Correspondence, 1862.

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Correspondence, 1862.

LS by Field, 17 April, to Gideon Welles, referring to a speech by John Parker Hale in which they are both mentioned, and enclosing copies of two other letters. The first of these is from Hale to Field, 19 Jan., about rates of commission for purchasing vessels in New York; the second is Field's reply, 21 Jan., in which he refers to governor Edwin Denison Morgan's role in some such purchases. This is annotated by Welles, who says that Field misunderstood the situation and was prejudiced against Morgan.

2 items (4 p.) ; 25 cm.

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Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878

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A native of Glastonbury, Conn., Gideon Welles began his career as a lawyer but took up journalism as a profession, founding the Hartford Times, which he also edited, in 1826. Active in the Democratic Party in Connecticut, he served in the Connecticut state legislature and in several state offices. He later shifted his allegiance to the Republican Party due to his strong anti-slavery views and founded the Hartford Evening Press, a zealously Republican newspaper. President Abraham Lincoln appointe...

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Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892

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Morgan, Edwin D. (Edwin Denison), 1811-1883

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