Navy Department
May 9, 1861.
Sir,
You are hereby appointed Chief Clerk of the Navy Department.
Enclosed herewith you will find a blank oath of office, which having taken and
subscribed to, you will return to the Department with your letter of
acceptance.
I am respectfully
Your Obdt Srvt
Gideon Welles
G. V. Fox, Esq.
Washington D. C.
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. 45-6
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