Box: 4 Fold: 13 Sash Box: 5 Fold: 1 Decoration - Order du Chefakat (Turkey) Box: 5 Fold: 2 Decorations/ Medals Box: 5 Fold: 3 Medals Box: 5 Fold: 4 Ribbon Box: 5 Fold: 5 Ribbon Box: 5 Fold: 6 Sash Box: 5 Fold: 7 Plaque Box: 5 Fold: 8 Medallion - Benjamin Franklin Box: 5 Fold: 9 Medallion - John Paul Jones Box: 5 Fold: 10 Medallion - Sir Francis Drake Box: 5 Fold: 11 Box Box: 6 Fold: 1 Plaque - Benjamin Franklin Box: 6 Fold: 2 Decoration - Legion of Honor Box: 6 Fold: 3 Decoration - Legion of Honor Box: 6 Fold: 4 Altimeter Box: 6 Fold: 5 Medal & Ribbon Box: 6 Fold: 6 Medal & Ribbon Box: 6 Fold: 7 Medal & Ribbon Box: 6 Fold: 8 Medal - New England Society Annual Festival Box: 7 Fold: 1 Civil War Union Epaulet & Buttons Box: 7 Fold: 2 Brigadier General's Epaulets Box: 7 Fold: 3 Colonel's Epaulets Box: 7 Fold: 4 Brass Spurs Box: 7 Fold: 5 Steel Spurs Box: 7 Fold: 6 Leather Strap Box: 7 Fold: 7 Belts Box: 7 Fold: 8 Gold Braided Cord Box: 8 Fold: 1 West Point Cadet Uniform Box: 8 Fold: 2 Sash Box: 8 Fold: 3 Lady's Fans Box: 8 Fold: 4 Riding Gloves
Box: 9 Fold: 1 Gillmore, Quincy Adams - Photo Box: 9 Fold: 2 Grant, Ulysses S. - Photo Box: 9 Fold: 3 Porter, Horace - Photos Box: 9 Fold: 4 Porter, Horace - Photo Box: 9 Fold: 5 Fort Pulaski - Photo Box: 9 Fold: 6 Appomattox Table - Photo Box: 9 Fold: 7 [Grant, Ulysses S.] - Poem Box: 9 Fold: 8 Lee Surrender Box: 9 Fold: 9 Promotions Box: 9 Fold: 10 Awards Box: 9 Fold: 11 Speech in France Box: 9 Fold: 12 Manuscript re: Porter Family Box: 9 Fold: 13 New York Chamber of Commerce Box: 9 Fold: 14 West End Association Box: 9 Fold: 15 Greeting Cards Box: 9 Fold: 16 Dinner for Horace Porter Box: 9 Fold: 17 Dinner for Horace Porter Box: 9 Fold: 18 Dinner for Horace Porter Box: 9 Fold: 19 Dinner for Horace Porter
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DESCRIPTION: Sash - A long tassled red, white and blue sash. In acid free folder.
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DESCRIPTION: Decoration: Order de Chefakat (Turkey), 3rd class, in red velvet presentation box with its ribbon, two ornamental glass knobbed pins, and the medallion to be worn.
1861 - 1865
DESCRIPTION: Decorations/Medals - Six military (?) items joined: Sons of the American Revolution, Grand Army of the Republic 1861-1865, and four others, unidentified but probably American. In an acid free envelope.
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DESCRIPTION: Medals - Five items joined on a ribbon: Society of American Wars, Chamber of Commerce of the City of New York, Medal of Honor (the original design for the Medal of Honor?), and two others. In an acid free envelope.
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DESCRIPTION: Ribbon - V shaped red, white, blue ribbon for hanging a decoration. In an acid free envelope.
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DESCRIPTION: Ribbon - Light blue and white ribbon for hanging a decoration. In an acid free envelope.
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DESCRIPTION: Sash - A sash or small banner with "Horace Porter" printed on it.
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DESCRIPTION: Plaque - Round plaque with bas-relief of General Horace Porter: "General Horace Porter American Ambassador Paris MCMIV". In an acid free envelope.
1906
DESCRIPTION: Medallion (Tiffany & Co.) - Benjamin Franklin . . . To Commemorate the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Benjamin Franklin 1906. In an acid free envelope.
1905
DESCRIPTION: Medallion (silver) - John Paul Jones 1747-1792. America Claims Her Illustrious Dead. Paris/Annapolis 1905. In an acid free envelope.
1907
DESCRIPTION: Medallion - Sir Francis Drake 1540-1596. In commemoration of the Discovery and Landing upon the North-Western Coast of America. 1907. In an acid free envelope.
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DESCRIPTION: Box - empty red leather box with a royal crown and backwards Fs stamped on the cover. Probably for a medallion.
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DESCRIPTION: Plaque - Round terra cota plaque of Benjamin Franklin. In a white Suchars box.
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DESCRIPTION: Decoration - Legion of Honor. Star with silver diamonds in brown morocco box of Arthur Bertrand of Paris.
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DESCRIPTION: Decoration - Legion of Honor ("Decoration et Maniere de la Porter") with the tricolor ribbon, together with a star with silver and diamond points in a brown morroco box of Arthur Bertrand of Paris. The miniature of the Legion of honor is also present in an acid free envelope.
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DESCRIPTION: Altimeter - Compensato No. 9809. In a painted (?) gold case, housed in a brown leather case stamped with the initials H.P.M. (Horace Porter Mende).
1902
DESCRIPTION: Medal & Ribbon - West Point 1802-1902. In an acid free envelope.
1909
DESCRIPTION: Medal & Ribbon - Commission. Hudson-Fulton Celebration 1909. In an acid free envelope.
11/14/1908
DESCRIPTION: Medal - Prison Ship Martyrs Monument Dedicated Nov. 14, 1908. In an acid free envelope.
1905
DESCRIPTION: Medal (sterling) and ribbon - New England Society Annual Festival 1805-1905.
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DESCRIPTION: 1 Civil War Union epaulet with eagle (Colonel's) and button of Ordinance Corps.
1861 - 1865 ?
DESCRIPTION: 3 Brigadier General's cloth epaulets, two identical, one slightly smaller. Civil War period.
1861 - 1865 ?
DESCRIPTION: 4 Colonel's cloth epaulets, Civil War period.
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DESCRIPTION: 2 brass spurs with leather straps and chains, perhaps ceremonial.
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DESCRIPTION: 2 small steel spurs.
1855?
DESCRIPTION: 1 white leather strap together with metal U.S. insignia, worn as part of a cadet's uniform at West Point, circa 1855.
1855?
DESCRIPTION: 3 purple leather and gold braid belts of various sizes.
1855?
DESCRIPTION: 1 gold braided cord.
1858?
DESCRIPTION: 1 gray uniform coat with sargeant's stripes of a West Point cadet, circa 1858.
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DESCRIPTION: 1 long maroon cloth sash.
1800s
DESCRIPTION: 2 19th century lady's fans: both of mother-of-pearl and lace, one in its original box.
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DESCRIPTION: 1 pair of soft leather military type riding gloves, perhaps ceremonial.
1861? - 1865?
DESCRIPTION: 1 photograph of Quincy Adams Gillmore, United States Army. Portrait in uniform. Presumably Civil War date.
11/1863
DESCRIPTION: 1 photograph: General Ulysses S. Grant and Staff on Lookout Mountain. Taken Nov., 1863 after the Battle Above the Clouds. Gen. U.S. Grant, Gen. Webster, Col. Lago, Col. Hillyard, Col. Rawley. Copyrighted by G. M. Brandt & Co., Chattanooga, TN. Photo by A. W. Judd, Portrait & Landscape Photographer.
1850? - 1897?
DESCRIPTION: 1 photo dated 3/4/1897 of General Horace Porter on horseback in uniform in the inaugural parade for President William McKinley. 1 photo (reproduction) of Horace Porter as a young man in his grandfather's uniform. 1 photo of unidentified town.
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DESCRIPTION: 1 photograph of a portrait of General Horace Porter. Inscribed "Horace Porter Mende from Horace Porter."
1862?
DESCRIPTION: 1 photograph: side view of the main breech in Fort Pulaski, Georgia, circa 1862.
4/9/1865
DESCRIPTION: 1 photograph of table on which General Ulysses S. Grant drafted the terms of surrender for General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Courthouse on 4/9/1865. Photo by Pach Bros, 935 Broadway, N.Y. Written on verso: "Grant wrote terms of surrender at Appomattox on this table, which now belongs to Mrs. Custer. H[orace] P[orter]." Also, 1 Autograph Letter (copy) dated 4/10/1865 from General Philip H. Sheridan to Mrs. George Custer, regarding the table; sent from Appomattox Court House. And, 1 Typed Letter Signed dated 10/3/1962 from attorney Leon R. Jillson of New York City to Horace P. Mende, regarding the photograph of the table.
1868? - 1876?
DESCRIPTION: 1 Autograph Manuscript Signed by J. M. Dalzell: "An Application for Office, New Style, A Plea for the Privates, Respectfully Inscribed to President Grant. Dalzell applies for a government position through verse.
4/8/1865 - 4/12/1893
DESCRIPTION: Copies of letters dated 4/7/1865 and 4/9/1865 sent from Ulysses S. Grant to Robert E. Lee immediately before the surrender at Appomattox. Also, 1 TLS (copy) dated 4/12/1893 from Charles Marshall, regarding the letters.
4/4/1864 - 6/28/1865
DESCRIPTION: 5 documents, all of which are promotions for Horace Porter. Includes Porter's promotions to Lieutenant-Colonel (4/4/1864) as an Aide-de-Camp to Ulysses S. Grant, Major (6/28/1865, signed by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton), Colonel (5/8/1865), Colonel (6/28/1865, signed by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton), and Lieutenant-Colonel (6/28/1865, signed by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton).
7/27/1912 - 4/20/1921
DESCRIPTION: 1 certificate dated 7/24/1912 from the Army League of the United States honoring Horace Porter. 1 certificate dated 4/20/1921 from the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution honoring Horace Porter.
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DESCRIPTION: 1 Typed Manuscript speech (in French) by Horace Porter.
1906
DESCRIPTION: 1 Autograph Manuscript: "Genealogical and Historical Collectanea Relating to the Porter Family from the 9th to the 19th Century and in Colonial Day's, War of Revolution, War of 1812, &c, &c." Dated 1906.
11/21/1905 - 7/7/1921
DESCRIPTION: 1 Printed Program dated 11/21/1905: "One hundred and thirty-seventh Annual Banquet of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York." 1 bound Minute Book of the same chamber of commerce together with 1 Typed Letter Signed dated 7/7/1921 regarding the Minute Book. All materials relate to Horace Porter.
10/3/1892
DESCRIPTION: 1 Printed Item: resolutions by the West End Association honoring Horace Porter.
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DESCRIPTION: Greeting cards found among the Horace Porter Collection. Two are addressed to Sophie K. McHarg, the future bride of Horace Porter.
1897
DESCRIPTION: 1 printed menu for a dinner in honor of Horace Porter.
1902
DESCRIPTION: 1 printed menu: "Dinner Given to the Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to France, General Horace Porter. By his fellow members of the Union League Club of New York, June the Second, 1902."
1905
DESCRIPTION: 1 bound & printed menu: "Farewell Banquet tendered to His Excellency General Horace Porter American Ambassador to France 1897-1905 by the American Colony of Paris. Hotel Palais D'Orsay, May 17th, 1905."
5/17/1905
DESCRIPTION: 1 printed program: "Farewell Banquet tendered to His Excellency General Horace Porter American Ambassador to France 1897-1905 by the American Colony of Paris. Hotel Palais D'Orsay, May 17th 1905."
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