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Collection Reference Number GLC08070
From Archive Folder Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 
Title Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Gideon Welles requesting him to suppress publication of correspondence
Date 22 December 1863
Author Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)  
Recipient Welles, Gideon  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Directing the temporary suppression of information about a nephew of William Seward, who was involved with the blockade running trade during the Civil War. With FF.
Subjects President  Military History  Civil War  Union Forces  Blockade  Lincoln's Cabinet  Confederate States of America  
People Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)  Welles, Gideon (1802-1878)  
Place written Washington, D.C.
Theme The American Civil War; The Presidency; Naval & Maritime
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945