Signature, Gideon Welles

Authors

Files

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Description

This signature of Gideon Welles is clipped from a larger page and is signed "Very respectfully your ob't serv't, Gideon Welles, Sec'y of the Navy." Welles was the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869, a cabinet post he was awarded after supporting Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 election.

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Subjects

Signatures; Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878

Object Type

text

Format (original)

signature

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

FVW-MANU-B1F186-9

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Original Manuscript Collection, Series 5: Miscellaneous Materials, 1838-1931, Box 1, Folder 186

Repository

The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana Repository

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Recommended Citation

Signature, Gideon Welles, Original Manuscript Collection, Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.