Porter, David Dixon (1813-1891) to Darius H. Ingraham
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02998 Author/Creator: Porter, David Dixon (1813-1891) Place Written: Annapolis, Maryland Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 March 1866 Pagination: 2 p. ; 24 x 19.2 cm. Order a Copy
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.
Ingraham was mayor of Portland, Maine in 1892.
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I beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of your Communication of 16th in relation to the Grand Fair to be held in aid of the deceased Soldiers orphans &c. These efforts to take care of the helpless children of those who fell in their country's Cause are very laudable, and deserve to be patronized by all those who were not exposed to risks of battle, long marches and numerous privation. I should feel better pleased with the fair if it included the orphans of Sailors, who tho the country seems to have forgotten it, did as much towards putting down this Rebellion as the Soldiers ...
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