Welles, Gideon 1802-1878 creator mixed material monographic eng 15,070 45 1 36 18.2 Correspondence, diaries, writings, naval records, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to Welles's work as editor of the Hartford Times; his activities as a member of the Democratic Party and, later, the Republican Party in Connecticut state and national politics; his service as U.S. secretary of the navy; and his literary pursuits. Subjects include the role of the U.S. Navy in the Civil War, the presidential administrations of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, Welles's commitment to the principles of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, the Civil War and Reconstruction, limits and uses of federal and states powers, natural history, naval affairs, relation of newspaper policy and politics, presidential candidates, political parties, and slavery. Includes a fifteen-volume diary kept by Welles as U.S. secretary of the navy; a three-volume restrospective narrative plus notes and journal entries for his early life; drafts of Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy under Lincoln and Johnson (1911), edited by Welles's son, Edgar Thaddeus Welles; and a draft of Welles's book, Lincoln and Seward (1874). Also includes notes of historian Henry Barrett Learned relating to Welles. Correspondents include Joseph Pratt Allyn, James F. Babcock, Montgomery Blair, Alfred Edmund Burr, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Spicer Cleveland, Schuyler Colfax, Samuel Sullivan Cox, John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren, Charles A. Dana, Calvin Day, John A. Dix, James Dixon, James Buchanan Eads, Henry H. Elliott, William Faxon, Orris S. Ferry, David Dudley Field, Andrew H. Foote, John Murray Forbes, Gustavus Vasa Fox, R.C. Hale, Joseph R. Hawley, Mark Howard, Amasa Jackson, Thornton A. Jenkins, Richard M. Johnson, James E. Jouett, Andrew T. Judson, Henry Mitchell, Edwin D. Morgan, John M. Niles, Nathaniel Niles, Foxhall A. Parker, William Patton, Hiram Paulding, J.J.R. Pease, William V. Pettit, James J. Pratt, Albert Smith, Joseph Smith, Sylvester S. Southworth, Daniel D. Tompkins, Charles Dudley Warner, Thurlow Weed, Edgar Thaddeus Welles, Mary Hale Welles, and Charles Wilkes. Open to research. Microfilm edition of series 1-8 available, no. 19,740. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1988. U.S. secretary of the navy and newspaper editor. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003053 Allyn, Joseph Pratt 1833-1869 Correspondence Babcock, James F. (James Fairchild) 1809-1874 Correspondence Blair, Montgomery 1813-1883 Correspondence Burr, Alfred Edmund 1815-1900 Correspondence Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland) 1808-1873 Correspondence Cleveland, Edward Spicer Correspondence Colfax, Schuyler 1823-1885 Correspondence Cox, Samuel Sullivan 1824-1889 Correspondence Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard 1809-1870 Correspondence Dana, Charles A. (Charles Anderson) 1819-1897 Correspondence Day, Calvin Correspondence Dix, John A. (John Adams) 1798-1879 Correspondence Dixon, James 1814-1873 Correspondence Eads, James Buchanan 1820-1887 Correspondence Elliott, Henry H Correspondence Faxon, William 1822-1883 Correspondence Ferry, Orris S. (Orris Sanford) 1823-1875 Correspondence Field, David Dudley 1805-1894 Correspondence Foote, Andrew H. (Andrew Hull) 1806-1863 Correspondence Forbes, John Murray 1813-1898 Correspondence Fox, Gustavus Vasa 1821-1883 Correspondence Hale, R. C. (Reuben Charles) 1812-1863 Correspondence Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell) 1826-1905 Correspondence Howard, Mark 1817-1887 Correspondence Jackson, Amasa Correspondence Jackson, Andrew 1767-1845 Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826 Jenkins, Thornton A. (Thornton Alexander) 1811-1893 Correspondence Johnson, Andrew 1808-1875 Johnson, Richard M. (Richard Mentor) 1781-1850 Correspondence Jouett, James E. (James Edward) 1828-1902 Correspondence Judson, Andrew T. (Andrew Thompson) 1784-1853 Correspondence Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Mitchell, Henry 1830-1902 Correspondence Morgan, Edwin D. (Edwin Denison) 1811-1883 Correspondence Niles, John M. (John Milton) 1787-1856 Correspondence Niles, Nathaniel 1791-1869 Correspondence Parker, Foxhall A. (Foxhall Alexander) 1821-1879 Correspondence Patton, William 1798-1879 Correspondence Paulding, Hiram 1797-1878 Correspondence Pease, J. J. R Correspondence Pettit, William V Correspondence Pratt, James J Correspondence Smith, Albert 1805-1870 Correspondence Smith, Joseph 1790-1877 Correspondence Southworth, Sylvester S Correspondence Tompkins, Daniel D 1774-1825 Correspondence Warner, Charles Dudley 1829-1900 Correspondence Weed, Thurlow 1797-1882 Correspondence Welles, Edgar Thaddeus 1843-1914 Correspondence Welles, Mary Hale 1817-1895 Correspondence Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 Correspondence United States. Navy. United States. Navy History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States. Navy Department. Democratic Party (U.S.) Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) American newspapers Connecticut Federal government United States Natural history Political parties United States Presidential candidates United States Press and politics United States Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Slavery United States States' rights (American politics) Connecticut Politics and government 19th century Hartford (Conn.) History United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States Politics and government 1861-1865 United States Politics and government 1865-1869 United States Politics and government 19th century Cabinet officers Newspaper editors Learned, Henry Barrett, 1868-1931 Welles, Edgar Thaddeus, secretary of the navy under Lincoln and Johnson 1843-1914 ed. Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 mm 78045054 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms003053 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms003053.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003053 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003053.3 Open to research. DLC 781211 20260227111626.0 mm 78045054