Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Urged to

DOME TOP TRUNK, AND PERIOD PHOTOGRAPH19th c. hide covered trunk, decorated with brass tacks and initialed in an oval on lid "G.W." for Gideon Welles, Secretary of Navy under President Lincoln, 9 1/2"

"Gideon Welles: Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy" by John Niven, published by Oxford University Press, New York, 1973. First Edition with '1973' on the bottom of the title page and copyright 1973 by th

Notice of the Death of Abraham Lincoln by Gideon Welles 1p, measuring 5.125" x 8", Washington, D.C., dated April 15, 1865. General Order No. 51, written by Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. The sh

framed records of 1865 Gideon Welles US Secretary of Navy Department declining a resignation. 18 in x 22 in framed

Portrait of Gideon Welles Secretary of the Navy during the Civil War Artist: After Mathew Brady Print Type: Engraving Date: 1865

Regulations For The Government of the United States Navy - Gideon Welles, U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Abraham Lincoln and President Andrew Johnson - The History of Tom Jones by Henry Fi

Gideon Welles and Hiram Paulding War Date Navy DS Partially Printed Document Signed, "Gideon Welles", as Secretary of the Navy, 1p on a bifold sheet, 8" x 10", Washington, November 18, 1863. Endo

[CIVIL WAR - NAVY]. WELLES, Gideon (1802-1878). Letter signed ("Gideon Welles"), as Secretary of the US Navy, to Flag Officer A.H. Foote (1806-1863). [Washington, D.C.], 9 April 1862. 2 pages, 4to, so

Two Civil War Era Documents: 1864 Secretary of Navy, Gideon Welles and In 1861, James M. Greene President of Naval Asylum. Two Civil War era documents: 1.) Document signed from the Naval Asylum, Phila

Historical document from the American Civil War, dated October 1, 1863. Signed by Gideon Welles (1802-1878), U.S. Secretary of the Navy (1861-1869) serving under President Abraham Lincoln. Also signed

Autographs 1865 Gideon Welles Signed Partly-Printed Document with Naval View of the Ironclad Monitor Discharge Certificate GIDEON WELLES (1802-1878). President Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy who prop

(GIDEON WELLES.) Extensive archive of personal and family papers of Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy. More than 1,000 items in 6 boxes (2.5 linear feet), including approximately 153 Autograph Letters S

Gideon Welles 1865 Navy Department Orders Pair of documents directing Navy Engineer Hillary Messimer (1833-1898) to report to the U.S. Colorado. Messimer entered the Engineer Corps of the U.S. Navy in

9 Autographs of Pres. Lincoln cabinet members: Secretary of State William Seward, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, Secretary of Navy Gideon Wells, Secretary of Treasury Salmon Chase, Postmaster General

[CIVIL WAR-UNION NAVY] Five manuscript items concerning Acting Master John McKay and the U.S.S. Preble, with items signed by Gideon Welles and David Farragut. [V.p.:] May 1861- December 1862. Five var

UNION NAVY ADMIRALS AND OFFICERS Good lot of five carte de visite photographs of naval officers and administrators, includes: GIDEON WELLES shown full-length, seated, by Anthony; JOHN L. WORDEN shown

as Assistant Secretary of the Navy dated October 6, 1915, addressed to Captain Roger Welles, Commanding Officer, Naval Training Station, Newport, RI, directing him to become 'detached' from his curren

19TH C. PHOTOGRAPHSCarte-de-visites, three images of Thomas G. Welles (son of Gideon), with one taken at the U.S. Navy Academy, Annapolis, (one in his Civil War hat, dated 1864, and one taken in Italy

(GIDEON WELLES.) Pass for President Lincoln's White House funeral. Engraved black-bordered invitation on card, 3¼ x 5 inches, specifying the East Wing; minimal foxing. [Washington], 19 April 1865

(GIDEON WELLES.) Frederick Halpin, engraver; after Carpenter. Engraved portrait of Lincoln, inscribed by the artist to Gideon Welles. Engraving, 19¼ x 14¼ inches, with facsimile signature "A

(GIDEON WELLES.) 3-piece silver tea service owned by the Gideon Welles family. Teapot, 9¾ inches tall including hinged lid; cream pitcher, 7 inches tall including hinged lid; and sugar bowl, 8&#1

(GIDEON WELLES.) Engraved invitation to a White House dinner with "The President & Mrs. Lincoln." Printed card, engraved by Philp & Solomons, 3¾ x 5½ inches, completed in manuscript for "Mrs

(GIDEON WELLES.) Lincoln Club of Louisiana memorial resolution. One printed page, 9 x 7¼ inches, on elaborate stamped lace-patterned paper, with integral blank; mailing folds, minimal foxing and

Presidential Penmanship: Ulysses S. Grant Signed Note to Secretary of Navy - Dated July 10, 1868, with COA. Immerse yourself in the annals of American history with an exceptional and rare artifact –