United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Postal service--United States--History; Covers (Philatety)--United States--History; Patriotic envelopes; Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
Portrait of Gideon Welles in oval frame with signature. Design in red, yellow, blue and green. Printed by Chas. Magnus, 12 Frankfort St. N.Y.
Pendergrast, Garrett J., 1802-1862; United States. Navy--Surgeons--19th century; United States--Politics and government--19th century; Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Orders from the Navy Department for Surgeon Albert Schriver to report for temporary duty in Philadelphia.
Howard, Mark, 1817-1887; Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891; Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882; Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896; Judd, N. B. (Norman Buel), 1815-1878; Howard, Angelina Lee; United...
Letter by Mark Howard, insurance company president and Lincoln political appointee, describing his meeting in Chicago with Abraham Lincoln and other prominent Republicans shortly after Lincoln's election in 1860.