Confidential correspondence of Gustavus Vasa Fox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1861-1865
By: edited by Robert Means Thompson and Richard Wainwright
Contributors: Thompson, Robert Means, 1849-1930, ed; Wainwright, Richard, 1849-1926, joint ed
Series: Publications of the Naval History Society -- v. 9-10; Publications of the Naval History Society -- v. 9-10.
Publisher: Printed for the Naval History Society by the De Vinne Press
Published: 1918
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Correspondence; United States; Naval operations; United States. Navy; History
Notes: "This copy ... is no. 771 of twelve hundred copies, printed for the Society only"--Vol. 1, p. [i].

"This copy ... is no. 889 of twelve hundred copies, printed for the Society only"--Vol. 2, p. [i].

Bound in boards; gilt-stamped cover and spine, top edges gilt.

Issued in single slipcases.

Plates accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress; frontispiece in each vol.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Attempted relief of Sumter : beginning of Gustavus V. Fox's service in the Navy Department, 1861 ; Correspondence between G. V. Fox and S. F. DuPont, South Atlantic Blockade and Charleston Expedition, August 9, 1861, to April 2, 1863 ; Letters of L. M. Goldsborough to G. V. Fox, organizing expedition against Roanoke Island and in the Sounds, November 8 to December 29, 1861 ; Correspondence between G. V. Fox and L. M. Goldsborough, January 23 to June 16, 1862 ; Correspondence between G. V. Fox and D. G. Farragut, West Gulf Blockade, January 18, 1862, to October 19, 1864 ; Miscellaneous letters, 1861-1862; title: v. 2. Foreword / by Caspar F. Goodrich ; Flag Officer Foote and Flag Officer Charles Henry Davis to Assistant Secretary Fox ; Correspondence between Rear-Admiral Porter and Assistant Secretary Fox, 1861-1864 ; Correspondence between Rear-Admiral S. P. Lee and Assistant Secretary Fox, April 22, 1862 - April 4, 1864 ; Miscellaneous correspondence.