John Milton Hay was an American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century. Beginning as a private secretary for Abraham Lincoln, he became a diplomat. He served as United States Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Hay was also a biographer of Lincoln, and wrote poetry and other literature throughout his life.
No. 93. Mr. Hay to Mr. Borges. Department of State, Washington, June 17, 1880. Sir: With regard to your personal request of yesterday, I have the honor to inclose herein…
No. 235. Mr. Hay to Mr. Noyes. Department of State, Washington, June 17, 1880. No. 248.] Sir: Your No. 346, reporting the correspondence had by you with the minister of…
No. 94. Mr. Say to Mr. Borges. Department of State, Washington, June 18, 1880. Sir: Referring to the previous correspondence in the case of the Foster, I have the honor…
No. 126. Mr. Hay to Mr. Asta-Buruaga. Department of State, Washington, June 18, 1880. Sir: I have the honor to state that the Secretary of the Treasury has informed the…
No. 2. To the consular officers of the United States. Department of State, Washington, June 19, 1880. Gentlemen: Information has been received from the president of the National Board of…
No. 310. Mr. May to Mr. Lowell. Department of State, Washington, July 7, 1880. No. 35.] Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch No. 17, of the…
No. 189. Mr. Hay to Chen Lan Pin and Mr. Yung Wing. Department of State, Washington, August 13, 1880. Gentlemen: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your…
No. 22. Mr. Hay to Mr. Osborn. Department of State, Washington, August 14, 1880. No. 131.] Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 288, in which you…
No. 240. Mr. Hay to Mr. Noyes. Department of State, Washington, August 14, 1880. No. 267.] Sir: I have to state for your information that on the 20th of June…
No. 253. Mr. Hay to Mr. Outrey. Department of State, Washington, August 14, 1880. Sir: Referring to your note of the 20th of June last, communicating the invitation of the…
No. 178. Mr. Hay to Mr. Angell. Department of State, Washington, August 16, 1880. No. 26.] Sir: I transmit herewith a copy of an unaddressed circular, dated at London, July,…
No. 190. Mr. Hay to Chen Lan Pin and Mr. Yung Wing. Department of State, Washington, August 23, 1880. Gentlemen: Referring to your note of the 9th instant relative to…
No. 268. Mr. Hay to Mr. Outrey. Department of State, Washington, October 23, 1880. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 11th instant,…
No. 288. Mr. Hay to Mr. White. Department of State, Washington, October 26, 1880. No. 147.] Sir: Referring to your dispatch No. 94, of the 4th of March last, in…
No. 283. Mr. Hay to Mr. Everett. Department of State, Washington, December 22, 1880. No. 165.] Sir: Referring to Mr. White’s dispatch No. 87, of the 2d of February last,…