6c:I[841276,["/auction/_next/static/chunks/0_ahl1jdqug6x.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/00v_h2x~_z_sv.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/0~cdiaog2bk1j.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/0k87n~eu14xhi.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/0u69qqn615gyz.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/0~ffpdth0~wyi.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/128js714uvfvs.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/03ke1bq2o.6fo.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/15clp938ucs2f.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/0imzibup0jngi.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/175k3h5_hqte7.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/0zgcn3z78q_va.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1"],"ApiProvider"] 6e:I[58150,["/auction/_next/static/chunks/0_ahl1jdqug6x.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/00v_h2x~_z_sv.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/0~cdiaog2bk1j.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/0k87n~eu14xhi.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/0u69qqn615gyz.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/0~ffpdth0~wyi.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/128js714uvfvs.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/03ke1bq2o.6fo.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/15clp938ucs2f.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/0imzibup0jngi.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/175k3h5_hqte7.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/0zgcn3z78q_va.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1"],"ImageViewSkeleton"] 6f:I[58150,["/auction/_next/static/chunks/0_ahl1jdqug6x.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/00v_h2x~_z_sv.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/0~cdiaog2bk1j.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/0k87n~eu14xhi.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/0u69qqn615gyz.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/0~ffpdth0~wyi.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/128js714uvfvs.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/03ke1bq2o.6fo.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/15clp938ucs2f.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/0imzibup0jngi.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/175k3h5_hqte7.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1","/auction/_next/static/chunks/0zgcn3z78q_va.js?dpl=auctions-prod-31115690967-1"],"View"] 70:T4a0,

[CIVIL WAR - NAVY]. WELLES, Gideon (1802-1878). Autograph letter signed ("Gideon Welles") to Hannibal Hamlin. Washington. 3 September 1861.

2 pp., 8vo (creased, with adhesive and paper residue to corners of back page).

Welles informs Hamlin that he will, per the latter's request, have a ship owned by P.J. Cummings inspected "with a view to purchase."
He continues, "Our recent success on the coast of North Carolina has given great animation to our people. I am more than ever satisfied, that if the Army will furnish ten thousand men to co-operate with the Navy, the s[indecipherable] will be more effective than could be rendered by an army of fifty thousand men at any p[indecipherable] in the interior." Welles then mentions that he is just leaving for home, writing, "It will be the first time I have been five miles from the Capitol since I came here."