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Collection Reference Number GLC02794.170
From Archive Folder Tobias Lear papers 
Title Appointment of Stephen Decatur as commander on the Naval Reserve List
Date 14 August 1861
Author Welles, Gideon (1802-1878)  
Recipient Decatur, Stephen  
Document Type Military document
Content Description Partially printed manuscript with handwritten insertions. Signed as U.S. Secretary of the Navy.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Navy  Government and Civics  Union Forces  Lincoln's Cabinet  
People Welles, Gideon (1802-1878)  Decatur, Stephen (fl. 1861-1867)  
Place written Washington
Theme Naval & Maritime; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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