Autograph telegram signed : "U. S. Flag Ship Minnesota," Hampton Roads, Va., to Gideon Wells, 1862 May 20.

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Autograph telegram signed : "U. S. Flag Ship Minnesota," Hampton Roads, Va., to Gideon Wells, 1862 May 20.

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Saying that the "Rhode Island" arrived with forty rebel naval officers as prisoners.

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Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Van Brunt, Gershom Jaques, 1798-1863.

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American naval officer. From the description of Autograph telegram signed : "U. S. Flag Ship Minnesota," Hampton Roads, Va., to Gideon Wells, 1862 May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574035 ...

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...