Manuscripts
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on Zachary Taylor's appointment of an exclusively Whig cabinet]
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[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Article on the part of Truman Smith and others in the nomination of Zachary Taylor; Taylor's appointments]
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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.
WE 467
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[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks about the nominees Taylor & Cass, for president]
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WE 456
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[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Article on the merits of Taylor and Cass]
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WE 457
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[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on enlargement of the naval force]
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WE 502
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[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on the Constitution of the State of Connecticut]
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WE 521