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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Joseph Porter Letters, #3572-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Purchased 1962.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.

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• Agriculture--Massachusetts--History--19th century.
• Family--Massachusetts--Social life and customs.
• Mexicans--Texas--Social life and customs--19th century.
• Porter, A. G., Mrs.
• Porter, Joseph, fl. 1851-1852.
• Porter, Sophia L.
• San Antonio (Tex.)--Description and travel.

Joseph Porter (fl. 1851-1852) was a resident of Cummington, Mass., who traveled to San Antonio, Tex., 1851-1852.

The collection includes letters, August 1851-June 1852, written by Joseph Porter while on business in San Antonio, Tex., to his sister, Sophia L. Porter, and mother, Mrs. A. G. Porter, at home. The letters describe the Mexican population of the town and accommodations there, and give advice about farming and family matters at home.