Porter, David D. (David Dixon), 1813-1891.

Papers of the American naval officer. Correspondence (1806-1890), 35 outgoing letters, and a number of third party letters which illuninate Porter's promotion of the use of the Fowler Wheel as a propulsion system on torpedo boats. Also, an engraved portrait of Porter, and one of his father, David Porter (1780-1843).

Porter family

Correspondence, photographs, journals, clippings, etc. relating to the Porter family of Skaneateles and Lockport, New York, primarily Stanley Porter and Benjamin H. Porter, who served in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Other family members represented include his parents, James and Sarah, and his siblings Seth and Laura. At one time known as the Mensing-Braun Collection of Civil War Material.