Flag Officer William W. McKean to Gideon Welles, Concerning Brigadier-General Phelps' Declaration, December 27, 1861

U.S. S. Niagara, Boston Navy Yard, September 1863

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Source citation

United States, et al, Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, Series 1 (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1903), 17: 17.

Author (from)

McKean, William W.

Type

Military record

Date Certainty

Exact

Transcriber

Adapted by John Osborne, Dickinson College

Transcription date

12/01/2011

Transcription

The following transcript has been adapted from the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion (1903).

U. S. FLAGSHIP NIAGARA
Ship Island, December 27, 1861.

SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of the proclamation of Brigadier-General Phelps. It was handed to me by Commander Melancton Smith, who received it from Brigadier-General Phelps, through Mr. Elias Smith, reporter for the New York Times, as shown by the note of Mr. Smith and Commander Smith's reply, which are also transmitted.

I have approved the course pursued by Commander Smith, and will not allow this or any similar document to be circulated by any person under my command.

I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,

WM. W. McKEAN,
Flag-Officer, Commanding Gulf Blockading Squadron.

Hon. GIDEON WELLES,
Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C.

Documents

Phelps, John Wolcott

Recipient

Welles, Gideon

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Ship Island, MS