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Preferred Citation

Robert F. Portner letter fragment, 1892 October 20. MS 0063. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

Robert Francis Portner was born in 1874 in Alexandria, Virginia. He attended VMI (Class of 1895), but was a non-graduate. He died in 1900 in Washington, D.C.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a letter fragment from Robert F. Portner to "Eddie," written from VMI on October 20, 1892. The letter discusses an experiment using telephone receiver. The first part of letter is in German.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence
• Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1890-1899
• Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—19th century
• Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1895