Gideon Welles papers, 1777-1911

Collection Summary

Title	Gideon Welles papers, 1777-1911
Inclusive Dates	1777-1911
Bulk Dates	1820-1876
ID No.	MSS45054
Creator	Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
Extent	15,070 items
Extent	45 containers plus 1 oversize
Extent	18.2 linear feet
Extent	36 microfilm reels
Language	Collection material in English
Location	Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78045054
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.
Online Content	The papers of Gideon Welles are available on the Library of Congress Web site at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000078. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the online edition.