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A wash drawing diagram of the 'hunters mosaic' found in Utica. This may have been used to prepare the engraving "Plan of a Chamber Discovered at Utica" for Nathan Davis' Carthage and Her Remains (page 417). "On close inspection of this ruin, I decided on sinking a shaft at a spot which I believed was beyond the wall. A few hours of careful digging brought to light another mosaic, placed upon a raised semicircular alcove, appertaining to the same chamber. It represents a water-scene, and contains eleven different sorts of animals, among which I may mention the board, the leopard, the ostrich, the stag, etc." A net with floats, hauled by two men in 'curiously shaped canoes', led Davis to call this the 'Hunters Mosaic.' Positing that the scene represents an 'inundation,' the mosaic lends further proof to Davis's theory that Utica was originally a maritime city (419).

Certificate signed by Captain T.L. Massie testifying to Porcher's service on board the HMS Cleopatra, from April 24, 1849, to September 20, 1853, "during which time he complied with the General Printed Instructions, and has kept a log, and journal."

A certificate signed by Commander Roberts [?] testifying to Edwin Augustus Porcher's service aboard the HMS Hibernia, from February 10, 1857, to December 7, 1858.

Certificate signed by Commander George Blane testifying to Edwin Augustus Porcher's service as Lieutenant under command on the HMS Hibernia, from August 6, 1861, to November 1, 1861.

Holograph diary, labelled: "E.A. Porcher. Notes on Ports Visited in H.M.S. CLEOPATRA, September 1851 – circa 1853". Includes the following small pen and ink drawings: "purchase for hauling vessels up at Jardine's slip" (page 7), chart (18), map of Labuan (20), diagram (25), 2 sketches (26), sketch of a lighthouse (45) and a map of Amoy (55).