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- GLC#
- GLC00517
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- October 5, 1865
- Author/Creator
- Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
- Title
- to William Willard
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 3 p. : docket ; Height: 34 cm, Width: 21 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Gideon Welles informs Willard, the Warden of the State Prison at Wethersfield, Connecticut, that he is ordering him to imprison five sailors convicted of capital crimes: Wesley B. McLane, James Wilson, James Brown, James Stivers, and Francis Johnson. Details the causes of their convictions and the length of their sentences.
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