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46,149 lettersMr. Seward to Mr. de Stoeckl Department of State, Washington, January 24, 1868. Sir: I have the honor to communicate, for the information of the Russian government, a copy of…
[Translation.] Mr. Stoeckl to Mr. Seward Imperial Legation of Russia to the United States, Washington, December 16–28, 1867. Mr. Secretary of State: I had the honor to receive the note…
[Extract.] Mr. Chase to Mr. Seward. No. 12.] Commercial Agency of the United States at Amoor River, Nikolaievsk, September 14, 1867. Sir:* * * * * * * * *…
Mr. Seward to Mr. de Stoeckl Department of State, Washington December 23, 1867. Sir: I have the honor to inclose an extract from a dispatch of the 14th of September…
Mr. Clay to Mr. Seward No. 213.] Legation of the United States, St. Petersburg, October 19, 1868. Sir: I have just received the following note, No. 6929, from the adjunct…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Clay No. 295.] Department of State, Washington, August 31, 1868. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch of the 14th of…
Mr. Clay to Mr. Westmann Legation of the United States, St. Petersburg, August 2–14, 1868. The undersigned has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of note No. 2530 of his…
[Translation.] Mr. Westmann to Mr. Clay The undersigned, acting minister of foreign affairs, in referring to the note which General Clay, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States…
Mr. Clay to Mr. Seward No. 199.] Legation of the United States, St. Petersburg, August 14, 1868. Sir: I herein inclose you a translation of the note, from the French…
Mr. Clay to Mr. Seward No. 187.] Legation of the United States, St. Petersburg, April 17, 1868. Sir: As I had proposed, I now say a word once more in…
[Translation from the French.] By his note of March 4–16 instant, Mr. Clay, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States of America, has transmitted to the imperial ministry…
Mr. Clay to Mr. Seward No. 183.] Legation of the United States, St. Petersburg, March 20, 1868. Sir: To-day I received from Prince Gortchacow a note of this date, in…
[Untitled] Consulate of the United States of America, Honolulu, H. I., December 27, 1867. I, the undersigned, consul of the United States of America for Honolulu and the dependencies thereof,…
[Untitled] Manuel Enos, after being duly sworn, deposes and says, that he is master of the American bark Java; that on the 27th day of July last past, while cruising…
Mr. Smith to Mr. F. W. Seward No. 43.] Consulate of the United States, Honolulu, December 27, 1867. Sir: I have the honor to inclose a certified copy of the…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Clay No. 278.] Department of State, Washington, February 24, 1868. Sir: I recur on this occasion to my dispatch No. 273, which related to alleged hostile…
Mr. Westmann to Mr. Clay A B. [Translation from the French.] The chancellor of the empire, who is sick, as you know, my dear general, has charged me to answer…
Mr. Clay to Prince Gortchacow. Note 149.] Legation of the United States, St. Petersburg, Russia, January 18, 1868, N. S. The undersigned has the honor to represent to his excellency…
Mr. Clay to Mr. Seward No. 176.] Legation of the United States, St. Petersburg, January 18, 1868. Sir: Since I have been at this court the death of no one…
Mr. Clay to Mr. Seward No. 171.] Legation of the United States, St. Petersburg, January 3, 1868. Sir: Your dispatch No. 270 is received. I inclose you a statement of…