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[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Article on David Dixon Porter's part in the administration of the Navy Department; changes in names of vessels; changes in design of vessels]
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Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Letter to David D. (David Dixon) Porter, 1813-1891
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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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[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [A defense of Andrew Johnson's administration]
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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