Richard S. West, Jr.

Gideon Welles: Loncoln's Navy Department

Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. First edition stated. Hardcover in red cloth. 379 pp. with index. Illustrations. Map endpapers. A tight, generally fine copy, spine gilt lettered just a bit dulled. No jacket. Biography of Gideon Welles (1802-1878) the Glastonbury, Connecticut native who served as Secretary of The Navy from 1861 to1869. A strong supporter of Abraham Lincoln during the 1860 election, he was rewarded with the Navy post when Lincoln assumed the Presidency and was nicknamed "Father Neptune" by him. Near Fine. Item #E23795

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