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Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 to unknown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08577 Author/Creator: Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 April 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Pass for London Times correspondent William H. Russell, on a "tour through the Southern states." Addressed "To the Commander of the Home Squadron or Commandant of any U. S. Vessel of the Squadron." Parts of Howard's book, "My Diary North and South," would come from this trip.

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
Russell, William Howard, 1820-1907

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