Their Country's Call:
The Byington, McHarg, and Porter Families in War and Peace
Items 61-71
Decoration: Gold Medal of Liakat (Turkey). Together with two letters giving the award in 1903 to General Horace Porter. [Horace Porter Collection, Box 2 Folder 1].
Certificate, Medal of Honor Legion (oversized) Awarded to Horace Porter, 1903.
Signed by Oliver Otis Howard. [Horace Porter Collection, Box 11 Folder 4].
Medallion: France and United States. On reverse is engraved, "A. Mr. le
General H. Porter et a sa famille pour qu'ils le Souviennent d'Avoir ete Parisiens.
Paris, Avril 1905." [Horace Porter Collection, Box 4 Folder 7].
Medal & Ribbon, Grand Army of the Republic, 26 October 1905. [Horace Porter
Collection, Box 2 Folder 10].
Medallion (silver) with Image of John Paul Jones. In Blue Box of Tiffany &
Co. Marked on Lid: "Gen. Horace Porter from the American Scenic & Historic
Preservation Society, 1906." [Horace Porter Collection, Box 1 Folder 7].
Scott, James Brown (1866-1943), ed. American Addresses at Second Hague Peace
Conference, Delivered by Joseph H. Choate, General Horace Porter, James Brown
Scott: ed. Boston and London, For the International School of Peace: Ginn
and Company, 1910. [call#: LAU Stacks JX1913.A2 U68].
Obituary of A. Homer Byington. New York Tribune, 30 December 1910. [Byington
Family Papers, Box 2 Folder 21].
White House Invitation to Mr. And Mrs. Homer Morrison Byington I (1879-1966),
10 December 1931. Printed invitation, admission card, presentation card, and
envelope for reception given by President and Mrs. Herbert Hoover at the White
House. [Byington Family Papers: Box 2, Folder 41].
Photograph of Homer M. Byington I and Homer M. Byington II. Clippings of printed
photographs from the American Foreign Service Journal showing classes
of the American Foreign Service Training School. Photograph for class of June
1933 includes Homer M. Byington (front row) and his son, Homer Morrison Byington
II (second row). Homer Morrison Byington II (1908-1987) married Jane McHarg,
thus linking the Byington family with the McHarg family. [Byington Family Papers,
Box 2 Folder 51].
Cordell Hull. Secretary of State. Typed Letter Signed (copy), Washington, D.C.,
30 September 1944. Addressed to Homer Morrison Byington I. On occasion of the
Byington's retirement from the U.S. Foreign Service. Includes typed copy of
Byington's reply. [Byington Family Papers, Box 2 Folder 35].
Time Article Regarding Horace Porter's Search for the Body of John Paul
Jones, 19 April 1956. [Horace Porter Collection, Box 10 Folder 5].
West Point Diploma of Horace Porter, 1860. [Horace Porter Collection, Box 11
Folder 10].