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Description

1. .21 linear foot (1 volume)

Summary

1. Potter's papers consist of letters written to his daughter, Jane Augusta, during the year of her birth, 1866, covering genealogical data, family and personal reminiscences that include his career as a clerk and merchant, his life in Mexico, and his current activities; with letters and valentines to Miss Lizzie Longstreth, 1883-1887; poems, cartes-de-visite portraits, and news clippings relating to Potter. The reminiscences include an account of his journey to Mexico in November, 1828, with his first impressions of his trip to the interior, and his experiences during the first weeks of a sojourn spent in Monterrey and Saltilla.

Subject

1. Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
2. Reminiscences
3. Mexico > Description and travel > 19th century
4. Poetry

Genre/Form

1. Poetry.
2. Reminiscences.
3. Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)

Call number

1. MssCol 2476

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Biography (note)

1. Reuben M. Potter was born in New Jersey in 1802.

Author

1. Potter, Reuben M. (Reuben Marmaduke), 1802-1890.

Title

1. Reuben M. Potter papers, 1866, 1883-1887.

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Biography

1. Reuben M. Potter was born in New Jersey in 1802. From 1827 to 1833 he was an agent of a commercial house in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, after which he served as the customs comptroller at Galveston, Texas. In December 1846 Potter became secretary to Maj. Gen. Thomas S. Jessup, quartermaster general of the United States Army. He was made a prisoner of war in San Antonio during the Civil War. After his parole, he moved to New York to resume his quartermaster duties until his retirement in 1882.

Research call number

1. MssCol 2476