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	COMMODORE DAVID PORTER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		At the outbreak of the Civil War, Commodore Porter’s son, Admiral David Dixon Porter (1813 –1891), was promoted to the rank of Commander and in 1862 he led the mortar fleet in the bombardment of forts south of New Orleans.
		Admiral Porter was an early proponent of littoral warfare as he emphasized the importance of protecting the coastal approaches to the large, seaboard cities of the United States with heavily armored monitors and the heaviest guns.
		David Dixon Porter is among the foremost naval heroes of the Civil War.
	www.porter.navy.mil /namesake.htm (445 words)

	David Dixon Porter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Born on June 8, 1813, in Chester, Pa., Porter was the son of Commodore David Porter.
		In the siege of Vicksburg Porter guarded the city closely with a fleet of gunboats until its surrender on July 4, 1863.
		At the close of the war in 1865, Rear Admiral Porter was made superintendent of the naval academy at Annapolis, Md. As a final recognition of his services, in 1870 he was appointed to succeed Farragut as an admiral, a senior officer of the United States Navy.
	www.gamepuppet.com /civilwar/admirals/a-dd-porter.htm (329 words)

	David Porter
		David Porter assumes command of federal Navy forces on the Mississippi River.
		Admiral David Porter, who is occasionally referred to as David Dixon Porter to distinguish him from his father, Commodore Porter, served under Flag Officer David Farragut during the Battle of New Orleans.
		After the capture of Vicksburg Porter was put in command of the Atlantic Blockading Squadron and played a major, if understated role in assisting General Ulysses S. Grant at the Siege of Petersburg.
	www.blueandgraytrail.com /event/David_Porter (226 words)

	David Porter Associates Architects, Inc. :: About David Porter
		David Porter was born with his feet firmly planted in concrete and the construction business.
		David Porter is a licensed architect in 22 U.S. states and holds an NCARB certificate enabling licensing in all states.
		David graduated from college with a degree in architecture, worked the required apprenticeship with an architectural firm, passed the licensing exams, and had his own architectural practice with a couple of employees, all by the ripe young age of 26.
	www.porterarchitects.com /about.html (660 words)

	David Dixon Porter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Porter was one of the first U.S. Navy officers to bear the rank of admiral; prior to the Civil War, no officer had held a rank higher than commodore, as admiral was considered to have royalist connotations.
		Born in Chester, Pennsylvania, Porter was the son of Commodore David Porter, USN (1780–1843), a hero of the War of 1812; brother-in-law of Carlile Pollock Patterson; foster brother of David G. Farragut; cousin of Fitz John Porter; and brother-in-law of Confederate general Thomas A. Harris.
		Porter was conspicuous in the siege of Vicksburg, was wounded in his head during the amphibious operations at Grand Gulf, Mississippi, on April 20, 1863, and received promotion to rear admiral on July 4, 1863, the day of the Confederate surrender of Vicksburg.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/David_Dixon_Porter (608 words)

	US People--PORTER, DAVID
		David Porter was born at Boston, Massachusetts, on 1 February 1780.
		During the War of 1812, Captain Porter was Commanding Officer of the frigate Essex during her wide-ranging assault on British shipping, a campaign that continued until Essex was overwhelmed by HMS Phoebe and Cherub at Valpariso, Chile, on 28 March 1814.
		David Porter was the father of Civil War leader Admiral David Dixon Porter (1813-1891).
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/pers-us/uspers-p/d-portr.htm (317 words)

	Law Offices of David S. Porter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		David S. Porter is a maritime, transportation, commercial, and insurance attorney in Southern California with over 25 years of trial and appellate experience.
		Porter's specific practice areas include insurance coverage disputes; "bad faith" claims; fraud and suspicious claims investigation; maritime personal injury; yacht claims; and marine, inland marine (trucking/warehousing), and commercial loss litigation.
		Porter is an active boater, having owned both sail and power-driven vessels for more than 20 years.
	www.dporterlaw.com (174 words)

	David D. Porter Family Papers (Library of Congress)
		Correspondence and related material dating from 1799 to 1843 largely pertain to David Porter, including his command of the Enterprize (schooner) from 1805 to 1806, the Essex (frigate) during the War of 1812, and the West Indian squadron employed in suppressing piracy in the Caribbean between 1823 and 1825.
		Events relating to Porter's seizure of the town of Fajardo, Puerto Rico, in 1825, as well as his subsequent court martial, his resignation from the American navy, and his command of Mexico's navy are discussed in his correspondence between 1825 and 1829.
		Letters to Porter provide information on many aspects of the Union's naval strategy, while Porter's own account of the war is contained in a journal compiled shortly after the war as well as in his unpublished memoir, reports, and other writings.
	www.loc.gov /rr/mss/text/porter.html (1500 words)

	David and David D. Porter Papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		David Porter was the second generation in a family of outstanding naval officers.
		David Dixon Porter (1813-1891) also began his naval career sailing with his father in the West Indies.
		This collection contains approximately 250 items relating to David Porter, 1805-1840; most of them deal with his War of 1812 service and his West Indian duty, although there are some related to the Mexican navy and his diplomatic career.
	www.clements.umich.edu /Webguides/Arlenes/NP/Porter.html (395 words)

	David D. Porter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		David Dixon Porter was the son of Captain David Porter, a naval hero in the War of 1812.
		By early 1861, disgruntled by the lack of prospects in the navy, he was on the verge of resigning when Secretary of State Seward chose him to command the Powhatan in the secret expedition to relieve Fort Pickens.
		Later in the war, Porter commanded the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron and was instrumental in the capture of Wilmington, North Carolina, and its defenses.
	www.tulane.edu /~sumter/Porter.html (425 words)

	David Porter (musician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		David Porter (born 21 November 1941) is an American soul musician best known as the songwriting partner of Isaac Hayes during the 1960s.
		Porter then began recording his own albums for Stax.
		Porter began working with songwriting partner Ronnie Williams, and later went on to engineer the relaunch of the Stax label.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Porter_(musician) (228 words)

	David Porter - LoveToKnow 1911 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		DAVID PORTER (1780-1843), American naval officer, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on the 1st of February 1780.
		One of his officers, who landed at Fajardo (or Foxardo), Porto Rico, in pursuit of a pirate, was imprisoned by the Spanish authorities on the charge of piracy.
		Porter, without reporting the incident or awaiting instructions, forced the authorities to apologize.
	www.1911ency.org.cob-web.org:8888 /P/PO/PORTER_DAVID.htm (503 words)

	Dr D. Porter -PERSONAL HOMEPAGE
		Porter, D. and Chamberlain, P.G. Linear wave scattering by two-dimensional topography.
		Chamberlain, P.G. and Porter, D. Scattering and near-trapping of water waves by axisymmetric topography.
		Porter, R. and Porter, D. Wave scattering by a step of arbitrary profile.
	www.rdg.ac.uk /AcaDepts/sm/wsm1/staff-pages/dp.html (279 words)

	Calvin College - Spark - Spring 2006 - Alumni Profile - David Porter
		David Porter ’97 remembers watching the Twin Towers come down with other attorneys in the offices of their Grand Rapids, Mich., law firm.
		Porter said he had been “flirting” with that world ever since college.
		Porter is part of the team investigating what went wrong, how it went wrong and why.
	www.calvin.edu /publications/spark/2006/spring/porter-david.htm (489 words)

	DAVID DIXON PORTER (18... - Online Information article about DAVID DIXON PORTER (18... (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Porter was promoted commander on the 22nd of April, and on the 3oth of May was sent to See also:
		Terry, and commanding the largest fleet assembled at any one point during the war, took the fort on the 15th of January 1865; for this he again received the thanks of Congress.
		Porter urged the reconstruction of the navy, which he saw begun in 1882.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org.cob-web.org:8888 /POL_PRE/PORTER_DAVID_DIXON_1813_1891_.html (1324 words)

	h. david porter - foodservice planning & design (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		David is probably the most high energy person I have ever met.
		David is above reproach when it comes to being objective in a process such as this.
		David has worked hard to understand the needs and desires of my department and the College.
	www.porterconsulting.com /test_all.html (637 words)

	David Porter
		David is a very tall man and with his long arms he can throw vases and platters in larger sizes than most potters.
		David has had one man shows in Chicago at the Nelson Gallery, at the Margaret Hartwell Museum and the Three Rivers College in Missouri and in Colorado at the Redstone Art Center and has taught workshops at the Anderson Ranch in Snowmass.
		He is well known in the community for entertaining the locals by throwing a pot and while it is still wet, carefully placing it on the highway for his neighbors to run over, before he fires it in his kiln.
	johnsongallery.tripod.com /david_porter.htm (467 words)

	David Porter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		David John Porter, British Conservative MP for Waveney 1987-1997
		David Dixon Porter (1813–1891), American Civil War Navy officer and son of David Porter (naval officer) (1780-1843)
		David Dixon Porter (USMC) (1877-1944), officer in Philippine-American War, son of David Dixon Porter (1813-1891) and grandson of David Porter (naval officer) (1780-1843)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Porter (139 words)

	David Porter (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Captain David Porter Born at Boston, Massachusetts, Porter served in the Quasi-War with France first as midshipman on board USS Constellation, participating in the capture of L’Insurgente 9 February 1799; secondly, as 1st lieutenant of Experiment and later in command of Amphitrite.
		On 28 March 1814 Porter was forced to surrender off Valpariso after an unequal contest with the frigates HMS Phoebe and Cherub and only when his ship was too disabled to offer any resistance.
		Commodore Porter resigned his commission in 1826 and became the commander-in-chief of the Mexican Navy 1826—29.
	david-porter.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (345 words)

	US People--PORTER, DAVID DIXON
		David Dixon Porter was born at Chester, Pennsylvania, on 8 June 1813, the son of Commodore David Porter (1780-1843).
		Following the War, Porter was promoted to Vice Admiral in 1866 and served as Superintendant of the Naval Academy.
		Porter (TB-6), Porter (DD-59), Porter (DD-356), Porter (DD-800) and Porter (DDG-78).
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/pers-us/uspers-p/dd-portr.htm (385 words)

	David Porter
		On the outbreak of the the outbreak of the American Civil War Porter was given command of the USSS
		Porter and Farragut captured the forts guarding the port in April, 1862 and troops led by General Benjamin F. Butler occupied the city soon afterwards.
		David Porter died in Washington on 13th February, 1891.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USACWporter.htm (259 words)

	David Porter
		Initial analysis suggests a basal branch from the heterokont protists.
		Porter, D. Mycoses of maine organisms: an overview of pathogenic fungi.
		Robblee, M.B., T Barber, P Carlson, M Durako, J Fourqurean, L Muehlstein, D Porter, L Yarbro, R Zieman and J Zieman.
	www.plantbio.uga.edu /~porter/porter.html (415 words)

	David Porter : Oldies.com
		Although better recalled for his partnership with Isaac Hayes, Porter had been an active, if unsuccessful, performer prior to their meeting, recording for several labels including Savoy Records and Hi Records.
		Porter first encountered his future colleague when he tried to sell Hayes life insurance, but the pair soon combined in one of the 60s soul era's most electric songwriting teams.
		Porter then relaunched his solo career and in 1970 had a Top 30 US RandB hit with "Can't See You When I Want To".
	www.oldies.com /artist-view/David-Porter.html (183 words)

	Captain David Porter - MalibuMountainWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		David Porter (February 1, 1780 – March 3, 1843) was an officer in the United States Navy and later the commander-in-chief of the Mexican Navy.
		Born at Boston, Massachusetts, Porter served in the Quasi-War with France first as midshipman on board USS Constellation, participating in the capture of L’Insurgente 9 February 1799; secondly, as 1st lieutenant of Experiment and later in command of USS Amphitheatre.
		In 1813 he sailed Essex around Cape Horn and cruised in the Pacific warring on British whalers.
	www.malibumountaingallery.com /wiki/index.php/Captain_David_Porter (349 words)

	David Porter - Freelance Communications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		David Porter, born and brought up in Lowestoft, was the MP for Waveney, his home constituency from 1987 to 1997.
		While in Parliament he was secretary of the backbench Fisheries committee; served on the Commons Select Committees for Social Security ; Education; Education & Employment.
		David Porter wrote a monthly column for local papers for 10 years; a monthly piece for a local newsletter and made occasional contributions to a regional newspaper.
	www.davidporter.co.uk (282 words)

	David Porter: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		The tunes (including both originals and surprising covers of the Beatles' "Help" and the Tin Pan Alley tune "The Masquerade Is Over") are okay, but not special, treading closer to pop-soul than the grittier tone of many of Porter's '60s compositions with Hayes.
		A trio of sisters with a strong gospel base, the Emotions (based in Chicago) were one of the leading female RandB acts of the '70s.
		Lead singer Sheila Hutchinson and her sisters Wanda and Jeanette were only teenagers when they crashed the soul charts in 1969 with the engaging "So I Can Love You," but they sang gospel as children and enjoyed secular fame locally before signing with Memphis-based Volt and working with producers Isaac Hayes and David Porter.
	www.music.com /person/david_porter/1 (421 words)

	DAVID PORTER - CHECK SIGNED 06/30/1824
		In full: "Office of Discount and Deposit pay to Keane or bearer Five Dollars." During the War of 1812, Porter commanded the Essex, which became the first U.S. naval vessel in the Pacific.
		Porter was court-martialed and suspended from duty for retaliatory action against Spanish authorities in Puerto Rico (1825-1826).
		Admirals David D. Porter and David G. Farragut (adopted) were his sons.
	www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/12_2001/military/DAVID_PORTER.htm (191 words)

	Tangled Web - David Porter
		Porter, Port of Bremerton Commissioner Cheryl Kincer, County
		David Porter, executive director of the Kitsap Regional Economic
		Porter of the KEDC says he knew that, but believes Murphy, the
	www.tangledwebsite.net /davidporter.html (1392 words)

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