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Contemporary copy of telegram of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, to Commodore Wm. Radford [William Radford] U.S.N., U.S.S.

Telegram of Gideon Welles, April 17, 1865

Document from Apr. 17, 1865

Contemporary copy of telegram of J.B. Montgomery, Navy Yard, Washington, to Hon. Secretary of the Navy [Gideon Welles], Navy Dept., April 27, 1865

Telegram of J.B. Montgomery, April 27, 1865

Document from Apr. 27, 1865

Contemporary copy of telegram of J.M. Berrien, Commandant Naval Station, Norfolk, to The Honorable Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D.C., April 17, 1865

Telegram of J.M. Berrien, April 17, 1865

Document from Apr. 17, 1865

Contemporary copy of telegram of Gideon Welles, Secy. Navy, Navy Department, Washington City, to Comd. Montgomery [J.B. Montgomery], Comdt. Navy Yard, April 27, 1865

Telegram of Gideon Welles, April 27, 1865

Document from Apr. 27, 1865

Later from the north; Booth positively arrested

"Booth positively arrested"

Newspaper from Apr. 24, 1865

Printed General Order no. 51 - Department of the Navy

General Order no. 51

Document from Apr. 15, 1865

Contemporary copy of telegram of J. B. Montgomery, Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., to Joseph Smith, Rear Admiral, Chief of Bureau Yards, Navy Department, April 15, 1865

Telegram of J. B. Montgomery

Letter from Apr. 15, 1865

United States Military Telegraph of S. Nickerson, St. Inigoes, Md., to Comdg. Officer Anacostia, Point Lookout, April 15, 1865

Telegraph: Instructions for Manhunt

Letter from Apr. 15, 1865

Contemporary copy of telegraph of S. Nickerson, at Inigoes, to Comdr. F. A. Parker, Yorktown, Va., [April 15, 1865]

Telegram from S. Nickerson

Letter from Apr. 15, 1865

Telegram of Gideon Welles, Navy Department, Washington, to Col. Jacob Teilan, Comdr. Marine Corps, Head Quarters, Washington via Navy Yard, April 15, 1865

Gideon Welles to Col. Jacob Teilan

Letter from Apr. 15, 1865

Contemporary copy of telegram of W. Whelan, Chf. Bureau, Navy Department, Bur. Med and Surg., to Surgeon B. F. Bache, U.S. Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, N. York, April 15, 1865

Telegram of W. Whelan

Letter from Apr. 15, 1865

Contemporary copy of telegram of J. B. Montgomery, Commdt., Navy Yd., Washington, to Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, April 16, 1865

Telegram of J. B. Montgomery

Letter from Apr. 16, 1865

United States Military Telegraph of F. A. Parker, Comd. Comdg. Potomac Flotilla, to Act. Master Meaders, Pt. Lookout, Md., April 16, 1865

Telegraph: Blockade to Capture Assassin

Letter from Apr. 16, 1865

Contemporary copy of telegram of James Taylor, Adj. Master Comdg., Guard Vessel off Alexandria, to Hon. Gideon Welles, Sec. of the Navy, Washington, D.C., April 16, 1865

Telegram of James Taylor

Letter from Apr. 16, 1865

United States Military Telegraph of Gideon Welles, Sec. Navy, St. Inigoes, to Com. F. A. Parker, April 16, 1864 [1865]

Telegraph: Fire a Gun in Honor

Letter from Apr. 16, 1865

Contemporary copy of telegram of Gideon Welles, Secy. of the Navy, Navy Department, Washington, to Comdr. D. W. Dougal, Comdt. Navy Yard, San Francisco, California, April 17, 1865

Telegram of Gideon Welles

Letter from Apr. 17, 1865

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