watson Porter was a Morgan County, Ga., planter. His wife was Annabella Burwell Dawson Watson (1785-1835). From the description of Douglas Watson Porter papers, 1819-1862 (bulk 1...

Smith, Otis D., fl. 1860.

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