Gideon Welles letterbooks, 1861-1862 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Letter books kept by Gideon Welles, native of Glastonbury, Connecticut, while serving as Secretary of the Navy under President Abraham Lincoln. Each volume contains an index to letter recipients and a brief synopsis of the letter contents. Among those receiving multiple letters are Samuel F. DuPont, David G. Farragut, Louis M. Goldsborough, John P. Hale, George D. Morgan, the President, and William H. Seward. Correspondence relates to Navy business during the Civil War