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San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Farragut, and our naval commanders
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
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Rare Books
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Manuscripts
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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Visual Materials
Image of ten bust-length portraits with captions of American naval officers including Rear Admiral George Dewey, Captain French Ensor Chadwick, Captain Charles Vernon Gridley, Captain Charles Dwight Sigsbee, Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, Rear Admiral William T. Sampson, Captain Robley Dunglison Evans, Lieut. Richmond P. Hobson, Captain Charles Edgar Clark, and Commodore John Crittenden Watson; battle ships U.S.S. New York, U.S.S. Olympia, U.S.S. Brooklyn, and U.S.S. Oregon pictured in corners, anchors, cannons, and American and military flags in background.
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Visual Materials
Image of a full-length portrait of American Civil War Union Admiral David Farragut standing on a ship deck in military uniform holding a spyglass; sailors in background.
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