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Collection Summary
| Title | Gideon Welles papers, 1777-1911 |
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| Span Dates | 1777-1911 |
| Bulk Dates | (bulk 1820-1876) |
| ID No. | MSS45054 |
| Creator | Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 |
| Extent | 15,070 items ; 45 containers plus 1 oversize ; 18.2 linear feet ; 36 microfilm reels |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Summary | Secretary of the navy and newspaper editor. Correspondence, diaries, writings, naval records, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to Welles's work as editor of the Hartford Times; his activities as a member of the Democratic Party and, later, the Republican Party in state and national politics; the role of the navy in the Civil War; and the presidential administrations of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003053 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm78045054 |