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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02998 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 |
| Title | David Dixon Porter to Darius H. Ingraham as the chairman of committee to aid widows and orphans of union soldiers |
| Date | 26 March 1866 |
| Author | Porter, David Dixon (1813-1891) |
| Document Type | Military document; Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written as Rear Admiral and Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy on Naval Academy letterhead. Written to Ingraham as the chairman of committee to aid widows and orphans of union soldiers. References Ingraham's letter about a "Grand Fair" in honor of the orphans of soldiers. Would be pleased if the orphans of Salem, Massachusetts are included. Also mentions his hope that orphans of sailors will not be forgotten. Porter had been an orphan himself. |
| Subjects | Navy Military History Annapolis US Naval Academy Charity and Philanthropy Women's History Children and Family Civil War Union Forces Expositions and Fairs |
| Place written | Annapolis, Maryland |
| Theme | Children & Family; Naval & Maritime; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Ingraham was mayor of Portland, Maine in 1892. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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