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46,149 lettersNo. 203. Mr. Fish to General Scheuck Department of State, Washington, February 3, 1871. My Dear General: Shortly after your acceptance of the appointment of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary…
Mr. Moran to Mr. Washburne Legation of the United States, London, January 25, 1871. My Dear Mr. Washburne: Early on Sunday morning, the 22d instant, I received the following telegram…
[Telegram.] Washington, January 24. (Received at about 3 a. m. January 25, 1871.) To Moran, Chargé, American Legation, London: Get from Stevens dispatch of Secretary of Navy to Captain Wells,…
[Telegram.] Washington, January 21. (Received January 22, 1871, at 3.45 p. m.) To Moran, Chargé, American Legation, London: Inform Washburne by first opportunity that the Shenandoah is at Havre, and…
No. 202. Mr. Moran to Mr. Fish No. 203.] Legation of the United States, London, January 26, 1871. (Received February 9.) Sir: I have the honor to state that on…
No. 201. [Telegram.] Mr. Fish to Mr. Moran Department of State, Washington, January 21, 1871. Inform Washburne by first opportunity that the Shenandoah is at Havre, and will receive orders…
[From the London Times, January 17, 1871.] France and the conference. Paris, January 12, 1871. “Sir: The government has hitherto felt it right to maintain a strict reserve in respect…
No. 200. Mr. Moran to Mr. Fish No. 193.] Legation of the United States, London, January 19, 1871. (Received February 3.) Sir: Referring to my No. 164, I have now…
No. 198. [Telegram.] Mr. Moran to Mr. Fish London, January 15, 1871. (Received January 16.) Thomas Burke and William F. Roantree, Americans, leave with other Fenians for New York, in…
No. 197. Mr. Moran to Mr. Fish. No. 173.] Legation of the United States, London, January 5, 1871. (Received January 18.) Sir: The appointment of General Schenck as envoy extraordinary…
No. 196. Mr. Moran to Mr. Fish No. 164.] Legation of the United States, London, December 30, 1870. (Received January 14, 1871.) Sir: As illustrative of the prompt and efficient…
[From the London Times, Monday, December 5, 1870.] Earl Granville to Sir A. Buchanan “Foreign Office, November 28. “Sir: The Russian ambassador has read and given to me a copy…
[From the London Daily News, Friday, December 2, 1870.] The Russian question—Prince Gortchakoff’s reply to Lord Granville—From our special correspondent by submarine telegraph. St. Petersburg, December 1—11.15 a. m. The…
No. 195. Mr. Moran to Mr. Fish No. 123.] Legation of the United States, London, December 8, 1870. (Received December 22.) Sir: In connection with Mr. Motley’s dispatches Nos. 517…
No. 194. Mr. Moran to Mr. Fish No. 120.] Legation of the United States, London, December 7, 1870. (Received December 22.) Sir: I have the honor to state that Mr.…
[Translation.] Berlin, May 19, 1871. According to the reports (the truth of which has been otherwise confirmed) of the commander of the German corvette Augusta, the French war-navy observed, while…
No. 193. [Translation.] Baron Gerolt to Mr. Fish Legation of the North German Union, Washington, June 26, 1871. (Received June 27.) The undersigned, envoy and minister plenipotentiary of the North…
No. 192. Mr. Fish to Baron Gerolt Department of State, Washington, June 26, 1871. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 23d instant,…
No. 191. Baron Gerolt to Mr. Fish Legation of the North German Union, Washington, June 23, 1871. (Received June 24.) Sir: I have the honor to inform you that, according…
No. 190. Mr. Fish to Baron Gerolt Department of State, Washington, March 9, 1871. The undersigned has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the note of Baron Gerolt of…