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Cite as: Pierce Smith Pope Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2185
Poppenhusen, Wm.
Receipt, 1896. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Receipt from Wm. Poppenhusen, successor to Henry Poppenhusen, dealer in hardware,
stoves and tinware, Washington, Missouri, 1896.
Cite as: Wm. Poppenhusen Receipt, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1237
Porter, Clyde H.
Papers, 1949-1957. 1 folder (approximately 30 items)
Letters of Clyde H. Porter regarding the Santa Fe Trail; and biographical data on Porter,
James Kipp, and Charles Robertson communicated to Charles van Ravenswaay and others.
Cite as: Clyde H. Porter Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1238
Porter, David D. (1813-1891).
Papers, 1862-1864. 2 boxes
David D. Porter was born June 8 1813, in Chester, Pennsylvania. He joined the U.S. Navy in
1829. During the Civil War he commanded the Mississippi Squadron, and after the fall of
Vicksburg in July 1863, was promoted to rear admiral. Following the unsuccessful Red River
Campaign of 1864, he was sent to command the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. After the
war he served for several years as superintendent of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, and in
1869 he moved to Washington, D.C., where he served as assistant to the Secretary of the Navy.
He died February 13, 1891, in Washington.
The collection, most of which was donated by a manuscript collector, consists primarily of
correspondence to Admiral Porter from several high-ranking Union officers—including generals
Nathaniel P. Banks, Ulysses S. Grant, John A. McClernand, and William T. Sherman—regarding
operations in the lower Mississippi River Valley. Collection contains accounts of the Yazoo
River Expedition, the Arkansas Post Expedition, the Vicksburg Campaign, the siege of Jackson,
Mississippi, and the Red River Campaign. Also contains information on gunboats and the
operations of the Mississippi Squadron.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: David D. Porter Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1239
Porter, Eliot F., Jr.
Campaign to Save Sam Wah Laundry collection, 1978-1986. 1 box (9 folders).
The Sam Wah Laundry, located at 4381 Laclede in St. Louis, was the last hand wash Chinese
laundry in St. Louis. It had been purchased or inherited by two brothers, Gee Wong and Gee
Hong, from their uncle Sam Wah, and had served as the Gee brothers' residence and place of
business for 56 years, when, in 1978, the Washington University Medical Center Redevelopment
Corporation and The Station Partnership (also known as Team 4) attempted to evict the Gee
Brothers. Popular opposition of friends and customers of the Gee brothers led to their fight to
remain in business at their original location. A combination of publicity, legal action, and fund-
raising efforts that financed the rehabilitation of the Sam Wah Laundry, bringing it up to city
codes, enabled the business to remain in operation so long as either of the two brothers lived.