Thursday, August 23, 2018

Gideon Welles to Gustavus V. Fox, May 8, 1861

Navy Department
8th May 1861 
G. V. Fox, Esqr

Dear Sir

You are appointed Chief Clerk of the Navy Department, and I shall be glad to have you enter upon the duties as soon as you conveniently can.

Yours truly
Gideon Welles

SOURCE: Robert Means Thompson & Richard Wainwright, Editors, Publications of the Naval Historical Society, Volume 9: Confidential Correspondence of Gustavus Vasa Fox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1861-1865, Volume 1, p. 45

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