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Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 to John B. Marchand

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02680.11 Author/Creator: Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 3 September 1861 - 11 September 1861 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 19.2 cm Order a Copy

Copy of Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles' promotion of Samuel Huse as "acting Master of the U.S. Steamer James Adger." Includes copies of docketing/endorsements by Commander Samuel L. Breese and Commander John Jay Almy.

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
Marchand, John Bonnett, 1808-1875
Almy, John Jay, 1815-1895

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