(GIDEON WELLES) Ticket to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson

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(GIDEON WELLES.) Ticket to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. 3 x 4 3/4 inches (including attached stub #340), printed in red on salmon card stock; minimal wear; inscribed on verso in an unidentified contemporary hand "Three years ago today, Andrew Johnson took the oath and entered on the duties of President." In a printed envelope reading "Hon. Gideon Welles." Washington, DC, 15 April 1868

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Gideon Welles had served as President Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy, and remained in the cabinet as one of Johnson's few loyal supporters. Johnson's defense made its presentation from 9 to 20 April; Welles testified on 18 April and possibly on other days.

Provenance: from the collection of Thomas Welles Brainard, great-great-grandson of Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles.