The papers of the late Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy under Lincoln and Johnson ...
By: Stan. V. Henkels
Contributors: Henkels, S. V. (Stanislaus Vincent), 1854-1926
Series: Catalogue -- no. 1342
Publisher: Stan V. Henkels
Published: 1924
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: Catalogs; Manuscripts; American letters; Auctions
Other titles: Valuable papers of the late Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy under Lincoln
Notes: Remainder of title: Embracing nearly sixty letters and executive requests on cards to Gideon Welles, many letters of Andrew Johnson, letters from various commanders of the Navy and Army, statesmen and other eminent men, all addressed to Welles and officers in the Navy during the Civil War, and Gideon Welles diary, and manuscripts of his various historical essays and reviews of affairs connected with Lincoln's administration. The most important collection of papers relating to the Civil War ever offered for sale, to be sold Friday afternoon, January 4th, 1924, at 2.30 o'clock.

Remainder of cover title: Including many letters from Lincoln, Johnson, naval and military commanders, statesmen and other eminent men, his original manuscripts of his numerous articles relating to Lincoln's administration and his diaries and commonplace books ...

Contains 516 lots.

Starr, J. Lincoln bibliography, 114

Bound in flexible boards, with printed lettering on cover; frontispiece.

Bears handwritten inscriptions in pencil throughout.