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46,149 lettersMr. Wolley to Vice-Admiral Wellesley. Admiralty, April 9, 1870. Sir: I am commanded by my lords commissioners of the admiralty to transmit for your information and guidance the inclosed copies…
Mr. Thornton to Mr. Fish. Washington, May 26, 1870. (Received May 27.) Sir: In compliance with instructions which I have received from the Earl of Clarendon, I have the honor…
Mr. Thornton to Mr. Davis. Washington, May 20, 1870. Sir: With reference to my note of the 14th ultimo to the Secretary of State, in which I forwarded to him…
Sir John Young to Mr. Thornton. Ottawa, May 14. 1870. Sir: With reference to your dispatch No. 13, of April 22, 1870, I have now the honor to forward herewith…
Mr. Thornton to Mr. Davis. Washington, May 18, 1870. Sir: With reference to the note dated the 21st ultimo, which I had the honor to receive from the Secretary of…
Circular relating to Canadian in-shore fisheries. Treasury Department, Washington, May 16, 1870. Sir: In compliance with the request of the Secretary of State, you are hereby authorized and directed to…
Mr. Thornton to Mr. Fish. Washington, April 22, 1870. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of yesterday’s date, in which you call my attention…
Mr. Fish to Mr. Thornton. Department of State, Washington, April 21, 1870. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 14th instant, inclosing a…
Sir John Young to Mr. Thornton. Ottawa, Canada, April 11, 1870. Sir: With reference to your dispatch of April 2, I have the honor to transmit to you herewith a…
Mr. Thornton to Mr. Fish. Washington, April 14, 1870. Sir: With reference to your note of the 1st instant, I have the honor to inclose copy of a dispatch which…
Mr. Thornton to Mr. Fish. Washington, April 2, 1870. Sir: In reply to your note of yesterday’s date, I have the honor to inform you that although I am aware…
Mr. Fish to Mr. Thornton. Department of State, Washington, April 1, 1870. Sir: Information has reached this Department to the effect that it was announced on behalf of the Canadian…
[Untitled] Office of the Chief of Engineers, Washington, D. C., November 23, 1870. Sir: In reply to the communication of the 7th instant, from the Department of State, asking for…
The Secretary of War to Mr. Fish. War Department, Washington City, November 25, 1870. Sir: In compliance with your request of the 7th instant, I have the honor to furnish…
Mr. Davis to the Secretary of War. Department of State, November 7, 1870. Sir: Questions having arisen which render it important that the boundary line, extending from the Lake of…
Mr. Davis to Sir Edward Thornton, Department of State, Washington, November 7, 1870. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 4th instant, touching the…
Sir Edward Thornton to Mr. Davis. Washington, November 4, 1870. Sir: The Governor General of Canada has communicated to me a copy of a letter addressed to the Canadian government…
Mr. Motley to Earl Granville. Legation of the United States, London, October 17, 1870. My Lord: I have the honor, by direction of my Government, to call your attention to…
Mr. Davis to Mr. Motley. Department of State, Washington, August 15, 1870. Sir: I transmit a copy of a letter of the 19th ultimo from the Treasury Department, inclosing one…
Mr. Davis to Mr. Richardson. Department of State, Washington, August 13, 1870. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the letter of the 19th ultimo, from the Treasury Department, making…