Box: 1 Fold: 1 Watch by Harold Box: 1 Fold: 2 Watch by United States Watch Co. Box: 1 Fold: 3 Compact case Box: 1 Fold: 4 Medal & Ribbon Box: 1 Fold: 5 Medallion - Society of Cincinnati Box: 1 Fold: 6 Medallion - Souvenir of Queen Victoria's Reign Box: 1 Fold: 7 Medallion - John Paul Jones Box: 1 Fold: 8 Medallion - Centennial of Bank of France Box: 1 Fold: 9 Medal - "Friendly Sons of St. Patrick" Box: 1 Fold: 10 Medal - "Guest" Prison Ship Martyrs Monument Box: 2 Fold: 1 Decoration - Gold Medal of Liakat (Turkey) Box: 2 Fold: 2 Medallion - Hommage a Gambetta Box: 2 Fold: 3 Medallion - To the Glory of the U.S.A. Box: 2 Fold: 4 Medallion - Equestrian Statue of U.S. Grant Box: 2 Fold: 5 Cigar Case & Cigar Box: 2 Fold: 6 Medal & Ribbon - United States Navy League Box: 2 Fold: 7 Medallion - Holland Society of New York Box: 2 Fold: 8 Medal & Ribbon - British & French Commissions Box: 2 Fold: 9 Medal & Ribbon - Chattanooga Box: 2 Fold: 10 Medal & Ribbon - Grand Army of the Republic Box: 2 Fold: 11 Medallion - St. Nicholas Society Box: 2 Fold: 12 Medallion - John Paul Jones Box: 2 Fold: 13 Medallion - John Paul Jones Box: 2 Fold: 14 Medallion - Holland Society of New York Box: 3 Fold: 1 Medal - Universal Exposition Box: 3 Fold: 2 Medallion - John Paul Jones Box: 3 Fold: 3 Medal - Hague Conference Box: 3 Fold: 4 Medal & Ribbon - German Squadron Box: 3 Fold: 5 Medallion - Angel Box: 3 Fold: 6 Decoration - Medal of Honor Box: 3 Fold: 7 Ribbon for Medal of Honor Box: 3 Fold: 8 Medallion - Discovery of the Hudson River Box: 3 Fold: 9 Medallion - Republique Francaise Box: 3 Fold: 10 Decoration - Belgian Order Box: 3 Fold: 11 Medallion - Frederic C. Wagner Box: 3 Fold: 12 Medal & Ribbon - G.A.R. Dept. of N.Y. Box: 3 Fold: 13 Medal & Ribbon - G.A.R. Philadelphia Box: 3 Fold: 14 Medal & Ribbon - N.Y. Columbian Celebration Box: 3 Fold: 15 Medal & Ribbon - Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Box: 4 Fold: 1 Medallion - Saint Louis Box: 4 Fold: 2 Medallion - John Paul Jones Box: 4 Fold: 3 Medallion - Union Franco-Americaine Box: 4 Fold: 4 Decoration - Order de la Couronne d'Italie Box: 4 Fold: 5 Medallion - Chamber of Commerce of State of N.Y. Box: 4 Fold: 6 Decoration - Medaille du "Bene Merente" Box: 4 Fold: 7 Medallion - France & Etats-Unis Box: 4 Fold: 8 Medallion - "La Provence" (Ship) Box: 4 Fold: 9 Medallion - Republique Francaise Box: 4 Fold: 10 Medallion - Conciliation Internationale Box: 4 Fold: 11 Porter Family Crest Box: 4 Fold: 12 Daguerreotype - Horace Porter
5/29/1921
DESCRIPTION: Watch by Harold, gold case, with engraving "General Horace Porter, May 29th, 1921" in a box of Lambert Bros, Jewelers, New York.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Watch by United States Watch Co., 18K gold case, with the monogram "HP", in green Tiffany bag in a white Tiffany box.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Compact case - Silver compact case with the engraved monogram of Sophie King (McHarg) Porter, wife of General Horace Porter. With hallmarks and contained in a brown leather box of L. de Lacour & Cle., Paris.
5/27/1902
DESCRIPTION: Medal & Ribbon - "Rochambeau, Official Reception, New York City, May 27, 1902." In brown Tiffany & Co. box marked on lid "Society of American Wars."
5/15/1897
DESCRIPTION: Medallion - Society of Cincinnati, "In commemoration of the unveiling of the Washington Monument at Philadelphia, May 15th, 1897. In purple box of Peter L. Krider Co., Philadelphia.
1897
DESCRIPTION: Medallion - Souvenir of Her Majesty Queen Victoria's Sixty Years' Reign, 1897. In red box of Spink & Son, London.
1906
DESCRIPTION: Medallion (silver) - John Paul Jones. In blue box of Tiffany & Co. marked on lid "Gen. Horace Porter from the American Scenic & Historic Preservation Society, 1906".
1900
DESCRIPTION: Medallion - "Centenaire de la Banque de France 1800-1900" with "General Horace Porter" engraved on verso. In acid free envelope.
5/29/1902
DESCRIPTION: Medal - "Friendly Sons of St. Patrick". Banquet to the Rochambeau Mission, Delmonico's New York, May 29th, 1902. In acid free envelope.
11/14/1908
DESCRIPTION: Medal - "Guest" Prison Ship Martyrs Monument, Brooklyn, New York, November 14, 1908. In acid free envelope.
1903
DESCRIPTION: Decoration - Gold Medal of Liakat (Turkey), together with two letters giving the award in 1903 to General Horace Porter. In acid free envelopes.
1891
DESCRIPTION: Medallion - Hommage a Gambetta, 1891. In brown leather case.
7/14/1898
DESCRIPTION: Medallion (silver). To the Glory of the U.S.A.: Manilla, Porto-Rico, Santiago, 14 July 1898. In green leather box.
4/25/1896
DESCRIPTION: Medallion (silver) - Equestrian Statue of General Ulysses S. Grant Presented to the City of Brooklyn by the Union League Club, April 25, 1896, with Elsie Porter's name engraved. She was the daughter of Horace Porter. In blue cloth box.
12/20/1862
DESCRIPTION: Cigar Case & Cigar - General Ulysses S. Grant's cigar case with one cigar presented by him to his secretary, Harmon W. Brown (Private, Co. I 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteers Infantry) at Oxford, Mississippi, 20 December 1862.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Medal & Ribbon - "US NL [United States Navy League]" with anchors on top of a gold cross. Verso is engraved "Gen. Horace Porter. No.4" In black box of John Frick Jewelry Co., New York.
1/18/1906
DESCRIPTION: Medallion - Presented by the Holland Society of New York . . . 1906. On the recognition of the American independence by the Province of Friesland 1782. In red box which is most likely the wrong one as it is dedicated to the American ambassador and 1906 is after Porter's resignation in 1905.
1917
DESCRIPTION: Medal & Ribbon - reception committee to receive the British and French War Commissions, New York. 1917 In brown Dieges & Clust box.
9/1889
DESCRIPTION: Medal & Ribbon - Chattanooga, Sept. 1889, the Army of the Cumberland. Souvenir 1889. In box without top.
10/26/1905
DESCRIPTION: Medal (14k) & Ribbon - Grand Army of the Republic. Engraved on verso: "Gen. Horace Porter - Post Commander - George Washington Post, No. 103, G.A.R., Department of New York, from his Comrades of the Post, 26 Oct. 1905." In a brown box, the wrong one, marked "The Hudson-Fulton Celebration."
undated
DESCRIPTION: Medallion - St. Nicholas Society of the City of New York in appreciation of Washington Irving. It is a reproduced replica of the Bronze Tablet made by Victor D. Breener to establish a memorial to Irving. In original yellow box with printed history.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Medallion (bronze) - John Paul Jones. In acid free envelope.
1855 - 1921
DESCRIPTION: Medallion (bronze) - John Paul Jones. In acid free envelope.
1/1905
DESCRIPTION: Medallion - Holland Society of New York. To commemorate the 1782 treaty between the Netherlands and the United States.
1900
DESCRIPTION: Medal - Universal Exposition Paris 1900. In brown leather box.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Medallion (gold) - John Paul Jones. In red leather case.
1907
DESCRIPTION: Medal (silver?) & Ribbon - Hague Conference 1907. On reverse engraved name of Horace Porter, who was a delegate to the Second Hague Conference. In large brown stamped leather box.
6/9/1912
DESCRIPTION: Medal & Ribbon - "Citizens Committee Welcome German Squadron June 9, 1912". In brown leather box.
1900
DESCRIPTION: Medallion - Angel leaning on column writing on a plaque. In purple marked "Congres International d'Historie Paris 1900".
9/20/1863
DESCRIPTION: Decoration - Medal of Honor presented to Horace Porter. In dark red Tiffany & Co. box. "The Congress to Bvt. Brig. Gen. Horace Porter, U.S.A. Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863."
undated
DESCRIPTION: Ribbon - blue ribbon with stars for hanging the Medal of Honor.
4/23/1897
DESCRIPTION: Medallion - Discovery of the Hudson River by Henry Hudson. In a rosewood case of Tiffany & Co., with the statement: "Presented to General Horace Porter by the American Numismatic & Archaeological Society, April 23rd 1897."
4/1905
DESCRIPTION: Medallion (bronze) - Republique Francaise. On reverse: "A Mr. le General H. Porter Ambassadeur des Etats-Unis, Souvenir Francais, Paris Avril 1905."
undated
DESCRIPTION: Decoration - Belgian order. In purple box of DeGreef, Bruxelles, with crown imprinted on the cover.
10/31/1908
DESCRIPTION: Medallion - Frederic C. Wagner, October 31st, 1908. In purple leather box, not its original.
1892
DESCRIPTION: Medal & Ribbon - G.A.R. Dept. of New York, Washington 1892.
3/1894
DESCRIPTION: Medal & Ribbon - G.A.R. Philadelphia March 1892 "Guest" Delegate to 28th Annual Encampment, Department of Pennsylvania. Housed in the box with G.A.R. medal in Box 3 Folder 12 of Horace Porter Collection.
1892
DESCRIPTION: Medal & Ribbon - New York Columbian Celebration (1492-1892) Committee of 100. In acid free envelope.
1892
DESCRIPTION: Medal & Ribbon - Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, 108th Anniversary Dinner, 1784-1892. In acid free envelope.
1904
DESCRIPTION: Medallion - Exposition Universelle Internationale Saint-Louis 1904. Section industrielle Francaise organisee par le Comite Francais des Expositions a l'Etranger sous le Patronage de l'Etat. Engraved on the reverse "au General H. Porter Ambassadeur des Etats-Unis d'Amerique". In green leather box.
9/29/1909
DESCRIPTION: Medallion (bronze) - John Paul Jones. In a black leather box designed for another medal and marked "Hudson Fulton Banquet September 29, 1909."
1876
DESCRIPTION: Medallion (bronze) - Union Franco-Americaine. Souvenir de L'Independence Americaine. 1776-1876. On reverse engraved "Au General Horace Porter Souvenir Amical A. Bartholdi." In a dark brown leather box.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Decoration - Order de la Couronne d'Italie, together with its miniature. In a red leather D. Cravanzola, Roma box stamped with the initials of Victor Emmanuel on the cover.
11/11/1902
DESCRIPTION: Medallion - To commemorate the opening of the Building of the Chamber of Commerce of the state of New York, Nov. 11, 1902. In black leather box.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Decoration - Medaille du "Bene Merente". Carolus I Rex Romaniae, with purple ribbon. In red leather box with the stamp and crown of Charles I of Roumania on the cover.
4/1905
DESCRIPTION: Medallion - France & Etats-Unis. On reverse engraved "A. Mr. le General H. Porter et a sa famille pour qu'ils le Souviennent d'Avoir ete Parisiens. Paris, Avril 1905." In brown leather box.
1905
DESCRIPTION: Medallion (silver) - "La Provence" (ship). Transatlantique 1905. In small red circular leather case.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Medallion (silver) - Republique Francaise Prefecture de Police. In a small green leather case.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Medallion (bronze) - Conciliation Internationale. Engraved to Horace Porter. In a small round orange paper Holland Society box, which is probably the wrong one.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Porter family crest on a die, in a small light green Brentano's box.
1855?
DESCRIPTION: Daguerreotype of Horace Porter as a cadet, circa 1855, in a fine mother of pearl inlay depicting a tower at West Point. In an acid free folder. This was reproduced in Elsie Porter Mende's "An American Soldier and Diplomat, Horace Porter" (New York, 1927).
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