Gideon Welles Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
GIDEON WELLES
Born: July 1, 1802 in Glastonbury, Connecticut
Died: February 11, 1878 in Hartford, Connecticut
Died: February 11, 1878 in Hartford, Connecticut
GIDEON WELLES (1802-1878), formerly a Jacksonian Democrat, joined the newly founded Republican Party in 1854 because of his strong opposition to slavery. He served as Secretary of the Navy throughout the Presidencies of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson (1861-1869). Welles generally supported Johnson's policies, including Johnson's reluctance to impose far-reaching changes and full rights for African-Americans during the Reconstruction of the South.
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GIDEON WELLES - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 146484GIDEON WELLES President Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy signs his name in blue ink Signature: "Gid. Welles" in blue ink. 3½x2 clipping. Gideon Welles (1802-1878) formerly a Jacksonian Democrat, joined the newly founded Republican Party in 1854 because of his strong opposition to slavery.Sale Price $234.00
$260.00
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GIDEON WELLES - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 03/09/1861 - HFSID 273022GIDEON WELLES Gideon Welles sends an autograph letter complying with a request. Autograph Letter Signed: "Gideon Welles" as Secretary of the Navy, 1p, 4½x7. Washington, D.C., 1861 March 9. To Mortimer L. [illegible]. Begins: "Dear Sir".Sale Price $450.00
$500.00
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GIDEON WELLES - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 04/05/1842 - HFSID 298428He writes to James A. Hovey after a recent election, saying "It is on the whole the most total route the whigs have ever experienced... Everywhere the democrats have done well... No battle was ever better fought, or victory more effectively won". Handsomely framed with a black and white image of Welles to 20x16.Sale Price $1,190.00
$1,400.00
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GIDEON WELLES - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 08/24/1853 - HFSID 174748Two-page handwritten letter to his brother in law, describing his "mournful journey" to bury his son in 1853. Their mutual loss of young children would become a strong bond between Welles and President Lincoln.Sale Price $765.00
$900.00
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GIDEON WELLES - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 08/27/1847 - HFSID 17294As a subordinate official of the Navy Department, he wrote this indignant letter to his boss, Navy Secretary John Mason, protesting the re-appointment of an accountant he considered incompetent. Welles declares that this "useless" employee will be fully occupied correcting his past mistakes. A remarkable letter reflective of Welles' temperament!Sale Price $765.00
$900.00
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GIDEON WELLES - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 08/31/1847 - HFSID 17295As Chief of the US Navy Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, he writes a frosty letter to Secretary of the Navy John Y. Mason, unhappy with Mason's reluctance to dismiss an incompetent clerk. Welles and Mason were increasingly at odds politically, and the tension is reflected in this letter.Sale Price $1,020.00
$1,200.00
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GIDEON WELLES - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 17314GIDEON WELLES Autograph Sentiment clipped from the closing of a letter Autograph Sentiment signed: "Very Respectfully/Gideon Welles", 4½x1½.Gideon Welles (1812-1878), a Jacksonian DemocratSale Price $252.00
$280.00
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GIDEON WELLES - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 17315GIDEON WELLES Autograph Sentiment signed below his handwritten flourish Autograph Sentiment signed: "Respectfully/Gideon Welles", 4x3. Above the sentiment and signature is a flourish drawn with the same pen.Sale Price $252.00
$280.00
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GIDEON WELLES - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 44678GIDEON WELLES His sentiment penned as Secretary of the Navy Autograph Sentiment signed: "Very respectfully,/Gideon Welles/Secretary of the Navy", 4x2, affixed to a 5½x8½ page (2 surfaces).Sale Price $252.00
$280.00
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GIDEON WELLES - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 01/09/1869 CO-SIGNED BY: WILLIAM W. CORCORAN - HFSID 176101GIDEON WELLES and W.W. CORCORAN The Secretary of the Navy writes a check to philanthropist and bank founder, W.W. Corcoran. Partly Printed check filled out and signed: "Gideon Welles" as Johnson's Secretary of the Navy, 7½x3¼. Washington, D.C., 1869 January 9. Drawn on Riggs & Co.Sale Price $405.00
$450.00
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GIDEON WELLES - DOCUMENT FRAGMENT SIGNED - HFSID 16745GIDEON WELLES The signature of President Lincoln's trusted "Neptune," clipped from a Navy document Document Fragment signed: "G. Welles", 1p, 3½x1½ signed below "Navy Department/Official Business".Sale Price $252.00
$280.00
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GIDEON WELLES - DOCUMENT SIGNED 02/09/1864 CO-SIGNED BY: E. L. NORTON, REAR ADMIRAL SILAS HORTON STRINGHAM - HFSID 31392GIDEON WELLES; SILAS H. STRINGHAM Civil War-dated orders to a young naval officer to report to the USS Cherokee in Boston. Rear Admiral Stringham certifies that he has reported as ordered. Document signed: "Gideon Welles" as Secretary of the Navy, "S. H. Stringham/Commandant", "E. L. Norton/Naval Agt.Sale Price $765.00
$900.00
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GIDEON WELLES - DOCUMENT SIGNED 12/16/1868 CO-SIGNED BY: EDGAR T. WELLES - HFSID 273014GIDEON WELLES and EDGAR T. WELLES. Partly Printed DS: "G. Welles" as Secretary of the Navy, 1p, 7¾x9¾. City of Washington, 1868 December 16. On sheet headed U.S. Navy Department. Certification of a letter sent by Commodore James Alden.Sale Price $450.00
$500.00
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GIDEON WELLES - MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT SIGNED 06/21/1866 - HFSID 273021GIDEON WELLES. Manuscript DS: "G. Welles" as Secretary of the Navy, 1p, 7¾x9¾ lined sheet. Washington, D.C., 1866 June 21. On letterhead of the Navy Department to Chief Engineer William W. W. Wood, U.S. Navy, Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland.Sale Price $552.50
$650.00
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GIDEON WELLES - MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED 01/09/1865 CO-SIGNED BY: REAR ADMIRAL THEODORUS BAILEY - HFSID 174750GIDEON WELLES and THEODORUS BAILEY. Manuscript LS: "Gideon Welles" as Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy. 1p, 7½x9½. Navy Department, 1865 January 9. To Lieut. Comdr. Geo U. Morris, Comd'g U.S.S. Shawmut, Portsmouth, N.H. In full: "Proceed with the U.S.Sale Price $595.00
$700.00
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GIDEON WELLES - MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED 03/01/1864 - HFSID 86937GIDEON WELLES. Manuscript LS: "Gideon Welles" as Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy, 1p, 7¾x9¾. Washington, 1864 March 1. To Commodore Joshua R. Sands, Sacketts Harbor, N.Y. In full: "In reply to your letter of the 19th Inst.Sale Price $595.00
$700.00
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GIDEON WELLES - MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED 03/07/1864 - HFSID 253695GIDEON WELLES As a major corruption scandal breaks, Secretary Welles signs an order stopping payment to suppliers and purchasing agents involved. Manuscript Letter signed: "Gideon Welles", as Secretary of the Navy. 1 page 7¾x9¾. Navy Department, 1864 March 7.Sale Price $850.00
$1,000.00
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GIDEON WELLES - MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED 03/30/1868 - HFSID 31390GIDEON WELLES He instructs Chief Engineer Zeller to make a study of nuts and bolts in order to select a standard gauge for the US Navy. Manuscript Letter signed: "G. Welles" as Secretary of the Navy, 2 pages (integral leaf), 15½x9¾ open flat, 8x9¾ closed.Sale Price $595.00
$700.00
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GIDEON WELLES - MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED 05/06/1862 - HFSID 86970GIDEON WELLES. Manuscript LS: "Gideon Welles" as Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy, 1p, 8x10. Navy Department, 1862 May 6. To Commodore Joshua R. Sands, U.S. Navy, Stratford, Conn.Sale Price $510.00
$600.00
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GIDEON WELLES - MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED 06/28/1864 CO-SIGNED BY: ADMIRAL DAVID G. FARRAGUT - HFSID 16405As Secretary of the Navy, he sends orders (1864) to the acting paymaster of a federal gunboat which had fought at the Battle of Mobile Bay, with forwarding endorsement by the ship's commander and by Admiral Farragut.Sale Price $1,530.00
$1,800.00
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GIDEON WELLES - MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED 07/16/1866 - HFSID 31388GIDEON WELLES As Secretary of the Navy, he advises the commander of the US European squadron to expect the arrival of the USS Swatara on a training cruise. Manuscript Letter signed: "G. Welles" as Secretary of the Navy, 2 pages (integral leaf), 15½x9¾ open flat, 8x9¾ closed.Sale Price $595.00
$700.00
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GIDEON WELLES - MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED 07/22/1862 - HFSID 274054THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY APPOINTS A NEW COMMANDER OF THE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, STIPULATING THAT THE ORDNANCE BRANCH THERE WILL REMAIN UNDER THE COMMAND OF COMMANDER DAHLGREN GIDEON WELLES. War-date MLS: "Gideon Welles" on verso, 2p, 7¾x9¾ lined sheet. Navy Department, Washington, D.C., 1862 July 22.Sale Price $1,360.00
$1,600.00
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GIDEON WELLES - MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED 08/04/1866 - HFSID 31394GIDEON WELLES As Secretary of the Navy, he signs a manuscript letter to President Johnson (August 1866), forwarding for Presidential signature a list of officers whose commissions have been approved by the Senate Manuscript Letter signed: "Gideon Welles", as Secretary of the Navy.Sale Price $595.00
$700.00
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GIDEON WELLES - MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED 10/19/1861 - HFSID 86969SECRETARY 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.Sale Price $510.00
$600.00
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GIDEON WELLES - MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED 11/17/1868 - HFSID 291598GIDEON WELLES Letter to the lawyer of a former ensign, disallowing claims for prize money from the Civil War Manuscript Letter signed: "Gideon Welles" as Secretary of the Navy, 2 pages (front and verso, with blank integral leaf), 8x9½. Navy Department, Washington, D.C., 1868 November 17.Sale Price $595.00
$700.00
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GIDEON WELLES - MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED 12/05/1866 - HFSID 31389He orders that John Surratt, suspected accomplice in the Lincoln assassination just captured in Egypt, be brought to Washington by naval vessel "without stopping at any intermediate port." Perhaps signaling the importance of this mission, the Navy Secretary signs this order with his full name, instead of his typical "G. Welles".Sale Price $2,210.00
$2,600.00
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GIDEON WELLES - MILITARY APPOINTMENT SIGNED 11/24/1865 CO-SIGNED BY: REAR ADMIRAL THOMAS H. PATTERSON - HFSID 31387GIDEON WELLES As Secretary of the Navy, he notifies a naval officer of his promotion. Thomas H. Patterson, commander of the war sloop Brooklyn, certifies that he has delivered the notification. Military Appointment signed: "G. Welles" as Secretary of the Navy, 1 page, 7¼x9¾.Sale Price $765.00
$900.00
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GIDEON WELLES - NAVAL APPOINTMENT SIGNED 09/22/1863 - HFSID 174749GIDEON WELLES Secretary of the Navy accepts the resignation of a Master's Mate on a ship in Rear Admiral Porter's Mississippi Squadron. Partly Printed LS: "Gideon Welles" as Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy, 1p, 8x9¾. Navy Department, 1863 September 22. To Mr. J.W.Sale Price $510.00
$600.00
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GIDEON WELLES - TELEGRAM UNSIGNED 12/06/1866 - HFSID 280762NAVY SECRETARY GIDEON WELLES ORDERS THE NAVY TO TRANSPORT CAPTURED FUGITIVE JOHN SURATT BACK TO THE US TO STAND TRIAL FOR CONSPIRING TO ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT LINCOLN GIDEON WELLES Telegram, unsigned, 1 page, 8½x11. 1866 December 6.Sale Price $2,550.00
$3,000.00
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PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON - NAVAL APPOINTMENT SIGNED 03/12/1868 CO-SIGNED BY: GIDEON WELLES - HFSID 47012ANDREW JOHNSON and GIDEON WELLES Naval commission of a Lieutenant Commander who eventually rose to Rear Admiral. Partly Printed DS: "Andrew Johnson" as President and "Gideon Welles" as Secretary of the Navy, 1p, 14¼x17. Washington, 1868 March 12. On vellum.Sale Price $1,530.00
$1,800.00
