Gideon Welles papers
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Gideon Welles papers
Dates: 1846-1902
Bulk Dates: 1861-1870
Collection Number: mssWE
Creator OR Collector:
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
Extent:
Approximately 600 pieces in 10 boxes, with some items housed separately.
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
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Abstract: The papers of U.S. Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles.
Language of Material: The records are in English.
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[Identification of item], Gideon Welles papers, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Acquisition Information
Purchased from Stan V. Henkels (Philadelphia), 1924.
Biographical Note
Gideon Welles was Secretary of the Navy during the American Civil War.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically. Several items are "oversize" and physically located in Box 10; some items are
housed separately at the end of the collection.
Scope and Content
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.
Indexing Terms
Personal Names
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Morgan, George D.
Robeson, George M. (George Maxwell), 1829-1897
Welles, Edgar Thaddeus, 1843-1914
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 -- Archives
Corporate Names
United States. Navy. Bureau of Provisions & Clothing for the Navy -- Archives
United States. Navy Department -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Subjects
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Sources
Geographic Areas
New Orleans (La.) -- History -- Capture, 1862 -- Sources
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources
United States -- History, Naval -- To 1900 -- Sources
United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century -- Sources
Genre
Diaries -- United States -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 19th century
Military records -- United States -- 19th century
Personal papers -- United States -- 19th century
Professional papers -- United States -- 19th century
WE 433
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Diary
(1846, Apr. 18-1847, Oct. 7)
2 volumes. Housed separately in envelope.
WE 442
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. [Remarks:] "On the subject of either a protective, or oppressive tariff…."
[1846, July?]
WE 443
Eastman, Charles G. (Charles Gamage), 1816-1860. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1847, Apr. 14)
WE 441
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Letter to Charles G. (Charles Gamage) Eastman, 1816-1860.
(1847, Apr. 17)
WE 440
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Letter to John Y. (John Young) Mason, 1799-1859
(1847, May 19)
WE 431
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Letter to John Y. (John Young) Mason, 1799-1859
(1847, Aug. 4)
WE 444
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to [Alfred Edmund Burr, 1815-1900]
(1847, Sep. 8)
WE 445
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks:] "…with what impartiality the central press discharges its duty"
[after 1847, Oct. 28]
WE 446
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to [unknown addressee]
(1847, Dec. 18)
WE 447
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on:] "the proceedings of the late democratic state convention [in Connecticut]"
[approximately 1847]
WE 448
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on men who denounce political parties]
[approximately 1847]
WE 434
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. [Journal relating to the United States Navy from 1845-1847]
[1847]
House separately; bound volume.
WE 449
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to [Alfred Edmund Burr, 1815-1900]
(1848, Apr. 6)
WE 450
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks in objection to the Democratic convection at Baltimore & it's nominees]
[after 1848, May 27]
WE 451
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Article suggesting that the democrats of New York make their own nomination and support their
own ticket since their expulsion from the National Convention at Baltimore]
[after 1848, May 27]
WE 452
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to [Alfred Edmund Burr, 1815-1900]
(1848, June 24)
WE 453
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Letter to John Cochrane, Eugene Casserly and others, in behalf of Democratic Republican Committee,
etc.
(1848, July 11-13)
Washington, DC. Subject: Martin Van Buren, 1782-1862.
WE 454
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to [unknown addressee]
(1848, July 17)
WE 456
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks about the nominees Taylor & Cass, for president]
[1848, July?]
WE 455
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to [unknown addressee]
(1848, Oct. 31)
WE 439
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to [John Y. (John Young) Mason, 1799-1859]
[1848, Nov. 10]
Also: memorandum concerning the sending of supplies to Brazil.
WE 457
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Article on the merits of Taylor and Cass]
[1848, Nov.?]
WE 458
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Article on the party prejudice of certain voters in relation to the presidential election of
1848]
WE 459
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on party politics in U.S. presidential election of 1848]
[after 1848, Nov.]
Also: one page relating to the above.
WE 460
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to [editor New York Evening Post]
(1848, Dec. 6)
Also: a variant dated 1848, Dec. 2
WE 461
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Article on evidence of rising skepticism as to the utility of national party convention]
[1848, Dec.]
WE 462
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Article on the capacity of the people for self-government as revealed in elections of the past]
[1848, Dec.?]
WE 435
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Diary
(1848-1849)
House separately; bound volume.
WE 463
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to [unknown addressee]
[1848?]
WE 464
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Article on the nomination and administration of President Polk]
[1849, between Mar. 4 and June 15]
Subject: James K. (James Knox) Polk, 1795-1849
WE 436
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Diary
(1849, Apr.19-June 25)
House separately; bound volume.
WE 465
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks:] I am pleased with an opportunity of supporting for governor [of Connecticut] John
Milton Niles"
[before 1849, Apr.]
Subject: John M. (John Milton) Niles, 1787-1856.
WE 466
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to Truman Smith, 1791-1884
[1849, Apr.]
WE 467
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Article on the part of Truman Smith and others in the nomination of Zachary Taylor; Taylor's
appointments]
[1849, Apr.?]
Also: 2 fragments relating to the above.
WE 468
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Article relating to the unity of the democratic party and the slavery problem]
[between 1849, Apr.-Dec.]
WE 469
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to Messrs. editors: "It is to be regretted that a territorial government has not been
established in California and New Mexico"
[1849, May?]
WE 470
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on Whig administration and the need for the democratic party to unite on broad principles]
[1849, May?]
This article has two endings.
WE 471
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Election of 1848 and the need for reorganization of the Democratic party in conformity with
principles: an article]
[1849, May?]
WE 472
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to [Edmund Burke]
(1849, June 15)
Subject: position of Senator Benton on extension of slavery.
WE 473
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks concerning personnel in the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing for the Navy]
[before 1849, June 30]
WE 474
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Article on the extension of slavery into territory acquired from Mexico]
[before 1849, June]
WE 475
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Article: fraud practiced on the voters by the Whigs]
[1849, Sep.?]
Subject: Zachary Taylor, 1784-1850.
WE 476
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on the Wilmot Proviso and its antecedents]
[1849]
WE 477
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to [unknown addressee]
(1850, Jan. 2)
WE 478
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to [unknown addressee]
[1860, Jan.]
WE 479
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on Zachary Taylor's appointment of an exclusively Whig cabinet]
[after 1850, July]
WE 480
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on state election in New York]
[1850]
WE 481
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to "My dear children"
[approximately 1850]
WE 482
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on the career of John Milton Niles]
[after 1856, May 31]
Pages numbered 1-13; page 5 missing.
WE 483
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on squatter sovereignty]
[after 1857]
WE 51
Clymer, Francis. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1858, Mar. 16)
WE 484
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on] "proposition of Senator [George Ellis] Pugh for a compromise on the Kansas question"
[1858, Mar.]
WE 485
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Letter to Lafayette S. (Lafayette Sabine) Foster, 1806-1880
[1859, Mar.]
WE 486
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to [editor of the Hartford Courant]
[1859?]
Also: same, a variant, incomplete.
WE 347
Rice, Alexander Hamilton, 1818-1895. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1860, Jan. 24)
WE 487
Bissell, George P. (George Perkins), 1820-1891. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1860, [May 17])
Hartford, Ct. Subject: John Charles Frémont, 1813-1890.
WE 488
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Suggestion urging in municipal elections no vote for candidate of a secessionist or Breckenridge
stamp]
[between 1860, May-Nov.]
WE 127
Godon, Sylvanus W. (Sylvanus William), 1809-1879. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
[before 1860, Nov. 12]
WE 126
Godon, Sylvanus W. (Sylvanus William), 1809-1879. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1860, Nov. 12)
WE 394
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865
(1860, Dec. 10)
Hartford, Ct. Also: same, a variant dated Nov. 12.
WE 489
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Article on John Caldwell Calhoun: his rivalry with Clay and consequent change from nationalist
to states rights policy]
[1860]
Incomplete. Also: two pages of notes.
WE 437
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Diary
(1861, Jan. 1-Feb. 28)
Housed separately in envelope.
WE 225
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Appointment of Gideon Welles as Secretary of the Navy
(1861, Mar. 5)
Washington, DC. Also signed by William H. (William Henry) Seward, 1801-1872. Seal. Also envelope with seals. In Oversize
Box.
WE 179
Irvin, James, 1800-1862. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Mar. 11)
WE 417
Willard, William. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Mar. 12)
WE 294
Piatt, Donn, 1819-1891. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Mar. 15)
WE 295
Piatt, Donn, 1819-1891. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Mar. 20)
WE 53
Corwin, Thomas, 1794-1865. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Mar. 24)
WE 423
Woodruff, John, 1826-1868. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Mar. 25)
WE 122
Gallaudet, Thomas, 1822-1902. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Mar. 26)
WE 226
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Mar. 29)
Washington, DC. With an attached note in unidentified hand to War Dept. and Navy Dept. In Lincoln File.
WE 235
Magruder, George A., 1799-1871. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
[1861, Mar.]
WE 178
Ives, Charles, 1874-1954. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Apr. 2)
WE 376
McStanley, William, et al. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878: recommending E. A. Parker for a position in the Navy Department
[1861, Apr. 2]
With 28 other signatures.
WE 146
Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell), 1826-1905. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Apr. 4)
WE 18
Bissell, George P. (George Perkins), 1820-1891. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Apr. 9)
WE 385
Van Wyck, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1824-1895. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Apr. 10)
WE 19
Bissell, George P. (George Perkins), 1820-1891. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Apr. 15)
WE 147
Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell), 1826-1905. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Apr. 15)
WE 307
Ramsey, Alexander, 1815-1903. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Apr. 16)
WE 363
Shipman, Nathaniel. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Apr. 19)
WE 8
Bartholomew, George M. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Apr. 21)
WE 490
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Letter to [unknown addressee]
([1861], Apr. 21)
WE 20
Bissell, George P. (George Perkins), 1820-1891. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Apr. 24)
WE 243
Morgan, George D. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Apr. 26)
WE 244
Morgan, George D. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
([1861], Apr. 26)
WE 245
Morgan, George D. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Apr. 27)
WE 180
Irvin, James, 1800-1862. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, May 2)
WE 136
Harris, Ira, 1802-1875. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, May 3)
WE 137
Harris, Ira, 1802-1875. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, May 3)
WE 156
Hitchcock, Robert B. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, May 6)
WE 181
Irvin, James, 1800-1862. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, May 6)
WE 241
Moorhead, J. K. (James Kennedy), 1806-1884. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, May 6)
WE 44
Butler, John S. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, May 17)
WE 120
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890. Letter to Francis Preston Blair, 1791-1876
(1861, May 24)
WE 219
Kasson, John A. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Apr. 25)
WE 220
Kennedy, John A., 1803-1873. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, May 30)
WE 491
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on statement of John Parker Hale, Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, in the
investigation into the destruction of the Navy Yard at Norfolk, Va. April 20, 1861]
[1861, May)
WE 492
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Record of principal events relating to the Norfolk Navy Yard disaster, Mar. 11-Apr. 19]
[1861, May?]
WE 284
Paulding, Hiram, 1797-1878. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, June 6)
WE 236
Marshall, Daniel D. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, June 24)
WE 285
Paulding, Hiram, 1797-1878. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, June 24)
WE 286
Paulding, Hiram, 1797-1878. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, July 29)
WE 222
Law, John. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Aug. 13)
WE 365
Smith, Truman, 1791-1884. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Aug. 17)
WE 542
Sands, Joshua Ratoon, 1795-1883. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Aug. [22])
U.S. Frigate Congress, Boston.
WE 248
Morgan, George D. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Sep. 2)
WE 246
Morgan, George D. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Sep. 7)
WE 247
Morgan, George D. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Sep. 7)
WE 271
Murray, James C. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Sep. 12)
WE 249
Morgan, George D. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Oct. 8)
WE 287
Paulding, Hiram, 1797-1878. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Oct. 10)
WE 173
Hubbard, S. A. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Oct. 17)
WE 169
Hubbard, Richard Dudley, 1818-1884. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Oct. 26)
WE 250
Morgan, George D. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Oct. 30)
WE 493
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Memorandum of events for the work beginning Oct. 20]
[1861, Oct.]
WE 219
Bissell, George P. (George Perkins), 1820-1891. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Nov. 7)
WE 251
Morgan, George D. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Nov. 8)
WE 252
Morgan, George D. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Nov. 12)
WE 170
Hubbard, Richard Dudley, 1818-1884. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Nov. 27)
WE 288
Paulding, Hiram, 1797-1878. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Nov. 30)
WE 543
Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Dec. 1)
Port Royal, SC. Xerox copy.
WE 157
Hitchcock, Robert B. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Dec. 11)
WE 422
Woodhull, M. (Maxwell) Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Dec. 12)
U.S. Steamer Connecticut.
WE 253
Morgan, George D. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Dec. 23)
WE 254
Morgan, George D. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Dec. 24)
WE 255
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to George D. Morgan
(1861, Dec. 25)
WE 256
Morgan, George D. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Dec. 26)
WE 257
Morgan, George D. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Dec. 26)
WE 258
Morgan, George D. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Dec. 27)
WE 259
Morgan, George D. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Dec. 27)
WE 260
Morgan, George D. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Dec. 27)
WE 262
Morgan, George D. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Dec. 28)
WE 261
Morgan, George D. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
[1861, Dec. 28]
WE 263
Morgan, George D. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Dec. 31)
WE 264
Morgan, George D. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Dec. 31)
WE 289
Paulding, Hiram, 1797-1878. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861)
WE 438
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. [Notebook containing a list of vessels in the different Squadrons; vessels purchase since March
4, 1861; vessels being built by the government, etc.]
(1861)
Housed separately in envelope.
WE 494
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on the lawfulness of the President's using the naval force to close ports during periods
of insurrection]
[1861?]
WE 541
[unknown author]. Letter to [Gideon Welles, 1802-1878]
[1861]
WE 391
Washburn, E. A. (Edward Abiel), 1819-1881. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Jan. 2)
WE 27
Blunt, G. W. (George William), 1802-1878. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1861, Jan. 3)
WE 495
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to [unknown addressee]
(1862, Jan. 6)
WE 265
Morgan, George D. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Jan. 10)
WE 105
Frank, Augustus. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Jan. 15)
WE 182
Irvin, James, 1800-1862. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Jan. 22)
WE 496
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Fragments of articles relating to purchase of government vessels by George D. Morgan]
[1862, Jan.?]
WE 30
Bowen, Henry Chandler, 1813-1896. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Feb. 11]
WE 279
Palmer, W. R. (William R.), -1862. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Feb. 18)
WE 290
Paulding, Hiram, 1797-1878. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Feb. 27)
WE 82
Foote, Andrew H. (Andrew Hull), 1806-1863. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Mar. 12)
WE 22
Bissell, George P. (George Perkins), 1820-1891. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Apr. 10)
WE 83
Foote, Andrew H. (Andrew Hull), 1806-1863. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Apr. 17)
Steamer Benton off Fort Pillow.
WE 84
Foote, Andrew H. (Andrew Hull), 1806-1863. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Apr. 24)
Steamer Benton off Fort Pillow.
WE 85
Foote, Andrew H. (Andrew Hull), 1806-1863. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Apr. 27)
WE 86
Foote, Andrew H. (Andrew Hull), 1806-1863. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Apr. 28)
Steamer Benton off Fort Pillow.
WE 87
Foote, Andrew H. (Andrew Hull), 1806-1863. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Apr. 24)
WE 5
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, May 21)
WE 23
Bissell, George P. (George Perkins), 1820-1891. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, May 30)
WE 28
Blunt, G. W. (George William), 1802-1878. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, June 3)
WE 195
Johnson, E. E. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1862, June 12)
WE 31
Boyd, John. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, June 21)
West Winsted, Ct. Following the above: N. Shipman letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878 (1862, June 24) and M. Howard (1862,
June 24).
Harrington, George, 1815-1892. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, June)
WE 411
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Recommendation to Congress for establishing a dock yard for the purposes of an iron navy]
[1862, June]
WE 138
Harris, Ira, 1802-1875. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Aug. 4)
WE 303
Pollock, James, 1810-1890. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Aug. 26)
WE 410
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on the difficulty of enforcing the blockade and its violation by British vessels]
[1862, Aug.?]
WE 267
Morgan, William F. (William Ferdinand), 1817-1888. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Sep. 5)
WE 395
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Letter to [unknown addressee]
(1862, Sep. 5)
Navy Dept. Re: agreement between U.S. and Denmark in relation to delivery of slaves at St. Croix. Prince copy of agreement
enclosed.
WE 269
Murdock, John N. (John Nelson), 1820-1897. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Sep. 23)
WE 74
Field, David Dudley, 1805-1894. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Sep. 26)
WE 361
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Sep. 30)
Washington, DC. Also: Welles to Seward, drafted by Seward (1862, Sep. 30).
WE 24
Bissell, George P. (George Perkins), 1820-1891. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Oct. 9)
WE 497
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to William Pitt Fassbender
[1862, Oct. 9]
Subject: George Henry Preble, 1816-1885.
WE 430
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to William H. (William Henry) Seward, 1801-1872
[1862, Oct. 9]
WE 25
Bissell, George P. (George Perkins), 1820-1891. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Oct. 13)
WE 498
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to [Alexander Mosely Pennock?]
(1862, Oct. 20)
WE 348
Rice, Alexander Hamilton, 1818-1895. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Oct. 22)
WE 176
Hunter, William. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Oct. 24)
Philadelphia, Pa. Endorsed by: Andrew H. (Andrew Hull) Foote, 1806-1863.
WE 240
Montgomery, John Berrien, 1794-. Letter to Mary Jane Hale Welles, 1817-1886
(1862, Nov 7)
WE 268
Morgan, William F. (William Ferdinand), 1817-1888. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Nov. 8)
WE 418
Willard, William. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Nov. 10)
WE 88
Foote, Andrew H. (Andrew Hull), 1806-1863. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Nov. 13)
WE 409
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Preliminary drafts of Report of the Secretary of Navy]
[before 1862, Dec.]
WE 242
Morgan, Edwin D. (Edwin Denison), 1811-1883. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1862, Dec. 5)
WE 389
U.S. v. The British Steamer "Peterhoff"
(1862-1863)
Contemporary copies of letters on the shore case from William H. Seward, Gideon Welles, Abraham Lincoln, etc. Oversize: housed
separately in Box 10.
WE 139
Harris, Ira, 1802-1875. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1863, Jan. 10)
WE 10
Batterson, James G. (James Goodwin), 1823-1901. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1863, Feb. 11)
WE 499
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Letter to [Gideon Welles, 1802-1878]
(1863, Mar. 11)
WE 158
Hitchcock, Robert B. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1863, Mar. 15)
WE 500
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to Samuel Francis Du Pont, 1803-1865
(1863, Mar. 31)
WE 364
Smith, Allen N. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1863, Apr. 11)
WE 390
U.S. v. The British Steamer "Peterhoff"
(1863, Apr. 21)
Arguments of Edward Delafield Smith, U.S. District Attorney and F. H. Upton for Captors on Motion "to give up the Mail Bag."
Transcript of stenographer's notes. Oversize: housed separately in Box 10.
WE 229
McCurdy, Robert Henry, 1800-1880. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1863, Apr. 25)
WE 354
Rodgers, John, 1812-1882. Letter to [Gideon Welles, 1802-1878]
(1863, May 2)
WE 75
Field, David Dudley, 1805-1894. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1863, May 22)
WE 230
McCurdy, Robert Henry, 1800-1880. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1863, May 29)
WE 277
O'Neill, Charles. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1863, June 2)
WE 280
Parker, Cortlandt, 1818-1907. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1863, June 6)
WE 77
Field, J. E. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1863, July 20)
WE 397
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Letter to [unknown addressee]
(1863, Aug. 23)
Washington, DC. Re: the progress of the war and the scheme of the Confederacy.
WE 76
Field, David Dudley, 1805-1894. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1863, Sep. 15)
WE 501
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to Robert Wilson Shufeldt, 1822-1895
(1863, Sep. 17)
Washington, DC. Also: same, a variant.
WE 349
Rice, Alexander Hamilton, 1818-1895. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1863, Nov. 11)
WE 9
Bates, Richard. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1863, Dec. 14)
WE 281
Patton, Benjamin. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1863, Dec. 29)
WE 282
Patton, Benjamin. Letter to Mary Jane Hale Welles, 1817-1886
(1863, Dec. 29)
WE 502
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on enlargement of the naval force]
WE 503
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Letter to Charles Dudley Warner, 1829-1900
(1864, Jan. 24)
WE 231
McDowell, Helen, 1826-1891. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1864, Jan. 27)
WE 183
Jenkins, D. X. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1864, Jan. 28)
WE 276
O'Dell, Moses Fowler. Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878.
(1864, Feb. 10)
WE 366
Smith, Truman, 1791-1884. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1864, Feb. 29)
WE 380
Tuck, Amos, 1810-1879. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1864, Apr. 4)
WE 26
Bissell, George P. (George Perkins), 1820-1891. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1864, Apr. 14)
WE 72
Etting, Henry, 1799-1876. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1864, Apr. 15)
WE 352
Ritchie, Robert. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1864, Apr. 18)
WE 184
Jenkins, D. X. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1864, Apr. 25)
WE 52
Cooke, Jay. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1864, May 17)
WE 73
Etting, Henry, 1799-1876. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1864, June 2)
WE 356
Salter, Thomas G. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1864, July 18)
U.S. Frigate Minnesota off Point Lookout, Md.
WE 174
Hubbard, S. A. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1864, Sep. 14)
WE 237
Marshall, Daniel D. Letter to G. W. (George William) Blunt, 1802-1878
(1864, Sep.)
WE 368
Smithers, Nathaniel B. (Nathaniel Barratt), 1818-1896. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1864, Oct. 11)
WE 238
Marshall, Edward Chauncey, 1824-. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1864, Nov. 5)
WE 68
Ekin, James Adams, 1819-1891. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1864, Dec. 24)
WE 432
Haiti. Chargé d'Affaires. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1865, Jan. 24)
WE 275
Norton, Jesse Olds, 1812-1875. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1865, Feb. 8)
WE 17
Bill, Henry, 1824-1891. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1865, Apr. 1)
WE 369
Speed, Jane Cochran. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1865, June 12)
WE 63
Dahlgren, Martha M. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
[1865, June]
WE 32
Boynton, Charles Brandon, 1806-1883. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1865, Aug. 1)
WE 46
Chandler, William E. (William Eaton), 1835-1917. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1865, Aug. 23)
WE 383
Twining, Alexander C. (Alexander Catlin), 1801-1884. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1865, Sep. 19)
WE 125
Gillis, John Prichett. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1865, Oct. 24)
Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa.
WE 227
Long, William L. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1865, Oct. 31)
WE 233
McMichael, Morton, 1807-1879. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1865, Nov. 13)
WE 378
Thomas, William B. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1865, Nov. 13)
WE 223
Law, John. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1865, Nov. 22)
WE 50
Parker, Peter. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
[approximately 1865]
WE 309
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1866, Jan. 9)
WE 140
Harris, Ira, 1802-1875. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1866, Jan. 17)
WE 70
Emmons, George F. (George Foster), 1811-1884. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1866, Feb. 13)
WE 298
Poland, J. S. (John Scroggs), 1836-1898. Letter to Mary Jane Hale Welles, 1817-1886
(1866, Feb. 23)
WE 362
Shepard, Elliott F. (Elliott Fitch), 1833-1893. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1866, Mar. 17)
WE 228
Long, William L. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1866, Mar. 26)
WE 142
Harris, J. George. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1866, Apr. 11)
WE 143
Harris, J. George. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1866, Apr. 21)
WE 144
Harris, J. George. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1866, Apr. 30)
WE 392
Washburn, E. A. (Edward Abiel), 1819-1881. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1866, May 24)
WE 37
Bradford, Robert F. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1866, May 28)
WE 305
Powell, Levin M., 1800-1885. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1866, June 15)
WE 78
Flanigen, J. R. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1866, June 19)
WE 197
Johnson, R. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1866, June 23)
WE 79
Flanigen, J. R. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1866, June 30)
WE 504
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Fragments of drafts of resolutions for calling a national union convention]
(1866[June])
WE 145
Harris, J. George. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1866, July 7)
WE 80
Flanigen, J. R. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1866, July 16)
WE 198
Jouett, James E. (James Edward), 1828-1902. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1866, July 20)
WE 47
Chandler, William E. (William Eaton), 1835-1917. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1866, July 27)
WE 199
Jouett, James E. (James Edward), 1828-1902. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1866, Aug. 22)
WE 38
Bridge, Horatio, 1806-1893. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1866, Aug. 24)
Leavy's Island near Portsmouth, NH.
WE 6
Baldwin, Charles H. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1866, Sep. 15)
WE 41
Buckwalter, Charles. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1866, Sep. 23)
WE 370
Spofford, Richard S. (Richard Smith), 1833-1888. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1866, Sep. 28)
WE 54
Cox, Samuel Sullivan, 1824-1889. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1866, Oct. 1)
WE 310
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878:with memorandum regarding Commodore Selfridge
(1866, Oct. 2)
WE 386
Wilson, John, 1808?-1876. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1866, Oct. 4)
WE 283
Patton, Benjamin. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1866, Oct. 15)
WE 66
Doran, Edward C. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1866, Nov. 17)
Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif.
WE 375
Swift, John L. (John Lindsay), 1828-1895. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
([1866?], Nov. 20)
WE 200
Jouett, James E. (James Edward), 1828-1902. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1866, Nov. 21)
WE 48
Chandler, William E. (William Eaton), 1835-1917. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1866, Nov. 22)
WE 311
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1866, Nov. 22)
WE 33
Bradford, John O. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1866, Dec. 3)
WE 367
Smith, Truman, 1791-1884. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1866, Dec. 7)
WE 398
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on the proposed 14th Amendment to the Constitution in reference to Reconstruction]
[1866]
WE 201
Jouett, James E. (James Edward), 1828-1902. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1867, Jan. 3)
WE 202
Jouett, James E. (James Edward), 1828-1902. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1867, Jan. 10)
WE 505
Brown, Harvey, 1795-1874. Letter to the Editor of the New York Times: in regard to Joel Tyler Headley's forthcoming book,
Farragut and our naval commanders
(1867, Feb. 16)
New York, NY. Following the above: Headley, Joel Tyler to Editor of New York Times, 1867, Feb. 27 and Brown, Harvey to Editor
of New York Times, 1867, Mar. 4.
WE 299
Poland, J. S. (John Scroggs), 1836-1898. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1867, Feb. 28)
WE 64
Dennison, William, 1815-1882. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1867, Mar. 3)
WE 350
Rice, Alexander Hamilton, 1818-1895. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1867, Mar. 15)
WE 404
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on the Military Reconstruction Act for governing rebel states]
[1867, Mar.?]
WE 203
Jouett, James E. (James Edward), 1828-1902. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1867, May 3)
WE 204
Jouett, James E. (James Edward), 1828-1902. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1867, May 6)
WE 141
Harris, Ira, 1802-1875. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1867, May 8)
WE 71
Engle, Frederick Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1867, May 9)
WE 205
Jouett, James E. (James Edward), 1828-1902. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1867, May 9)
WE 159
Hooper, J. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1867, May 10)
WE 387
Wilson, Joseph S. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1867, June 1)
WE 371
Spofford, Richard S. (Richard Smith), 1833-1888. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1867, June 8)
WE 206
Jouett, James E. (James Edward), 1828-1902. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1867, June 9)
WE 207
Jouett, James E. (James Edward), 1828-1902. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1867, June 18)
WE 208
Jouett, James E. (James Edward), 1828-1902. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
[1867, June]
WE 55
Cox, Samuel Sullivan, 1824-1889. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1867, July 16)
WE 69
Elliott, Henry H. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1867, July 19)
WE 506
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to the Editor of the New York Times: reply, signed X, to an article, by Mr. Norman Wiard,
in which the Navy Department is criticized for extravagance]
(1867, July 31)
WE 399
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Letter to Andrew Johnson, 1808-1875
[1867, Aug. 4]
WE 49
Chilton, R. S. (Robert S.). Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1867, Aug. 6)
WE 209
Jouett, James E. (James Edward), 1828-1902. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1867, Aug. 9)
WE 7
Baldwin, Charles H. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1867, Aug. 27)
WE 312
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1867, Aug. 28)
WE 153
Hilgard, J. E. (Julius Erasmus), 1825-1891. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1867, Sep. 2)
WE 185
Jenkins, Thornton A. (Thornton Alexander), 1811-1893. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1867, Sep. 5)
WE 300
Poland, J. S. (John Scroggs), 1836-1898. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1867, Sep. 7)
WE 313
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1867, Sep. 7)
WE 274
Nicholson, Mary Heap. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1867, Sep. 13)
WE 314
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1867, Sep. 25)
WE 315
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1867, Sep. 25)
Philadelphia, Pa. Also signed list of applicants for master painter.
WE 316
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1867, Oct. 11)
WE 317
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1867, Oct. 16)
WE 318
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1867, Oct. 18)
WE 56
Cox, Samuel Sullivan, 1824-1889. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1867, Oct. 22)
WE 319
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1867, Oct. 29)
WE 320
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1867, Oct. 31)
WE 321
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1867, Nov. 11)
WE 322
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1867, Nov. 14)
WE 160
Horwitz, Phineas J. (Phineas Jonathan), 1822-1904. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1867, Nov. 25)
WE 273
Nicholson, J. W. A. (James William Augustus), 1821-1887. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1867, Dec. 4)
USS Wampanoag, New York, NY
WE 171
Hubbard, Richard Dudley, 1818-1884. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1867, Dec. 9)
WE 57
Cox, Samuel Sullivan, 1824-1889. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1867, Dec. 18)
WE 65
Dennison, William, 1815-1882. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
[approximately 1867]
WE 507
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks : "The old political ideas of a strong central government…have received a new impulse
during the past few years."
[approximately 1867]
WE 210
Jouett, James E. (James Edward), 1828-1902. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1868, Jan. 10)
WE 270
Murray, Alexander. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1868, Jan. 27)
WE 154
Hilgard, J. E. (Julius Erasmus), 1825-1891. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1868, Feb. 4)
WE 593
Washburn, William B. (William Barrett), 1820-1887. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1868, Feb. 5)
WE 508
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to [Andrew Johnson, 1808-1875]
(1868, Feb. 5)
WE 424
Woodruff, John, 1826-1868. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1868, Feb. 7)
WE 155
Hilgard, J. E. (Julius Erasmus), 1825-1891. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1868, Feb. 21)
WE 34
Bradford, John O. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1868, Apr. 5)
WE 374
Swift, John L. (John Lindsay), 1828-1895. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
([1868], May 1)
WE 384
Upshur, John H. (John Henry), 1823-1917. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1868, May 6)
USS Saratoga off Hoboken.
WE 381
Turner, Thomas, 1808-1883. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1868, June 5)
WE 89
Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1868, June 21)
WE 323
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1868, June 21)
WE 324
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1868, June 21)
WE 306
Pruyn, John V. L. (John VanSchaick Lansing), 1811-1877. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1868, June 23)
WE 211
Jouett, James E. (James Edward), 1828-1902. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1868, July 18)
WE 212
Jouett, James E. (James Edward), 1828-1902. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
1868, July 21)
WE 296
Pile, William A., 1829-1889. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1868, July 21)
WE 308
Ramsay, George Douglas, 1802-1882. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1868, July 25)
WE 325
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1868, Aug. 1)
WE 326
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1868, Aug. 3)
WE 425
Young, Jonathan. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1868, Aug. 6)
WE 35
Bradford, John O. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1868, Aug. 23)
WE 327
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1868, Aug. 29)
WE 328
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1868, Sep. 8)
WE 128
Gorringe, Henry H. (Henry Honeychurch), 1841-1885. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1868, Sep. 10)
WE 129
Gorringe, Henry H. (Henry Honeychurch), 1841-1885. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1868, Sep. 12)
WE 329
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1868, Sep. 15)
WE 427
Dyer, Nehemiah Mayo. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1868, Sep. 17)
USS Dacotah, Valparaiso Bay.
WE 130
Gorringe, Henry H. (Henry Honeychurch), 1841-1885. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1868, Sep. 17)
WE 272
Myers, Leonard. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1868, Sep. 18)
WE 213
Jouett, James E. (James Edward), 1828-1902. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1868, Sep. 24)
WE 330
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to William G. (William George) Moore, 1829-1898
(1868, Sep. 25)
WE 292
Pennock, Alexander Mosely. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1868, Oct. 13)
WE 331
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
1868, Oct. 19)
WE 332
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1868, Oct. 21)
WE 333
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1868, Oct. 23)
WE 334
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1868, Oct. 25)
WE 335
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1868, Oct. 29)
WE 131
Hale, Charles R. (Charles Reuben), 1837-1900. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1868, Oct. 30)
WE 509
Welles, Mary Jane Hale, 1817-1886. Letter to "My dear dear sons"
(1868, Nov. 9)
WE 58
Cox, Samuel Sullivan, 1824-1889. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
[before 1868, Nov. 24]
WE 278
Osborn, Minott Augur. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1868, Nov. 30)
WE 510
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. "…my last annual report…[on] events which have taken place during my administration of the [Navy]
department…." [a preliminary report]
[1868, Nov.]
WE 336
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1868, Dec. 4)
WE 39
Brown, David Paul, 1795-1872. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1868, Dec. 25)
WE 293
Pennock, Alexander Mosely. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
[1868]
WE 402
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [A defense of Andrew Johnson's administration]
[1868]
WE 301
Poland, J. S. (John Scroggs), 1836-1898. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1869, Jan. 10)
WE 214
Jouett, James E. (James Edward), 1828-1902. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1869, Jan. 16)
WE 388
Wood, Fernando, 1812-1881. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1869, Jan. 20)
WE 337
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1869, Jan. 26)
WE 119
Freeman, Williams, Mrs. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1869, Jan. 30)
WE 338
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1869, Feb. 1)
WE 302
Poland, J. S. (John Scroggs), 1836-1898. Letter to Mary Jane Hale Welles, 1817-1886
(1869, Feb. 4)
US Military Academy, West Point, NY.
WE 357
Sands, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1811-1883. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1869, Feb. 9)
WE 351
Rice, Alexander Hamilton, 1818-1895. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1869, Feb. 15)
WE 215
Jouett, James E. (James Edward), 1828-1902. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1869, Feb. 21)
WE 400
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Letter to Andrew Johnson, 1808-1875: resignation of his office as Secretary of the Navy
(1869, Mar. 3)
WE 401
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to [Andrew Johnson, 1808-1875]
(1869, July 27)
WE 511
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Letter to David D. (David Dixon) Porter, 1813-1891
(1869, Apr. 15)
WE 512
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Article on the question of naval yard]
[1869, May?]
WE 186
Jenkins, Thornton A. (Thornton Alexander), 1811-1893. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1869, June 15)
WE 29
Blunt, G. W. (George William), 1802-1878. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1869, Oct. 8)
WE 513
[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]
[1869, Oct?]
WE 426
Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1869, Dec. 7)
WE 514
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to Lot M. (Lot Myrick) Morrill, 1812-1883
[1869, Dec.]
Also fragment of a variant.
WE 36
Bradford, John O. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
[1869]
WE 372
Steinberger, Justus, 1825-1870. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
[approximately 1869]
WE 415
[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]
[1869]
Same: variant (incomplete) also an envelope of fragmentary material on the same topic. Housed separately in red rope folder.
WE 412
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to [George M. (George Maxwell) Robeson, 1829-1897: a letter for publication in the Hartford
Times and Harford Courier]
[1870, Jan. 10]
Also same (incomplete). Also a list of people to whom the printed letter was sent and a bundle of fragmentary pieces. Oversize:
housed separately in Box 10.
WE 187
Jenkins, Thornton A. (Thornton Alexander), 1811-1893. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1870, Jan. 16)
WE 161
Horwitz, Phineas J. (Phineas Jonathan), 1822-1904. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
([1870], Jan. 17)
WE 340
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1870, Jan. 17)
WE 216
Jouett, James E. (James Edward), 1828-1902. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1870, Jan. 17)
WE 515
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to [Samuel Sullivan Cox, 1824-1889: material having to do with the Naval Appropriation
Bill, supplied for use in Cox's speeches in the House]
[between 1870, Jan.-Mar.]
WE 341
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1870, Feb. 2)
WE 59
Cox, Samuel Sullivan, 1824-1889. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1870, Feb. 13)
WE 342
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1870, Feb. 24)
WE 188
Jenkins, Thornton A. (Thornton Alexander), 1811-1893. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1870, Mar. 6)
WE 339
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1870, Mar. 16)
WE 413
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on the usurpation and bad faith involved in what is called the 15th Amendment]
[1870, Mar.]
WE 60
Cox, Samuel Sullivan, 1824-1889. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1870, Apr. 22)
WE 189
Jenkins, Thornton A. (Thornton Alexander), 1811-1893. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1870, May 15)
WE 516
Welles, Thomas G. Letter to J. O. Bradford
(1870, May 15)
WE 517
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Letter to Henry B. (Henry Bowen) Anthony, 1815-1884
(1870, July 9)
WE 403
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Letter to [unknown addressee]
(1870, Aug. 8)
Hartford, Ct. In defense of the Navy Dept. during the war.
WE 190
Jenkins, Thornton A. (Thornton Alexander), 1811-1893. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1870, Sep. 15)
WE 162
Horwitz, Phineas J. (Phineas Jonathan), 1822-1904. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1870, Sep. 20)
WE 191
Jenkins, Thornton A. (Thornton Alexander), 1811-1893. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1870, Sep. 24)
WE 518
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to John Lenthall, 1807-1882
[1870]
WE 519
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to [unknown addressee]
[approximately 1870]
Hartford, Ct. Relative to government and party organization.
WE 520
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Drafts of resolutions concerning the location of the capitol of Connecticut at Hartford]
[1870]
WE 521
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on the Constitution of the State of Connecticut]
[approximately 1870]
WE 522
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Recollection of events immediately preceding and following the assassination and death of Lincoln]
[approximately 1870]
WE 523
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Fragmentary drafts of an article: Fort Pickens. Facts in relation to the reinforcement of Fort
Pickens in the Spring of 1861]
[approximately 1870]
WE 524
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Memorandum concerning robbery in the post office at Chester, Conn.]
[approximately 1870]
WE 148
Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell), 1826-1905. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1871, Apr. 5)
WE 525
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Article:] "Did the proceedings of the legislature [of Connecticut] in the matter of the election
of governor [Marshall Jewell] reflect credit on the intelligence or the integrity of that body."
[after 1871, May]
WE 90
Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1871, June 19)
WE 192
Jenkins, Thornton A. (Thornton Alexander), 1811-1893. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1871, June 27)
WE 405
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Letter to Gustavus Vasa Fox, 1821-1883
(1871, July 8)
WE 91
Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1871, Aug. 12)
WE 193
Jenkins, Thornton A. (Thornton Alexander), 1811-1893. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1871, Sep. 19)
WE 291
Paulding, Hiram, 1797-1878. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1871, Nov. 10)
WE 124
Gibson, A. M. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1871, Mar. 6)
WE 234
McPherson, Edward, 1830-1895. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1871, Apr. 20)
WE 396
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Memorandum and recollections of a journey [to the interior of New York and northern Pennsylvania]
fifty years ago.
[1872]
Housed separately. Oversize: housed separately in Box 10.
WE 526
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on waste in the Navy Department under George Maxwell Robeson with Aaron Harrison Cragin
as chairman of the Navy committee as evidenced in the Secor claims and the building of naval vessels]
[after 1873, Feb. 14]
WE 406
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to Montgomery Blair, 1813-1883
(1873, Mar.)
WE 221
Kellogg, L. W. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1873, May 8)
WE 345
Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912 Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1873, Aug. 21)
WE 407
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to William Faxon, 1822-1883
(1873, Sep.)
WE 527
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Article on proposed granting of Letters of Marque during the Civil War]
[1873]
WE 528
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Edwin McMasters Stanton's candidacy for U.S. Attorney for Washington, DC, in 1861 and his subsequent
appointment to the War Department]
[approximately 1873]
WE 92
Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1874, Jan. 1)
WE 194
Jenkins, Thornton A. (Thornton Alexander), 1811-1893. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1874, Jan. 8)
WE 106
Franklin, William Buel, 1823-1903. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1874, Jan. 27)
WE 107
Franklin, William Buel, 1823-1903. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1874, Jan. 28)
WE 108
Franklin, William Buel, 1823-1903. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1874, Mar. 30)
WE 11
Benét, S. V. (Stephen Vincent), 1827-1895. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1874, Apr. 16)
WE 109
Franklin, William Buel, 1823-1903. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1874, May 14)
WE 110
Franklin, William Buel, 1823-1903. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1874, May 25)
WE 217
Jouett, James E. (James Edward), 1828-1902. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1874, May 25)
WE 111
Franklin, William Buel, 1823-1903. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1874, June 3)
WE 93
Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1874, June 25)
WE 94
Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1874, June 30)
WE 95
Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1874, July 27)
WE 96
Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1874, Aug. 4)
WE 419
Yung, Wing, 1828-1912. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1874, Aug. 21)
WE 530
Hoppin, J. M. (James Mason), 1820-1906. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1874, Oct. 9)
WE 531
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to [J. M. (James Mason) Hoppin, 1820-1906
(1874, Oct. 9)
Hartford, Ct. Subject: Andrew H. (Andrew Hull) Foote, 1806-1863.
WE 532
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to [unknown addressee]
(1874, Oct. 17)
WE 97
Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1874, Nov. 2)
WE 420
Yung, Wing, 1828-1912. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1874, Nov. 8)
WE 98
Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1874, Nov. 11)
WE 421
Yung, Wing, 1828-1912. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1874, Nov. 30)
WE 266
Morgan, John B. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1874, Dec. 24)
WE 529
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on Stanton's scheme for reconstruction]
[after 1874]
First page missing. Subject: Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters) Stanton, 1814-1869.
WE 533
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Preface to "Lincoln and Seward" published in a volume in 1874]
[1874]
Also: variants, fragments.
WE 112
Franklin, William Buel, 1823-1903. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1875, Jan. 25)
WE 113
Franklin, William Buel, 1823-1903. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1875, Feb. 12)
WE 343
Rayner, Kenneth, 1808-1884. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1875, Mar. 3)
WE 99
Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1875, Feb. 26)
WE 114
Franklin, William Buel, 1823-1903. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1875, Aug. 23)
WE 100
Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1875, Sep. 20)
WE 101
Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1875, Nov. 10)
WE 534
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to [unknown addressee]
(1875, Nov. 18)
Hartford, Ct. Regarding Captain James Alden, in the Battle of Mobile Bay.
WE 172
Hubbard, Richard Dudley, 1818-1884. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
[approximately 1875]
WE 358
Sanford, H. S., 1823-1891. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
[approximately 1875]
WE 535
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Article on problems of Lincoln's administration: treatment of southern states as belligerents
or rebels; emancipation proclamation]
[approximately 1875]
WE 408
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Remarks on the problems in the treatment of fugitive slaves]
[approximately 1875]
WE 102
Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1876, Jan. 1)
WE 103
Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1876, Feb. 12)
WE 536
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to Eben. P. (Ebenezer Pearson) Dorr, 1817-1881
(1876, Feb. 17)
Hartford, Ct. Subject: William Barker Cushing, 1842-1874.
WE 15
Benton, James G. (James Gilchrist), 1820-1881. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1876, Mar. 28)
WE 16
Benton, James G. (James Gilchrist), 1820-1881. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1876, Aug. 19)
WE 416
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Letter to Montgomery Blair, 1813-1883
[1876, Dec.?]
WE 537
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to [the editors of the Hartford Courant: what was President Johnson's apostasy]
[1876?]
Also a fragment of a variant.
WE 538
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Letter to John A. (John Adams) Dix, 1798-1879
(1877, Jan. 25)
WE 167
Hotchkiss, B. B. (Benjamin Berkeley), 1826-1885. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1877, Jan. 26)
WE 239
Marston, John, 1796-1885. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1877, Mar. 5)
WE 42
Bushnell, Cornelius S. (Cornelius Scranton), 1826-1896. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1877, Mar. [9])
WE 43
Bushnell, Cornelius S. (Cornelius Scranton), 1826-1896. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1877, Mar. 23)
WE 12
Benét, S. V. (Stephen Vincent), 1827-1895. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1877, Apr. 13)
WE 13
Benét, S. V. (Stephen Vincent), 1827-1895. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1877, Sep. 12)
WE 539
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. Letter to [unknown addressee]
(1877, Nov. 20)
Hartford, Ct. Incomplete.
WE 346
Rendel, Stuart Rendel, Baron, 1834-1913. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1877, Dec. 10)
WE 132
Hale, Eugene, 1836-1918. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1877, Dec. 15)
WE 104
Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1877, Dec. 17)
WE 115
Franklin, William Buel, 1823-1903. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1877, Dec. 26)
WE 414
[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [An article written for Galaxy of Oct. 1877: Administration of Abraham Lincoln]
[1877]
WE 359
Sanford, H. S., 1823-1891. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1878, Jan. 29)
WE 175
Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883. Letter to Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
(1878, Feb. 4)
WE 360
Sanford, H. S., 1823-1891. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1878, Feb. 12)
WE 40
Browne, J. L. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1878, Feb. 14)
WE 149
Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell), 1826-1905. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1878, May 28)
WE 81
Folger, William Mayhew, 1844-1928. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1878, June 9)
Navy Yard, Washington, DC
WE 218
Jouett, James E. (James Edward), 1828-1902. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1878, July 1)
WE 121
Fullerton, J. S. (Joseph Scott). Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1878, Sep. 17)
WE 14
Benét, S. V. (Stephen Vincent), 1827-1895. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1878, Nov. 9)
WE 540
Welles, Mary Jane Hale, 1817-1886. [Inventory of furniture in the Welles house]
[after 1878]
Also: variant and two lists of furniture.
WE 62
Crane, Charles Henry, 1825-1883. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1879, Aug. 26)
Washington, DC. Enclosed: D. L. Huntington Report, 1879, Aug. 26 (see next item).
WE 177
Huntington, D. L. (David Lowe), 1834-1899. Report of amount of rainfall for month of August to date
(1879, Aug. 26)
Washington, DC. Was enclosed in the previous letter.
WE 150
Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell), 1826-1905. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
([1879?], Sep. 14)
WE 163
Horwitz, Phineas J. (Phineas Jonathan), 1822-1904. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
([1880], Mar. 10)
WE 196
Johnson, E. E. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1880, June 1)
WE 353
Rives, Wright. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
([1880], July 2)
WE 133
Hale, Eugene, 1836-1918. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
[approximately 1880]
WE 151
Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell), 1826-1905. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
[approximately 1880]
WE 164
Horwitz, Phineas J. (Phineas Jonathan), 1822-1904. Letter to Mary Jane Hale Welles, 1817-1886
(1881, Feb. 1)
WE 116
Franklin, William Buel, 1823-1903. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1881, May 7)
WE 4
Aspinwall, Lloyd. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1881, June 10)
WE 304
Porter, Horace, 1837-1921. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1881, Sep. 21)
WE 377
Taylor, W. Rodgers. Letter to Mary Jane Hale Welles, 1817-1886
(1881, Sep. 23)
WE 232
MacFeely, Robert. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1882, Feb. 18)
WE 117
Franklin, William Buel, 1823-1903. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1882, June 4)
WE 1
Allison, William B. (William Boyd), 1829-1908. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1883, July 2)
WE 168
Hotchkiss, B. B. (Benjamin Berkeley), 1826-1885. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1883, Sep. 25)
WE 118
Franklin, William Buel, 1823-1903. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1884, Aug. 19)
WE 165
Horwitz, Phineas J. (Phineas Jonathan), 1822-1904. Letter to Mary Jane Hale Welles, 1817-1886
(1885, Nov. 19)
WE 134
Hale, Eugene, 1836-1918. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
[1885]
WE 166
Horwitz, Phineas J. (Phineas Jonathan), 1822-1904. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
([1886?] Mar. 8)
WE 123
Garrett, Robert, 1847-1896. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1886, May 14)
WE 428
Church, M. M. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1886, Aug. 12)
WE 297
Plumb, Preston B., 1837-1891. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1886, Aug. 25)
Camp "Mott," Sea Girt, NJ
WE 429
Sir W. G. Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. Ltd. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1887, May 23
Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
WE 61
Cox, Samuel Sullivan, 1824-1889. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1888, May 19)
WE 67
Eckert, Thomas Thompson, 1825-1910. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1888, Aug. 9)
WE 152
Henderson, John B. (John Brooks), 1826-1913. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1888, Sep. 5)
WE 2
Allison, William B. (William Boyd), 1829-1908. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1889, Jan. 10)
WE 3
Allison, William B. (William Boyd), 1829-1908. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
[approximately 1889]
WE 373
Stetson, Francis Lynde. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1890, Nov.24)
WE 45
Carden, Lionel. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1896, Jan. 13)
WE 355
Romero, Matías, 1837-1898. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1897, Feb. 8)
WE 379
Train, W. W. P. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1897, Aug. 6)
WE 382
Tuttle, Daniel Sylvester, 1837-1923. Letter to J. Ramsey
(1901, Feb. 21)
St. Louis, Mo. Following the above: Ramsey, J. to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914 (1901, Feb. 22).
WE 344
Ream, Norman B., 1844-1915. Letter to Edgar Thaddeus Welles, 1843-1914
(1902, May 2)
Box 10
Oversize (WE 389, WE 390, WE 396, WE 412) and Ephemera
WE 415
[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]
[1869]
Same: variant (incomplete) also an envelope of fragmentary material on the same topic. Housed separately in red rope folder
WE 433
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Diary
(1846, Apr. 18-1847, Oct. 7)
2 volumes. Housed separately in envelope.
WE 434
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. [Journal relating to the United States Navy from 1845-1847]
[1847]
House separately; bound volume.
WE 435
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Diary
(1848-1849)
House separately; bound volume.
WE 436
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Diary
(1849, Apr. 19-June 25)
House separately; bound volume.
WE 437
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Diary
(1861, Jan. 1-Feb. 28)
House separately in envelope.
WE 438
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. [Notebook containing a list of vessels in the different Squadrons; vessels purchased since March
4, 1861; vessels being built by the government, etc.]
(1861)
House separately in envelope.