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PORTER, FITZ-JOHN. Autograph Letter Signed, “F.J. Porter,” to Mr. W.
Burnham, giving a brief military autobiography and citing two sources for further infor-
mation. 1 page, 8vo; small holes at upper left and center, scattered remnants of prior
mounting verso, horizontal folds.
NewYork, 11 February 1882
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. . . I graduated from the West Point Military Academy in 1845 & entered the army at once
as a Brevet 2d Lieut. 4th Art’y. Served through the MexicanWar from July 1846.
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My history, like that of all graduates, will be found in Cullum’s Dictionary of Graduates
[George W. Cullum.
Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S.
Military Academy at West Point
, (1868)], also in Hammersly’s Directory of the Army,
found in public libraries [Thomas H.S. Hamersly.
Complete Regular Army Register of
the United States
, (1880)].”
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