Letter from John Luke Porter to son-in-law
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- Letter from John Luke Porter to son-in-law
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- Last page of a letter from John Luke Porter to his son-in-law, John S. Moore, in Alabama. The letter discusses plans and designs for the Confederate ironclad gunboat USS Merrimac/CSS Virginia. Includes elevation and section drawings of the as well as a sketch map of the area between Paradise Creek and Scott's Creek in Portsmouth, Virginia. The letter also identifies Mr. John Ridgeley Porter, Jr., clerk of the Court of Hustings in Portsmouth, Virginia, as John Luke Porter's grandson.
- Date
- 1861
- Original Format
- letters
- Extent
- 21cm x 39cm
- Local Identifier
- 0850-s2-fos1-i1
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- Subject(s)
- Virginia (Ironclad)
- Armored vessels--Confederate States of America
- Confederate States of America. Navy--Officers
- Merrimack (Frigate)
- Moore, John S.
- Porter, John Ridgeley
- Porter, John L. (John Luke), 1813-1893--Correspondence
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
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- Location of Original
- East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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- John Luke Porter Papers from the East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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My mother's step mother was a Porter, and a direct descendent of John Porter. I have the exact document. It is under glass, framed many, many years ago. It was my grandmothers and reportedly handed down through the family. I would love to talk about it and send you pics.