Gideon Welles

Broschiertes Buch

Diary Of Gideon Welles V1, Secretary Of The Navy Under Lincoln And Johnson

1861-March 30, 1864

Beschreibung

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Autor

GIDEON WELLES (1802-1878), born into a wealthy Connecticut family, studied law, co-founded the Hartford Times in 1826, and joined the Connecticut legislature in 1827 as a Jacksonian Democrat. In 1854, Welles quit the Democrats and joined the Republican Party. In 1856 he founded the Hartford Evening Press , one of the first Republican papers in New England. Due to his strong support for Abraham Lincoln, he became Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 628
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 1005g
• ISBN-13: 9781430465805
• ISBN-10: 1430465808
• Artikelnr.: 22871689