ABRAHAM LINCOLN SECRETARY OF NAVY GIDEON WELLES SGD LETTER TO MARINE COMMANDANT

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN SECRETARY OF NAVY GIDEON WELLES SGD LETTER TO MARINE COMMANDANT:
$111.16

An original manuscript letter prepared to be sent by telegraph from GIDEON WELLES [1802-1878], Secretary of the Navy during the Civil War, to Colonel Jacob Zeilin, Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, dated September 8, 1864 and signed by Welles. The letter orders Zeilin to hold the Marine Band in readiness. [ for possible use by President Lincoln ? ]......GIDEON WELLES was a founder of the Republican Party, and a newspaper editor from Connecticut, he was appointed Secretary of the Navy by Lincoln in 1861 and also served under Andrew Johnson.......One page, size 7 3/4\" x 9 3/4\", folds, U.S. Military Telegraph red stamp, very good condition, no envelope.....This letter is from an old Massachusetts collection, and would be a nice addition to your collection......Guaranteed original.....$4.00 shipping........

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