Item 87: Letter from Gideon Welles to P[eter]. J[ames Trask]. Woodbury, 1861 October 28
Item — Box: 11, Folder: 87
Dates
- Created: 1861 October 28
Creator
- Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Letter
Condition Note:
Excellent.
Measurements:
8 in. x 5 in. (cover); 10 in. x 7 ⅞ in. (letter)
Description:
This is a letter from Gideon Welles to P. J. Woodbury on October 28, 1861. This letter seems to be about a meeting of a military board in Brooklyn. The creator of this letter, Gideon Welles (aka Father Neptune) was born in Connecticut in 1802. Welles was a veteran, serving as Secretary of the U.S. Navy for eight years, and held strong anti-slavery beliefs.
There is a brief biography on Peter James Trask Woodbury, in the History of Bedford, New Hampshire, 1737, by the town. It explains that Woodbury was born to Martha Riddle and Peter Woodbury on May 8, 1820. He attended Dartmouth University, graduating in 1839 when he was admitted to the Bar in Troy, New York. In 1858, he was appointed the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, a position being offered to him in this manuscript within our collection. He served many years with the president, Chester A. Arthur.
Location:
Brooklyn, NY
Transcription:
(cover)
Respectfully
Gideon Welles
In Lincolns Cabinet
(letter) Navy Department October 28, 1861 Sir, A Board, of which you are appointed Judge Advocate, is order to convene at the Marine Barracks, Brooklyn, N.Y. on Wednesday the 6th day of November, 1861, for the purpose of investigating, and reporting on, such cases as may be referred to if under the 16th and 17th sections of the “Act providing for the better organization of the military establishment,” approved August 3, 1861. Should you accept this appointment you will appear at the time and place appointed and place appointed and report yourself to the President of the Board Col. Jno [Jonathan] Harris, of the Marine Corps. I am resp’y P. J Woodbury Esq. your obt. Svt. [obedient servant] New York Gideon Welles.
(letter) Navy Department October 28, 1861 Sir, A Board, of which you are appointed Judge Advocate, is order to convene at the Marine Barracks, Brooklyn, N.Y. on Wednesday the 6th day of November, 1861, for the purpose of investigating, and reporting on, such cases as may be referred to if under the 16th and 17th sections of the “Act providing for the better organization of the military establishment,” approved August 3, 1861. Should you accept this appointment you will appear at the time and place appointed and place appointed and report yourself to the President of the Board Col. Jno [Jonathan] Harris, of the Marine Corps. I am resp’y P. J Woodbury Esq. your obt. Svt. [obedient servant] New York Gideon Welles.
Creator
- Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 (Person)
Repository Details
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