LS as Secretary of the Navy, signed “G. Welles,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, Navy Department letterhead, January 30, 1868. Letter to Commodore John R. Goldsborough of the USS Shenandoah, in part: "The forfeiture of pay by sentence of a Summary Court in the case of John McDonald, ordinary seaman, tried October 4, 1867, is approved. Your actions upon the cases of Gideon G. Thompson, ordinary seaman, tried October 4, 1867, and Frank S. Hannah…tried October 9, 1867, is also approved." In fine condition.
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