Miscellaneous letters and photographs relating to extended family.
Small bundle of letters between Sir James Porter, Lady Porter and their daughter, 1900 - 1903 (headed Royal Naval Hospital, Chatham); small bundle of letters from Sir James Porter to Lady Porter and her parents whilst they were living in Bermuda, 1886 (headed HMS CALYPSO); photographs of J.G. Ogilvie and the Reverend A. Ogilvie, 1884, and a press cutting titled "An Interesting Occasion in Edinburgh: A Remarkable Aberdeenshire Family" with illustrations of Dr George Ogilvie, Dr Joseph Ogilvie and the Reverend from an uknown publication; letter from M. Bisset-Smith to Sir James Porter, 1933, with another dated 1925 to or from Dora (Porter's daughter); incomplete letters from Sir James to Lady Porter circa 1900 (HMS DORIS; letters to Sir James from Michael and Myra, South Africa, 1930s; xerox copy of the Statistical Report of the Health of the Navy, 1900; letters from Lady Porter to Sir James numbered 142, 145, 146, 147, 182, and unnumbered letters from the same period (1897-1900); a letter to Lady Porter from a family member (?) at Beechworth, Australia, 1931, which references the Great Depression.
Record Details
| Item reference: | PTR/12/13 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1884-1933 |
| 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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