GIDEON WELLES - MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED 10/19/1861 - HFSID 86969
Sale Price $495.00
Reg. $600.00
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY GIDEON WELLES
Notifying a Commodore of the date of a Naval Court of Inquiry.
Manuscript LS: "Gideon Welles" as Lincoln's Secretary of the
Navy, 1p, 7¾x9¾. Navy Department, 1861
October 19. To Commodore Joshua R. Sands, U.S. Navy, Binghamton, N.Y.
In full: "A Naval Court of Inquiry, of which you are appointed a
member, is ordered to convene in the City of Washington, on Friday the 25th
inst., at which time and place you will appear and report yourself to the
President of the Court." ANS across bottom: "Reported 25th October 1861 -
W.B. Sherbride/President". JOSHUA R. SANDS (1795-1883), a veteran of
the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, was flag-officer in command of the Brazil
station from 1859-1861. He retired on December 21, 1861, two months after
this letter was written to him. Sands was officially commissioned Commodore on
July 16, 1862 and was promoted to Rear Admiral on July 25, 1866. GIDEON WELLES
served as Secretary of the Navy through both the Lincoln and Johnson
administrations (1861-1869). Folds, horizontal fold touches signature. Light
show through from docket on verso at upper margin. Top edges folded down.
Lightly creased. Overall, fine condition.
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