PORTER FITZ JOHN Autograph Letter Signed “FJ Porter” to Mr W

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PORTER, FITZ-JOHN. Autograph Letter Signed, 'F.J. Porter,' to Mr. W. Burnham, giving a brief military autobiography and citing two sources for further information. 1 page, 8vo; small holes at upper left and center, scattered remnants of prior mounting verso, horizontal folds. New York, 11 February 1882

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'. . . I graduated from the West Point Military Academy in 1845 & entered the army at once as a Brevet 2d Lieut. 4th Art'y. Served through the Mexican War from July 1846.
'My history, like that of all graduates, will be found in Cullum's Dictionary of Graduates [George W. Cullum. Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, (1868)], also in Hammersly's Directory of the Army, found in public libraries [Thomas H.S. Hamersly. Complete Regular Army Register of the United States, (1880)].'