Welles, Gideon (1802-1878) Diary of Gideon Welles
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00584 Author/Creator: Welles, Gideon (1802-1878) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Book Date: 1911 Pagination: 3 v. ; 549 p., 653 p., 671 p. : 24 x 17 cm. Order a Copy
Three volume diary of Gideon Welles, with an autograph letter signed from Welles to Andrew Boyd pasted to front of first volume. The diary recounts Welles' tenure as the Secretary of the Navy. Each volume contains several illustrations of photographs of important figures in Welles' life. In the letter Welles denies Boyd's request for documents regarding Abraham Lincoln. Welles says he is unwilling to part with these. The two page letter was written 9 March 1890, from Hartford, Connecticut. Boyd, an author, requested the documents because he wished to publish them in his "Memorial Lincoln Bibliography," first published in 1870. Welles writes of Lincoln, "It was my fortune to be associated with him in personal & official intimacy at an eventful period. I saw him in joy and sorrow, and witnessed his expiring breath."
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