Miscellaneous letters and press cuttings relating to the extended family.
Letter (1921) from V.M. Essex to Mrs Holmes with enclosures of two drawings, one of a clock face, the other a victorian silhouette of Mary Harfield (b. 1789), which she found whilst moving the mantlepiece at Leigh Lodge, Worcester. Letters to Dora, from family members, from 1918 and 1963, a press cutting from 1894 which mentions C.E.L. Cowan, letters to and from Lutie dated 1971 and 1978, letters written from HMS EMPRESS OF INDIA (1898), HMS IMPREGNABLE (1907?), Hospital Carrier III (1914) from Charlie (Porter's brother?), a manuscript copy of an article from The Times 8 July 1918 about Dr J.J. Cowan, and other miscellaneous letters and cuttings. Also letters to Sir James Porter from Lady Porter numbered 119, 4, 16, 106, (which have perhaps come loose from bundles in PTR/11) and one incomplete leter from Sir James Porter to Lady Porter.
Record Details
| Item reference: | PTR/12/12 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1889-1978 |
| Creator: | Porter, James |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Letters from Sir James Porter to Lady Porter. (Manuscript) (PTR/12/1)
- Letters labeled "Cowan Letters 1885/6, Bermuda". (Manuscript) (PTR/12/2)
- Letters from members of the Cowan family, and friends of the family, to Mr and Mrs Porter. (Manuscript) (PTR/12/3)
- Cowan/Porter letters 1893, M.W.C. at Leigh Lodge, J.P. in Bermuda. (Manuscript) (PTR/12/4)
- Letters, largely from Maggie Porter (at Inverurie) to her siblings. (Manuscript) (PTR/12/5)
- Letters from Lady Porter. to Sir James Porter from Leigh Lodge to South Africa. (Manuscript) (PTR/12/6)
- Letters to Sir james Porter at Lord Roberts Field Force, South Africa, from Lady Porter. (Manuscript) (PTR/12/7)
- Letters from Lady Porter to Sir James Porter. (Manuscript) (PTR/12/8)
- Letters from Sir James Porter to Lady Porter and their children, from HMS DORIS. (Manuscript) (PTR/12/9)
- Letters to Sir James Porter from various correspondents. (Manuscript) (PTR/12/10)
- Medical notes and material relating to the Cowan family. (Manuscript) (PTR/12/11)
- Miscellaneous letters and press cuttings relating to the extended family. (Manuscript) (PTR/12/12)
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