| Title: |
Diary of Gideon Welles, August, 1861
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| Document type: |
Diary
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| Accessibility: |
Paid Only
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| Repository: |
Alexander Street Press
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| Collection: |
The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries (Subscription only)
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| URL: |
http://www.alexanderstreet4.com/cgi-bin/asp/cwld/documentidx.pl?aspdocid=S1605-D009
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
1861
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| Speaker: |
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
01-Jul-1802
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Glastonbury, CT; Connecticut; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Editor; Government appointee; Journalist; Politician
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| Age at speaking: |
59
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| Document location: |
District of Columbia
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| Document date: |
10-Aug-1861
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| People discussed: |
Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883; Charles Wilkes; Chase, Salmon Portland, 1808-1873; David Dixon Porter; George Brinton McClellan; Hiram Paulding; McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885; Montgomery Blair; Paulding, Hiram, 1797-1878; Porter, David Dixon, 1813-1897; Porter, Dirty Bill; Porter, William David, 1809-1864; Salmon Portland Chase; Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877; William David Porter
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| Organizations discussed: |
Arkansas, Ship; U.S. Army of the Potomac; U.S. Department of State; U.S. Navy
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| Locations discussed: |
Europe; James River, VA; Mississippi River; Norfolk, VA; North America; United Kingdom; United States; Virginia
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Arkansas, Ship; Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883; Charles Wilkes; Chase, Salmon Portland, 1808-1873; David Dixon Porter; Europe; George Brinton McClellan; Hiram Paulding; James River, VA; McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885; Mississippi River; Montgomery Blair; Norfolk, VA; North America; Paulding, Hiram, 1797-1878; Porter, David Dixon, 1813-1897; Porter, Dirty Bill; Porter, William David, 1809-1864; Salmon Portland Chase; U.S. Army of the Potomac; U.S. Department of State; U.S. Navy; United Kingdom; United States; Virginia; Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877; William David Porter
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Admirals; Battles; Correspondence; Economics; Entertainment and recreation; Environment; Fleets; Forgery; Gossip; Government occupations; Hot weather; Intellectual life; International relations; Ironclads; Law; Lines of defense; Military; Military maneuvers; Military officers; Military orders; Navy ships; Political appointments; Politics; Pre-battle writings; Presidential cabinets; Retired from job; Smuggling; Transportation; Writing formats
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| ASP release: |
2006-01
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| Document code: |
S1605-D009-2998
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