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[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Preliminary draft of an article, afterwards enlarged and published in the Galaxy (1872) under the title: Lincoln and Johnson: Their plan of reconstruction and the resumption of national authority]
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[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Preliminary draft of an article, afterwards enlarged and published in the Galaxy (1872) under the title: Lincoln and Johnson: Their plan of reconstruction and the resumption of national authority]
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.
WE 415
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[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on Stanton's scheme for reconstruction]
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.
WE 529
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[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on enlargement of the naval force]
Manuscripts
WE 502
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[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [A defense of Andrew Johnson's administration]
Manuscripts
WE 402
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[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Preliminary drafts of Report of the Secretary of Navy]
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WE 409