Notebook, 1861-1862.

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Notebook, 1861-1862.

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Notebook, 1861-1862, containing copies of letters sent to Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Wells; an extract from Scientific American; incomplete essays and a partial account of the taking of New Orleans while aboard the U.S. steam sloop of war, the U.S.S. Pensacola.

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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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...

U.S.S. Pensacola (Sloop)

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Mercer, Joseph, 1837-1922

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Joseph Mercer was a Philadelphia conveyancer, realtor and surveyor and served aboard the U.S.S. Pensacola as U.S.N. Third Assistant Engineer. From the description of Notebook, 1861-1862. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122541368 ...