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Admiral Farragut and New Orleans : With an account of the origin and command of the first three naval expeditions of the war
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Brown, Harvey, 1795-1874. Letter to the Editor of the New York Times: in regard to Joel Tyler Headley's forthcoming book, Farragut and our naval commanders
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Letters, manuscripts (including Welles' 1846-1849 diaries), documents and ephemera covering Welles' career as a naval administrator: Chief of Bureau of Provision & Clothing for the Navy, 1846-1849; Secretary of the Navy, 1861-1869 (requests for appointments, purchase of government vessels by George D. Morgan); criticism of Welles's successor, George Maxwell Robeson, and Robeson's assistant David Dixon Porter. Naval operations during the Civil War, including blockades, letters of marque, and the capture of New Orleans in April, 1862; Welles' views on Reconstruction politics; Abraham Lincoln, and Andrew Johnson. Much of the correspondence is written to Welles' son, Edgar T. Welles.
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History set right : attack on New Orleans and its defenses, by the fleet under Admiral Farragut, April 24, 1862
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