A batch of letters
has been sent us from the provost marshal, disclosing a mass of fraud and
intrigue on the part of a set of assuming men that is as amusing as reckless.
General Haupt, Naval Constructor Griffiths, Gwyn[?] of the Treasury, Hamilton
Norris, and others figure in the affair. About a year since General H.
published a series of questions for the improvement and progress of the Navy
Department, which he and his associates appeared inclined to take into their
keeping. This correspondence brings to light the secret intrigues of these
scoundrels.
SOURCE: Gideon Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles,
Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson, Vol. 1: 1861 – March 30,
1864, p. 511
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