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100 1 $aWelles, Gideon,$d1802-1878.
245 00 $aGideon Welles papers,$f1777-1911$g(bulk 1820-1876).
300 $a15,070$fitems.
300 $a45$fcontainers plus$a1$foversize.
300 $a36$fmicrofilm reels.
300 $a18.2$flinear feet.
351 $aArranged in 10 series. Series 1: Diaries, 1824-1869; Series 2: Letterbooks, 1862-1869; Series 3: Correspondence, 1820-1878; Series 4: Records of the Navy Department, 1805-1878; Series 5: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Series 6: Scrapbooks, 1834-1900; Series 7: Miscellany, 1777-1911; Series 8: Henry B. Learned Papers, 1899-1911; Series 9: Additions, 1822-1877; and Series 10: Oversize, 1842-1860.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
520 8 $aCorrespondence, diaries, writings, naval records, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to Welles's work as editor of the Hartford Times; his activities as a member of the Democratic Party and, later, the Republican Party in Connecticut state and national politics; his service as U.S. secretary of the navy; and his literary pursuits. Subjects include the role of the U.S. Navy in the Civil War, the presidential administrations of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, Welles's commitment to the principles of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, the Civil War and Reconstruction, limits and uses of federal and states powers, natural history, naval affairs, relation of newspaper policy and politics, presidential candidates, political parties, and slavery. Includes a fifteen-volume diary kept by Welles as U.S. secretary of the navy; a three-volume restrospective narrative plus notes and journal entries for his early life; drafts of Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy under Lincoln and Johnson (1911), edited by Welles's son, Edgar Thaddeus Welles; and a draft of Welles's book, Lincoln and Seward (1874). Also includes notes of historian Henry Barrett Learned relating to Welles.
520 8 $aCorrespondents include Joseph Pratt Allyn, James F. Babcock, Montgomery Blair, Alfred Edmund Burr, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Spicer Cleveland, Schuyler Colfax, Samuel Sullivan Cox, John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren, Charles A. Dana, Calvin Day, John A. Dix, James Dixon, James Buchanan Eads, Henry H. Elliott, William Faxon, Orris S. Ferry, David Dudley Field, Andrew H. Foote, John Murray Forbes, Gustavus Vasa Fox, R.C. Hale, Joseph R. Hawley, Mark Howard, Amasa Jackson, Thornton A. Jenkins, Richard M. Johnson, James E. Jouett, Andrew T. Judson, Henry Mitchell, Edwin D. Morgan, John M. Niles, Nathaniel Niles, Foxhall A. Parker, William Patton, Hiram Paulding, J.J.R. Pease, William V. Pettit, James J. Pratt, Albert Smith, Joseph Smith, Sylvester S. Southworth, Daniel D. Tompkins, Charles Dudley Warner, Thurlow Weed, Edgar Thaddeus Welles, Mary Hale Welles, and Charles Wilkes.
530 $aMicrofilm edition of series 1-8 available,$dno. 19,740.
533 $aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.$bWashington, D.C. :$cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service,$d1988.
541 $cDeposit,$aEdgar Thaddeus Welles,$d1911-1914.
541 $aConverted to gift,$d1941.
541 $cGift,$aAlice Welles,$d1915.
541 $cOther gifts and purchases,$d1906-2009.
545 0 $aU.S. secretary of the navy and newspaper editor.
546 $aCollection material in English.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003053
600 10 $aAllyn, Joseph Pratt,$d1833-1869$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBabcock, James F.$q(James Fairchild),$d1809-1874$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBlair, Montgomery,$d1813-1883$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBurr, Alfred Edmund,$d1815-1900$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aChase, Salmon P.$q(Salmon Portland),$d1808-1873$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCleveland, Edward Spicer$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aColfax, Schuyler,$d1823-1885$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCox, Samuel Sullivan,$d1824-1889$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard,$d1809-1870$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDana, Charles A.$q(Charles Anderson),$d1819-1897$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDay, Calvin$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDix, John A.$q(John Adams),$d1798-1879$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDixon, James,$d1814-1873$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aEads, James Buchanan,$d1820-1887$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aElliott, Henry H.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aFaxon, William,$d1822-1883$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aFerry, Orris S.$q(Orris Sanford),$d1823-1875$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aField, David Dudley,$d1805-1894$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aFoote, Andrew H.$q(Andrew Hull),$d1806-1863$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aForbes, John Murray,$d1813-1898$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aFox, Gustavus Vasa,$d1821-1883$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHale, R. C.$q(Reuben Charles),$d1812-1863$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHawley, Joseph R.$q(Joseph Roswell),$d1826-1905$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHoward, Mark,$d1817-1887$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aJackson, Amasa$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aJackson, Andrew,$d1767-1845.
600 10 $aJefferson, Thomas,$d1743-1826.
600 10 $aJenkins, Thornton A.$q(Thornton Alexander),$d1811-1893$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aJohnson, Andrew,$d1808-1875.
600 10 $aJohnson, Richard M.$q(Richard Mentor),$d1781-1850$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aJouett, James E.$q(James Edward),$d1828-1902$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aJudson, Andrew T.$q(Andrew Thompson),$d1784-1853$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aLincoln, Abraham,$d1809-1865.
600 10 $aMitchell, Henry,$d1830-1902$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMorgan, Edwin D.$q(Edwin Denison),$d1811-1883$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aNiles, John M.$q(John Milton),$d1787-1856$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aNiles, Nathaniel,$d1791-1869$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aParker, Foxhall A.$q(Foxhall Alexander),$d1821-1879$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPatton, William,$d1798-1879$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPaulding, Hiram,$d1797-1878$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPease, J. J. R.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPettit, William V.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPratt, James J.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSmith, Albert,$d1805-1870$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSmith, Joseph,$d1790-1877$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSouthworth, Sylvester S.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aTompkins, Daniel D.,$d1774-1825$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWarner, Charles Dudley,$d1829-1900$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWeed, Thurlow,$d1797-1882$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWelles, Edgar Thaddeus,$d1843-1914$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWelles, Mary Hale,$d1817-1895$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWilkes, Charles,$d1798-1877$vCorrespondence.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bNavy.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bNavy$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bNavy Dept.
610 20 $aDemocratic Party (U.S.)
610 20 $aRepublican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
630 00 $aHartford times.
650 0 $aAmerican newspapers$zConnecticut.
650 0 $aFederal government$zUnited States.
650 0 $aNatural history.
650 0 $aPolitical parties$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPresidential candidates$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPress and politics$zUnited States.
650 0 $aReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
651 0 $aSlavery$zUnited States.
650 0 $aStates' rights (American politics)
651 0 $aConnecticut$xPolitics and government$y19th century.
651 0 $aHartford (Conn.)$xHistory.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1861-1865.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1865-1869.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y19th century.
656 7 $aCabinet officers.$2itoamc
656 7 $aNewspaper editors.$2itoamc
700 1 $aLearned, Henry Barrett,$d1868-1931.$tHenry Barrett Learned papers.
700 1 $aWelles, Edgar Thaddeus,$d1843-1914,$eed.$tDiary of Gideon Welles,$bsecretary of the navy under Lincoln and Johnson.$f1911.
700 1 $aWelles, Gideon,$d1802-1878.$tLincoln and Seward; remarks upon the memorial address of Chas. Francis Adams, on the late Wm. H. Seward, with incidents and comments illustrative of the measures and policy of the administration of Abraham Lincoln, and views as to the relative positions of the late President and Secretary of State.$f1874.
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003053
856 4 $3Finding aid (PDF)$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003053.3