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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, August 3, 1875
No. 226. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, August 3, 1875. (Received August 18.) No. 1192.] Sir: In the National Assembly, on Thursday, the 29th…
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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, August 17, 1875
No. 63. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, August 17, 1875. (Received September 2.) No. 1200.] Sir: The International Geographical Congress closed its labors on…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, February 25, 1876
No. 64. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, February 25, 1876. (Received March 13.) No. 1293.] Sir: You will have had very full particulars by…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, March 9, 1876
No. 65. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, March 9, 1876. (Received March 24.) No. 1296.] Sir: The “second tour de scrutin” to fill the…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, March 27, 1876
No. 66. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, March 27, 1876. (Received April 13.) No. 1307.] Sir: The rapid and growing depreciation of silver, which…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, May 17, 1876
No. 67. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, May 17, 1876. (Received May 31.) No. 1319.] Sir: I intended to address you a dispatch long…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, May 24, 1876
No. 68. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, May 24, 1876. (Received June 7.) No. 1327.] Sir: Last Friday, Mr. Naquet, a radical deputy from…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, May 31, 1876
No. 69. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, May 31, 1876. (Received June 15.) No. 1329.] Sir: I have written you from time to time…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, July 27, 1876
No. 72. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, July 27, 1876. (Received August 9.) No. 1346.] Sir: I have had more than once occasion to…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, August 3, 1876
No. 73. Mr. Washhurne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, August 3, 1876. (Received August 16.) No. 1348.] Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, August 17, 1876
No. 74. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, August 17, 1876. (Received August 30.) No. 1356.] Sir: On the 2d instant, a presidential decree, read…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, September 7, 1876
No. 75. Mr. Washhurne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, September 7, 1876. (Received September 29.) No. 1367.] Sir: France being the most centralized country of Europe…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, September 13, 1876
No. 85. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, September 13, 1876. (Received September 28.) No. 1369.] Sir: I have the honor to send you inclosed…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, October 11, 1876
No. 86. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, October 11, 1876. (Received October 26,) No. 1381.] Sir: On the 5th instant the members of the…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, October 13, 1876
No. 87. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, October 13, 1876. (Received October 26.) No. 1385.] Sir: On the 7th of July last, Mr. Hitt…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, October 23, 1876
No. 77. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, October 23, 1876. (Received November 10 No. 1390.] Sir: Mr. Monroe was our minister at Paris at…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, December 22, 1876
No. 89. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, December 22, 1876. (Received January 8, 1877.) No. 1418.] Sir: A protracted and somewhat perilous ministerial crisis…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, January 12, 1877
No. 90. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, January 12, 1877. (Received January 29.) No. 1434.] Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith, for…
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Washburne to Hamilton Fish, February 16, 1877
No. 91. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Paris, February 16, 1877. (Received March 1.) No. 1453.] Sir: The most important and responsible duties which I…
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Washburne to Evarts, May 4, 1877
No. 98. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Evarts. Legation of the United States, Paris, May 4, 1877. (Received May 17.) No. 1482.] Sir: I arrived at Paris on the very day…
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Washburne to Evarts, June 29, 1877
No. 99. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Evarts. Legation of the United States, Paris, June 29, 1877. (Received July 11.) No. 1506. Sir: After two months of steady, careful, and in…
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Washburne to His Excelly the Count de Vergennes, July 16, 1877
No. 100. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Evarts. Legation of the United States, Paris, July 16, 1877. (Received August 1.) No. 1515.] Sir: Some time since, when examining the archives of…