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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, May 8, 1874
No. 230. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, May 8, 1874. (Received May 22.) No. 965.] Sir: The National Assembly will reconvene on Tuesday next,…
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Letters from Washburne
B. 1816 · D. 1887
Elihu Benjamin Washburne was an American politician. A member of the Washburn family, which played a prominent role in the early formation of the United States Republican Party, he served as a congressman from Illinois before, during and after the American Civil War. He was a political ally of President Abraham Lincoln and General Ulysses S. Grant. During Grant's administration, Washburne was the 25th United States Secretary of State briefly in 1869, and was the United States Minister to France from 1869 to 1877.
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, May 16, 1874
No. 231. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, May 16, 1874. (Received June 4.) No. 968.] Sir: Referring to my dispatches Nos. 948, of April…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, May 19, 1874
No. 232. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, May 19, 1874. (Received Jane 4.) No. 970.] Sir: “Le ministère est tombé.” Such were the words…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, June 12, 1874
No. 235. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, June 12, 1874. (Received June 24.) No. 982.] Sir: The reactionists in the Assembly met with a…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, June 17, 1874
No. 236. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. [Extract.] Legation of the United States, Paris, June 17, 1874. (Received July 2.) No. 984.] Sir: * * * * * * *…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, July 24, 1874
No. 239. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, July 24, 1874. (Received August 6.) No. 1005.] Sir: Though in my No. 996, of the 13th…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, August 21, 1874
No. 240. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, August 21, 1874. (Received September 3.) No. 1022.] Sir: As we are in the long recess of…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, December 4, 1874
No. 209. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, December 4, 1874. (Received December 18.) No. 1068.] Sir: The National Assembly reconvened on Monday last, the…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, December 10, 1874
No. 210. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, December 10, 1874. (Received December 26.) No. 1069.] Sir: Referring to your two dispatches, Nos. 651 and…
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Washburne to Renter’s Telegram Company, (limited,) Old Jewry, London, E. C., December 22. Note by the Times. —Mr. Griffiths does not explain why the corrected version received, he informs us, by his company, was never communicated to us and our contemporaries, December 21, 1874
No. 211. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, December 21, 1874. (Received Jan. 8, 1875.) No. 1072.] Sir: I beg leave to acknowledge the receipt…
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Washburne to December 29, 1874 . P. S.—Since writing the above I have received from the Prince Hohenlohe a reply to my letter of the 26th instant, a copy of which I beg leave to inclose herewith. E. B. W, December 26, 1874
No. 212. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, December 26, 1874. (Received Jan. 20, 1875.) No. 1074.] Sir: There is no probability that Congress will…
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Washburne to S. A. M. le Prince de Hohenlohe Schillingsfürst , German, December 26, 1874
[Inclosure 1 in No. 1074.] Mr. Washburne to Prince Hohenlohe. Legation of the United States, Paris, December 26, 1874. My Dear Colleague: As the Congress of the United States has…
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Washburne, to Hamilton Fish, January 7, 1875
No. 214. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, January 7, 1875. (Received January 23.) No. 1079.] Sir: “Le ministére est renversé” The Assembly came together…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, January 20, 1875
No. 215. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, January 20, 1875. (Received February 6.) No. 1088.] Sir: There has been more difficulty in forming a…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, February 3, 1875
No. 216. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, February 3, 1875. (Received February 19.) No. 1097.] Sir: You will comprehend from my political dispatches of…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, February 9, 1875
No. 217. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, February 9, 1875. (Received February 27.) No. 1101.] Sir: Two more elections took place on Sunday last,…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, February 26, 1875
No. 218. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, February 26, 1875. (Received March 11.) No. 1108.] Sir: There have been so many complications and so…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, March 1, 1875
No. 219. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, March 1, 1875. (Received March 25.) No. 1109.] Sir: I have the honor to inclose you herewith…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, March 12, 1875
No. 220. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, March 12, 1875. (Received March 25.) No. 1115.] Sir: The new ministry was announced in the official…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, March 26, 1875
No. 221. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, March 26, 1875. (Received April 7.) No. 1123.] Sir: The first ministry named after the passage of…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, April 23, 1875
No. 222. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, April 23, 1875. (Received May 7.) No. 1136.] Sir: On the 16th instant I received a note…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, May 21, 1875
No. 223. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, May 21, 1875. (Received June 2.) No. 1165.] Sir: I have the honor to send you herewith…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, June 18, 1875
No. 224. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, June 18, 1875. (Received June 26.) No. 1172.] Sir: Returning this moment from the funeral of Count…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, July 28, 1875
No. 225. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, July 28, 1875. (Received August 11.) No. 1189.] Sir: You will have seen that the National Assembly…