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Letters from Lady Porter to Sir James Porter.
Letters of Lady Porter.
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Object Details
ID:
PTR/15
Type:
Manuscript
Display location:
Not on display
Creator:
Porter, James
Date made:
1890-1891
Credit:
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:
20 folders
Parts:
Porter, Sir James, Surgeon Vice-Admiral, 1851-1935. (Manuscript)
Material relating to the Cowan family, and Sir James Porter's time at Aberdeen. (Manuscript) (PTR/1)
Letters from Sir James Porter to Lady Porter, South Africa material, and newspapers. (Manuscript) (PTR/2)
Cowan and Porter correspondence, photographs, clippings, account books and journal. (Manuscript) (PTR/3)
Letters, certificates, photographs, ephemera and publications relating to Sir James Porter whilst Staff Surgeon. (Manuscript) (PTR/4)
Letters from Sir James Porter, whilst Fleet Surgeon on HMS DORIS. (Manuscript) (PTR/5)
Newspapers, letters and medical notes. (Manuscript) (PTR/6)
Papers relating to Sir James Porter's career from Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals and Fleets of Haslar Hospital (1901), to Medical Director General (to 1913). (Manuscript) (PTR/7)
Material relating to Porter's First World War Service, chiefly concerning medical transport during the Gallipoli / Dardanelles Campaign, 1915-1916. (Manuscript) (PTR/8)
Material relating to The St. John Ambulance Association, and the London Hospital. (Manuscript) (PTR/9)
Material relating to Sir James Porter's retirement and death. (Manuscript) (PTR/10)
Letters from Lady Porter to Sir James Porter, biography by S.G. Beaumont, press cuttings, and other letters. (Manuscript) (PTR/11)
Letters to and from members of the Porter, Cowan, Ogilvie and other extended family and friends. (Manuscript) (PTR/12)
Historical notes, and transcriptions of letters by Sir James Porter. (Manuscript) (PTR/13)
Letters from Lady Porter to Sir James Porter. (Manuscript) (PTR/14)
Letters from Lady Porter to Sir James Porter. (Manuscript) (PTR/15)
Printed booklets, publications and ephemera. (Manuscript) (PTR/16)
Letters, historical notes, and printed material relating to the Porter, Cowan, and Waddy families. (Manuscript) (PTR/17)
Photographs, postcards, newspaper cuttings and daguerreotypes relating to the Porter, Cowan and Pritchard families. (Manuscript) (PTR/18)
Personal notebooks and diaries. (Manuscript) (PTR/19)
Historical notes. (Manuscript) (PTR/20)
Publications and articles. (Manuscript) (PTR/21)
Porter family letters. (Manuscript) (PTR/22)
Diaries of Lady Porter, accounts of HMS DORIS, scrapbook of newspaper cuttings. (Manuscript) (PTR/23)
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