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Jack. "Mr. Secretary! Mr. Secretary! Wake up! Here's the Merrimac got out and sunk the Cumberland and taken the Congress!" Mr. Secretary. "Ah! (yawns) you don't say so? I must get Morgan to buy some more boats then!" Gideon Welles. Secretary of the Navy.

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

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Jack. "Mr. Secretary! Mr. Secretary! Wake up! Here's the Merrimac got out and sunk the Cumberland and taken the Congress!" Mr. Secretary. "Ah! (yawns) you don't say so? I must get Morgan to buy some more boats then!" Gideon Welles. Secretary of the Navy.

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Jack. "Mr. Secretary! Mr. Secretary! Wake up! Here's the Merrimac got out and sunk the Cumberland and taken the Congress!" Mr. Secretary. "Ah! (yawns) you don't say so? I must get Morgan to buy some more boats then!" Gideon Welles. Secretary of the Navy.
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Gideon Welles

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Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1861 - 1869 (Approximate)
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
Topics
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
Warships
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Clippings
Portraits
Political cartoons
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
English
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Other local Identifier: Portrait File
Other local Identifier: Portrait file
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5ace4fd0-ac81-0131-a3b8-58d385a7b928
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  • 1861: Issued (Approximate)
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Jack. "Mr. Secretary! Mr. Secretary! Wake up! Here's the Merrimac got out and sunk the Cumberland and taken the Congress!" Mr. Secretary. "Ah! (yawns) you don't say so? I must get Morgan to buy some more boats then!" Gideon Welles. Secretary of the Navy." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1861 - 1869. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5c2720b0-ac81-0131-356a-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Jack. "Mr. Secretary! Mr. Secretary! Wake up! Here's the Merrimac got out and sunk the Cumberland and taken the Congress!" Mr. Secretary. "Ah! (yawns) you don't say so? I must get Morgan to buy some more boats then!" Gideon Welles. Secretary of the Navy." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 25, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5c2720b0-ac81-0131-356a-58d385a7b928

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. (1861 - 1869). Jack. "Mr. Secretary! Mr. Secretary! Wake up! Here's the Merrimac got out and sunk the Cumberland and taken the Congress!" Mr. Secretary. "Ah! (yawns) you don't say so? I must get Morgan to buy some more boats then!" Gideon Welles. Secretary of the Navy. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5c2720b0-ac81-0131-356a-58d385a7b928

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5c2720b0-ac81-0131-356a-58d385a7b928 | title= (still image) Jack. "Mr. Secretary! Mr. Secretary! Wake up! Here's the Merrimac got out and sunk the Cumberland and taken the Congress!" Mr. Secretary. "Ah! (yawns) you don't say so? I must get Morgan to buy some more boats then!" Gideon Welles. Secretary of the Navy., (1861 - 1869) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=March 25, 2025 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Jack. "Mr. Secretary! Mr. Secretary! Wake up! Here's the Merrimac got out and sunk the Cumberland and taken the Congress!" Mr. Secretary. "Ah! (yawns) you don't say so? I must get Morgan to buy some more boats then!" Gideon Welles. Secretary of the Navy.