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Gideon Welles

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Gideon Welles

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Auction Date:2010 Apr 14 @ 10:00 (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
Secretary of the Navy under Lincoln and Johnson (1802–1878). LS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, May 10, 1824. Welles writes to Captain Alden Partridge, former superintendent of West Point and founder of Norwich University, in part, “Having a desire to acquire some knowledge of military tactics…I have been recommended to your school as affording the best rules of education, for both the soldier & citizen.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, scattered toning and soiling, old tape repairs to the reverse, and pencil notations on the front. RRAuction COA.