Papers, 1832-1983.

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Papers, 1832-1983.

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Miscellaneous Porter family material, including correspondence (1846-1946) to various members of the Porter family, including a brief letter (1861) from Jefferson Davis to Porter; legal papers (1851-1943); biographical and genealogical material; the original manuscript of Porter's "Reminiscences of Men and Things in Alabama;" a copy of the published version, edited by Sara Walls (1983); albums (1834-1849); and a scrapbook (1832-1922).

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Auburn University.

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Porter, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Faneuil), 1808-1868

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Benjamin Faneuil Porter was a lawyer, editor and author who resided in Claiborne, Tuscaloosa, and Greenville, Alabama. He also served in the Alabama State legislature and as a circuit judge. He edited fifteen volumes of State Supreme Court reports, wrote editorials for several newspapers and authored many songs and poems during the Civil War. From the description of Letters, 1834-1838. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122508267 Porter, a native of Charleston, S.C., settled in ...

Walls, Sara

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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...

Porter family.

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