Autograph despatch signed : U.S.S. Choctaw, off Red River, to Gideon Welles, 1864 Mar. 10.

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Autograph despatch signed : U.S.S. Choctaw, off Red River, to Gideon Welles, 1864 Mar. 10.

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Enclosing a list of persons attached to the vessel who were present at the seizure of cotton on the Black River, La. March 4th.

1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Ramsay, Francis M. (Francis Munroe), 1835-1914

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American naval officer. From the description of Autograph despatch signed : U.S.S. Choctaw, off Red River, to Gideon Welles, 1864 Mar. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129699 From the description of Autograph letter signed : "U. S.S. Choctaw, Off Red River," to D.D. Porter, 1864 Mar. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616168 ...

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...