Title:
Autobiography and Reminiscence of Captain R.K. Porter, (Deceased), 1901.
[Institutional Records Digitization Project: Reminiscences of Early Pioneers: 1900-1904]
Creator/Contributor:
Porter, Rufus, 1792-1884, creator
Abstract:
Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p. 67-70, Vol. 2. This is a typed transcript, bound into a volume,
of the member's autobiographical reminiscence created as an institutional record for the Society of California Pioneers.
This reminiscence pertains to the history of the postal service in San Francisco. It includes a statement written by Edward
E. Chever, member of the Historical Committee of the Society of California Pioeners, on March 26, 1892 which is followed by
a reprint of a letter R.K. Porter wrote in response to Chever's inquiries concerning the inside arrangement of the San Francisco
Post Office in 1849. In Porter's letter he describes the physical arrangement and location of the Post Office, as well as
the living conditions of its clerks.
Date:
1901 (issued)
Subject:
Porter, Rufus --
1792-1884
Frontier and pioneer life
Postal service --
California --
San Francisco --
History --
19th century.
Note:
Copyright has not been assigned to The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Society of
California Pioneers as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright
holder, which must be obtained by the reader
Autobiography & Reminiscence of Captain R.K. Porter, (Deceased), 1901. The Society of California Pioneers
Captain R.K. Porter, according to records at the Society of California Pioneers, was born on May 1, 1792 in West Boxford,
Mass., and died on Aug. 12th, 1884. We have no further information on him other than this reminiscence which does not refer
to his personal life. A Rufus K. Porter, which the same birth and death dates, is also known for his book Aerial Navigation:
the practibility of traveling pleasantly and safely from New York to California in three days (New York: H.Smith, 1849).
This may be the same person
Type:
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:
[4] p. ; 35 x 21 cm.
Language:
English
Identifier:
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Origin:
California
Copyright Note:
Copyright has not been assigned to The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Society of
California Pioneers as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright
holder, which must be obtained by the reader.
Contributing Institution:
Society of California Pioneers
Autobiography and Reminiscence of Captain R.K. Porter, (Deceased), 1901.