Manuscripts
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on the Military Reconstruction Act for governing rebel states]
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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 the Constitution of the State of Connecticut]
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WE 521
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[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on the proposed 14th Amendment to the Constitution in reference to Reconstruction]
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WE 398
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[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on state election in New York]
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WE 480
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[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on enlargement of the naval force]
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WE 502