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Union Navy Secretary Gideon Wells ALS

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Union Navy Secretary Gideon Wells ALS
<B>Union Navy Secretary Gideon Wells Autograph Letter Signed,</B></I> one page on Navy Department letterhead, 8" x 9.75", Washington, D.C., April 25, 1864, to Alma J. Herbert, Concord, New Hampshire. It reads: "<I>I respectfully state in answer to your letter of the 18th inst., that there are 622 vessels in the Navy and about 40,000 seamen.</B></I>" Smoothed folds, else a bold very fine condition. <I>Ex. Henry E. Luhrs Collection.</B></I><BR><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)