Horace C. Porter (April 15, 1837 – May 29, 1921) was an American soldier and diplomat who served as a lieutenant colonel, ordnance officer and staff officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, personal secretary to General and President Ulysses S. Grant. He also was secretary to General William T. Sherman, vice president of the Pullman Palace Car Company and U.S. Ambassador to France from 1897 to 1905. (From Wikipedia) More about Horace Porter:
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Books by Horace Porter: Additional books by Horace Porter in the extended shelves: Porter, Horace, 1837-1921: Addresses delivered before the Commandery of the state of New York ([New York, 1909), also by Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. New York Commandery, Charles Augustus Leale, Horace White, and Anson G. McCook (page images at HathiTrust) Porter, Horace, 1837-1921: American addresses at the second Hague peace conference (Published for the International School of Peace [by] Ginn and Company, 1910), also by James Brown Scott, Joseph Hodges Choate, and Netherlands) International Peace Conference (2nd : 1907 : Hague (page images at HathiTrust) Porter, Horace, 1837-1921: American addresses at the second Hague Peace Conference (World Peace Foundation, 1916), also by Joseph Hodges Choate, James Brown Scott, and Netherlands) International Peace Conference (2nd : 1907 : Hague (page images at HathiTrust) Porter, Horace, 1837-1921: Campaigning with Grant. (The Century Co., 1897) (page images at HathiTrust) Porter, Horace, 1837-1921: Campaigning with Grant (Century Co., 1906) (page images at HathiTrust) Porter, Horace, 1837-1921: Campaigning with Grant (Century, 1907) (page images at HathiTrust) Porter, Horace, 1837-1921: Letters of John Paul Jones (Printed exclusively for members of the Bibliophile Society, 1905), also by John Paul Jones, William K. Bixby, F. B. Sanborn, and Mass.) Bibliophile Society (Boston (page images at HathiTrust) Porter, Horace, 1837-1921: Lincoln centennial. ([New York : s.n., 1909), also by Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. New York Commandery, Charles A. Leale, Charles Augustus Leale, Horace White, Anson G. McCook, Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries), and Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust) Porter, Horace, 1837-1921: Message from the President of the United States, recommending an appropriation by Congress to be expended in searching for the remains of Admiral John Paul Jones in Paris, France, and transmitting the report of Ambassador Porter on the subject, and also urging that provision be made for the erection of monuments to the memories of John Paul Jones and John Barry. (Gov't print. off., 1905), also by United States. President (1901-1909 : Roosevelt) and Paris United States. Legation (page images at HathiTrust) Porter, Horace, 1837-1921: Paul Jones, founder of the American navy, a history (C. Scribner's sons, 1906), also by Augustus C. Buell (page images at HathiTrust) Porter, Horace, 1837-1921: Railway passenger travel : 1825-1880 (Americana Review, 1888) (page images at HathiTrust) Porter, Horace, 1837-1921: West Point life: an anonymous communication, read before a public meeting of the Dialectic Society, United States Military Academy, March 5, 1859. Printed by order of the Society. (Baldwin, Printer, 1859) (page images at HathiTrust)
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