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Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901 to Captain Julius Walker Adams

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00214.02.07 Author/Creator: Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: June 9, 1879 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 21.6 cm, Width: 13.9 cm Order a Copy

Refers to his lawyers John C. Bullitt and Joseph Hodges Choate. Mentions General Irvin McDowell, dispatches pertaining to his case from 1862, and a letter he (Porter) sent to Adjutant General Edward Davis Townsend concerning the testimony McDowell gave before the board. Sent the letter to Townsend under cover to Senator Randolph (possibly Theodore Fitz Randolph). Expresses disgust regarding collaboration between Major Gardiner, Thomas Churchill Haskell Smith, and Bowers, a witness against Porter. Notes that "your 'siege of Washington' was sent...to greet [John] Pope at West Point. That address is a bitter pill to all concerned." Adds, "Poor Smith -- this connection with the President - and his natural propensity to deceive some one keeps him in the nuisance business. He is a tramp…." Written on Central Railroad Co. of New Jersey stationery.

Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901
McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885
Pope, John, 1822-1892
Bullitt, John Christian, 1824-1902
Choate, Joseph Hodges, 1832-1917
Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893
Randolph, Theodore F. (Theodore Fitz), 1826-1883
Adams, Julius Walker, fl. 1861-1862
Gardiner, Asa Bird, 1839-1919
Smith, Thomas Church Haskell, 1819-1897
Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
West Point (US Military Academy)
President
Corruption and Scandal
Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
Civil War
Union General
Confederate States of America
Military Law
The American Civil War

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