Their Country's Call:
The Byington, McHarg, and Porter Families in War and Peace
Items 41-60
Owens, Richard Henry. Peaceful Warrior: A Biography of Horace Porter (1837-1921). New York: Garland Pub., 1990. [call#: LAU Stacks E467.1.P82 O84 1990].
Photograph of a Portrait of General Horace Porter. Inscribed, "Horace Porter
Mende from Horace Porter." nd. [Horace Porter Collection, Box 9 Folder
4].
Porter, Horace (1837?1921). Campaigning with Grant. Reprint. Edited with
introduction and notes by Wayne C. Temple. New York : Bonanza Books, c1961.
[call#: LAU Stacks E672 .P84 1961b].
Porter, Horace (1837?1921). Campaigning with Grant. First Edition. New
York : The Century Co., 1897. [call#: LAU SPCOLL General 96A156].
Photograph of General Ulysses S. Grant and His Staff. Reproduced from Elsie
Porter Mende's An American Soldier and Diplomat: Horace Porter (New York:
Stokes, 1927).
[Grant, Ulysses S.] 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, circa 1868-1876.
[Horace Porter Collection, Box 9 Folder 7].
A. Homer Byington (1826-1910). Autograph Letter Signed, 4 p, Washington, D.C.,
15 July 1876. Addressed to President Ulysses S. Grant. Concerns the position
of "Congressional Printer." Includes testimonials from congressmen
Bainbridge Wadleigh, Phineas W. Hitchcock, Aaron A. Sargent, Algernon Sidney
Paddock, and others. [Byington Family Papers, Box 1 Folder 37].
Orville H. Platt (1827-1905). U.S. Senator. Autograph Note Signed, 1 p, Washington,
D.C., 14 January 1881. Appoints A. Homer Byington Platt's private secretary.
[Byington Family Papers, Box 1 Folder 39].
Nehemiah D. Sperry (1827-1911). U.S. Congressman (1895-1911). Autograph Letter
Signed, New Haven, 23 May 1881. Addressed to U.S. Secretary of State James G.
Blaine. Endorses the appointment of A. Homer Byington to a consulate. [Byington
Family Papers, Box 1 Folder 40].
Orville H. Platt (1827-1905). U.S. Senator. Typed Letter Signed, 1 p, Meriden,
Connecticut, 11 June 1895. Discusses a trip to Europe, Ebenezer J. Hill, and
railway problems in Norwalk, Connecticut. [Byington Family Papers, Box 1 Folder
39].
A. Homer Byington (1826-1910). Autograph Letter Signed, 2 p, New York, 30 November
1896. Addressed to his grandson Homer Morrison Byington I (1879-1966), son of
George R. Byington. [Byington Family Papers Box 2 Folder 27].
Photograph of General Horace Porter on Horseback in Uniform in the Inaugural
Parade of President William McKinley, 4 March 1897. [Horace Porter Collection,
Box 9 Folder 3].
Sterling Cup (7" high). With three stag horn handles, marked May 5th, 1897/
General Horace Porter/ and an engraved portrait of the General. On the bottom
is "From Grenville M. Dodge." Grenville Mellen Dodge (1831-1916) was
a civil engineer, railroad builder and politician, who had a distinguished military
career as both a soldier and engineer during the Civil War. [Horace Porter Collection,
Box 12 Folder 5].
Orville H. Platt (1827-1905). U.S. Senator. Printed Senate Chamber Pass, Washington,
D.C., 14 June 1897. Signed by Platt. Admits A. Homer Byington to the Reserved
Gallery. [Byington Family Papers, Box 2 Folder 19].
A. Homer Byington (1826-1910), U.S. Consul, Naples (1897-1907). Certificate
of Presidential Commission, Washington, D.C., 27 July 1897. Issued to Byington
as U.S. consul, Naples. Signed by President William McKinley. [Byington Family
Papers, Box 3 Folder 3].
Photograph of Horace Porter at Age Sixty Upon His Appointment as U.S. Ambassador
to France, 1897. Reproduced from Elsie Porter Mende's An American Soldier and
Diplomat: Horace Porter (New York: Stokes, 1927).
Photo of A. Homer Byington at Banquet for Admiral George Dewey on Occasion of
His Visit on Board the "Olympia," 6 August 1899. [Byington Family
Papers, Box 2 Folder 22].
Porter, Horace (1837-1921). U.S. Ambassador to France. Typed Manuscript Speech,
nd. [Horace Porter Collection, Box 9 Folder 11].
Medallion: "Centenaire de la Banque de France 1800-1900" with "General
Horace Porter" engraved on verso. [Horace Porter Collection, Box 1 Folder
8].
A. Homer Byington (1826-1910). U.S. Consul in Naples (1897-1907). Typed Letter
Signed, 4 p, Naples, 29 June 1900. Addressed to Edward C. Frisbie. Comments
on American domestic politics, with references to Admiral George Dewey, William
Jennings Bryan, and Nehemiah D. Sperry. [Byington Family Papers, Box 1 Folder
12].
Medal: Universal Exposition Paris, 1900. [Horace Porter Collection, Box 3 Folder
1].