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Gideon Welles

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Gideon Welles

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Auction Date:2011 Aug 10 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
War-dated LS, one page, lightly-lined, 8 x 9.75, Navy Department letterhead, October 15, 1864. Pass for a Colonel. In part: “Col. J. B. Swayne, there bearer hereof, has permission to take passage in any steamer of the U. S. Navy to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron for the purpose of collecting the votes of absent electors belonging to the state of New York.” In fine condition, with scattered toning and foxing, and a horizontal fold through Welles’ signature. This was the first time that citizens serving as soldiers in the field were allowed to cast votes. Soldiers in the Army gave Lincoln more than 70% of their vote.