Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-eighth Congress
Contributors: Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878; United States. Congress Senate
Series: 38th Congress, 2d session. Senate. Ex. doc; Senate executive document (United States. Congress. Senate) -- 38th Congress, 2nd session.
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Published: 1864
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1259
Subjects: United States; Naval operations; United States. Navy Dept.; Mobile Bay, Battle of, Ala., 1864; History
Other titles: Report of the Secretary of the Navy; Message and documents, Navy Department, 1864-65
Notes: Includes two folded maps.

"Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy"--P. xlviii.

Title page is misleading, there is no message from the President. Volume only includes reports from the Secretary of the Navy and Navy officers.

Bound in stamped cloth, with gilt-stamped lettering on spine.

Bookplate: Presented to the Franklin Institute by ...

Bears handwritten signature in ink on bookplate: F. Emmerick, Esq.