Letter : Washington, D.C., to Gideon Welles, [Washington, D.C.], 1864 Oct. 22.

ArchivalResource

Letter : Washington, D.C., to Gideon Welles, [Washington, D.C.], 1864 Oct. 22.

Autograph letter signed. Letter of introduction for Mr. Ridgway.

1 item (1 p.)

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7674543

University of Chicago Library

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

William E. Barton Collection of Lincolniana (University of Chicago)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gx86nh (corporateBody)

Barton, William Eleazar, 1861-1930

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s46r2m (person)

Clergyman. From the description of William Eleazar Barton address, 1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453232 Minister First Congregational Church, Oak Park, Illinois, 1899-1924; author; Abraham Lincoln biographer. From the description of Papers, 1920s. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 77514474 Congregational clergyman, author. From the guide to the William E. Barton letter to Mr. Graff, 1900, (The New York Publi...

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vx0gb5 (person)

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...

Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6959grd (person)

American jurist and politician. From the description of Letter signed : "War Department," to William Pitt Fessenden, 1862 May 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580939 U.S. secretary of war 1862-1868. From the description of Telegram (draft) : ms. : Washington, D.C., to Ulysses S. Grant, Appomattox C.H., Va., 1865 Apr. 9. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122380613 Secretary of War; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. ...