Potter, Reuben Marmaduk, Papers, 1825-1887

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Potter, Reuben Marmaduk, Papers, 1825-1887

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The Reuben M. Potter Papers contain the poetry, correspondences, and scrapbook keepsakes of the soldier, author and customs officer Reuben Marmaduke Potter.

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Potter, Reuben M. (Reuben Marmaduke), 1802-1890

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Reuben M. Potter was born in New Jersey in 1802. From 1827 to 1833 he was an agent of a commercial house in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, after which he served as the customs comptroller at Galveston, Texas. In December 1846 Potter became secretary to Maj. Gen. Thomas S. Jessup, quartermaster general of the United States Army. He was made a prisoner of war in San Antonio during the Civil War. After his parole, he moved to New York to resume his quartermaster duties until his retirement in 1882....

Potter, Reuben M. (Reuben Marmaduke), 1802-1890

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