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Lot 763
Sale 2067 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
Lots Open
Nov 6, 2024
Lots Close
Nov 20, 2024
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$300 -
400
Price Realized
$318
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Lot Description
WELLES, Gideon (1802-1878). Naval appointment signed as Secretary of the Navy. 26 September 1866.
US Navy Department appointment signed ("Gideon Welles"), as Secretary of the Navy. Washington, DC, 26 September 1866. 1p., folio, 15 x 9 1/2 in., top edge partially affixed to board for display under mat. With vignette of a steamer at top and embossed seal.
Welles served as Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy. He proposed the blockade of Southern ports and the construction of an ironclad fleet.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.