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[CIVIL WAR.] A group of 10 framed items. WELLES, Gideon. LS to Acting Master Thomas E. Smith, 9 October 1862. Docketed on verso by Admiral David D. Porter. 2 pages, 4to. Matted and framed with images of both Welles and Porter. A rare combination of Lincoln’s Navy Secretary with one of the Navy’s chief officers during the Civil War. Welles grants Smith 10-days leave and orders him at the expiration of that leave to report to Porter at Cairo, Illinois. -- WELLES. Gideon. LS to Edward Simpson, 20 February 1864. 1p., 4to, matted and framed with photograph, walking stick and printed service record of Simpson. Acknowledging Simpson’s letter denouncing ironclads as “weak and unsafe.” [CURRENCY.] CIVIL WAR. Engraved document, 2 March 1862. 1p., folio, with engraved image of Stonewall Jackson at top center.. A $1,000 7% Confederate bond. -- Broadside. Don’t Unchain the Tiger! New York: Sinclair Tousey, 24 July 1863. 1 page, folio, closed tears along edges. Matted and framed. -- [LINCOLN, Abraham.] Army and Navy Journal, 28 November 1863. 1p., folio. Matted and framed. A war-time printing of the Gettysburg Address, on page 213 of the Journal, beginning in the bottom of the second column and top of the third. -- [DRAFT.] Engraved DS, 25 September 1863. 1p., oblong 4to. A commutation bond of $300 (signed by Receiver of commutation money), for E. P. Michener. -- SHERMAN, William T. Clipped signature. Matted and framed. -- [LINCOLN.] Reproduction of newspaper notice of Evansville, Indiana Daily Journal, announcing Lincoln’s candidacy for President. Matted and framed. -- [CONFEDERATE CURRENCY.] Engraved document signed, 1 May 1861. 1p., 4to. A $50 Confederate bond, five year note, payable at 8% interest. -- WORDEN, John L. Partly printed DS, 1 May 1856. 1p., oblong 8vo. Matted and framed. A salary receipt for $122.25.