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Language
English
Abstract
Letters written by a lawyer and businessman near Shanghai in Berkeley County to his sister Mary, who was residing in their
father's home at New Cumberland, Virginia. There are also letters written from: Wellsburg Academy, 1849-1850; Washington College,
Washington, Pennsylvania, 1851-1855; Cuba, 1857; New Orleans, 1857; and from Richmond, Virginia, 1858-1860. A diary includes
entries from 1 January to 20 March 1864. Porter had business relations with firms in Pittsburgh concerning brick making, coal
lands, and shipping. Much of the diary concerns his wife's illness and his own poor health and there are a few minor references
to Civil War developments and Porter's Union sentiments. Muster records of the Panhandle Greys, a state militia unit, 1861-1863,
organized and captained by George McCandless Porter, are included.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], George McCandless Porter (1835-1864) Papers, A&M 1821, West Virginia
and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.