Additional Descriptive Data

Partial Contributor List:

• Adams, John.
• Alexis, Louis.
• Anderson, Joseph, 1757-1837.
• Armstrong, James, 1794-1868.
• Ayllo, Cecilio.
• Bainbridge, William, 1774-1833.
• Baring.
• Barragan, Marcos, J.F.
• Blanco, Remigo.
• Boss, John Linscom, Jr., 1780-1819.
• Brannan, John.
• Brown, James, 1776-1843.
• Brown, Uriah.
• Caillad.
• Campbell, Hugh G.
• Carrera, Jose Miguel de, 1785-1821.
• Carroll, M.B.
• Castello, Jose del.
• Chitty, W.D.
• Cochrane, Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis, 1758-1832.
• Coppinger, Joseph.
• Coudry, Dr.
• Crabb, Thomas.
• Crane, William Montgomery, 1784-1846.
• Denison, William.
• DeWitt, Charles Gerrit, 1789-1839.
• Dexter, Daniel S. d. 1818.
• Finch, William B.
• Forbes, John Murray, 1771-1831.
• Frost, Benjamin.
• Gamble, F.B.
• Gregory, Francis H., 1789-1866.
• Hambleton, Samuel.
• Haraden, Nath.
• Heap, Samuel Davies, 1781-1853.
• House, James.
• Hull, Isaac, 1773-1843.
• Jones, William, 1760-1831.
• Judas, Thomas Philip.
• Kelly, John.
• Ker, B.V.
• Kremer, George, 1775-1854.
• Lawson, Edward.
• Leandar de Echenique, Rafael.
• Legare, James E.
• Livingston, Edward, 1764-1836.
• Macdonough, Thomas, 1783-1825.
• McKenney, William E.
• McNeill, Daniel.
• MacRea, William.
• Mexico, Secretary of war (Secretaria de Guerra y Marina)
• Milnor, James.
• Mitchell, John.
• Montenegro, Feliciano.
• Ogden, H.W.
• Perry, Oliver Hazard.
• Piercy, William P.
• Porter, David, 1780-1843.
• Porter, David Dixon, 1813-1891.
• Reed, William, 1776-1837.
• Richards, Mark, 1760-1844.
• Ridgely, Charles Goodwin, 1784-1848.
• Robinson, William D.
• Rogers, William T.
• Rose, Robert M.
• Rudd, John.
• Shields, Thomas.
• Skinner, John Stuart, 1788-1851.
• Smith, Robert, 1757-1842.
• Smith, Sydney.
• Stricker, John.
• Stringer, Greenbury Ridgely.
• Thomas, I.
• Watson, William H.
• Winder, William H.
• Wish, John A.

Separated Materials

The following broadside is located in the Clements Library Broadside collection:

Porter, David Dixon. The Naval History of the Civil War: Covering the Marvelous Growth of Our Navy... 1886.

The following maps are located in the Clements Library Map Division:

• Fuller, Charles A. Sketch of Red River at and Near the Raft: Compiled from Surveys &c. Washington: U.S. Congress, 1858.
• Map of Part of Niagara River & Plan of Gen. Porters Proposed Harbor. Buffalo: David M. Day, 1823.
• McCarty, W. C. Map of North-western Texas, Showing Routs of Texas Land & Copper Expd. under Comd. of Col. W.C. McCarty. July 1872,
• Pincard, G. J, and J. C. Williamson. From Sheet No. 4 of G.J. Pincard's Plans of the Mississippi River, Made Under the Direction of Comdr. J.C. Williamson U.S. 1866.
• Roessler, A. R. Map Showing Route of the Texas Land and Copper Company in Grayson County for the Exploration of North Western Texas with Geological Notes (from Sherman), Mineral Localities Etc. June 1872.
• Strausz, A. Route of the Late Expedition Commanded by Act'g Rear Admiral D.D. Porter U.S.N. Attempting to Get into the Yazoo River by the Way of Steels Bayou and Deer Creek: Compiled and Drawn. Washington: Coast Survey Office, 1863.
• United States Coast Survey Charts with David D. Porter's manuscript sailing directions, lighthouse information, and tide tables for each location, and selection from Professor A.D. Bache's Tide Tables for the Use of Navigators:
  • Stono Inlet, South Carolina (1862)
  • Bull's Bay, South Carolina (1859)
  • Charleston Harbor and its Approaches (1858)
  • Charleston Harbor and its Approaches (1858)
  • Sea coast of the United States from Cape Roman, South Carolina, to Tybee Island, Georga (1857)
  • Atlantic coast from Cape Hatteras to Cape Florida (1861)
  • Calibogue Sound and Skull Creek forming the inside passage from Tybee Roads to Port Royal Sound, South Carolina (1862)
  • Winyah Bay and Georgetown Harbor, South Carolina (1855)

Related Materials

The following collections contain letters written by David Porter or David D. Porter:

• The Lewis Cass papers
• The David Harris collection: David Porter to Reverand Goodell (February 27, 1835, San Stefano, Turkey)
• The Oliver Hazard Perry papers
• The Schoff Civil War letters and documents collection
• The William Tecumseh Sherman collection
• The Smith Naval collection

The Clements Library Graphics Division contains many images of David and David D. Porter:

• Chappel, Alonzo. David D. Porter. New York: Johnson, Fry & Co., 1863.
• Com. Porter. Elias Dexter. 18--.
• David D. Porter. 18--.
• Edwin, David. David Porter, Esqr., of the United States Navy. Published by M. Thomas, 18--.
• The Defenders of Our Union. New York: Published by Chr. Kimmel & Forster, 1865-1871.
• The William H. Brearley album contains a photograph of David D. Porter
• Color lithograph of The Victorious Attack on Fort Fisher, North Carolina, January 15, 1865. By the U.S. Fleet under Rear Admiral D.D. Porter, and Troops under Major Gen. A.H. Terry

David Porter wrote the following seven Books:

• Porter, David. An Exposition of the Facts and Circumstances which Justified the Expedition to Foxardo. And the Consequences Thereof: Together with the Proceedings of the Court of Inquiry Thereon, Held by Order of the Hon. Secretary of the Navy. Washington: Printed by Davis & Force, (Franklin's head,) Pennsylvania Avenue,
• Porter, David. Minutes of Proceedings of the Courts of Inquiry and Court Martial, in Relation to Captain David Porter: Convened at Washington, D.C. on Thursday, the Seventh Day of July, A.D. 1825. Washington: Printed by Davis & Force, (Franklin's head,) Pennsylvania Avenue, 1825.
• Porter, David, and Robert Beale. A Report of the Trial of Commodore David Porter, of the Navy of the United States, Before a General Court Martial Held at Washington, In July, 1825. Washington City, 1825.
• Porter, David, and Thomas Randall. To the Tribunal of the American People, by a Fellow Citizen. Washington: Davis & Force, 1825.
• Porter, David, and F. Contarini. Giornale di Una Crociera Fatta Nell' Oceano Pacifico dal Capitano David Porter: Sulla Fregata Degli Stati Uniti L'Essex Negli anni 1812, 1813 E 1814 Che Contiene la Descrizione Delle Isole del Capo-verde, Delle Coste del Brasile, della Patagonia, del Perù, del Chilì E Delle Isole Galapagos. Milano: Dalla tipografia di Giambattista Sonzogno, 1820.
• Porter, David, and Betty Shepard. Bound for Battle: the Cruise of the United States Frigate Essex In the War of 1812. [1st ed.]. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1967.
• Porter, David. Journal of a Cruise Made to the Pacific Ocean. Philadelphia: Published by Bradford and Inskeep; and Abraham H. Inskeep, New-York; and for sale by O.C. Greenleaf, Boston; and William Essex and son, Lexington, Ken. G. Palmer, printer, 1815.

David Dixon Porter wrote the following four books:

• Porter, David Dixon. Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1886.
• Porter, David Dixon. Allan Dare and Robert Le Diable. A Romance. New York: D. Appleton and company, 1885.
• Porter, David Dixon. Memoir of Commodore David Porter: Of the United States Navy. Albany, N. Y.: J. Munsell, 1875.
• Porter, David Dixon. The Naval History of the Civil War. New York: The Sherman publishing company, 1886.

Bibliography

Maloney, Linda M. "Porter, David." American National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2000.

Fowler, William M. "Porter, David Dixon." American National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2000.