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46,149 lettersMr. Seward to Mr. Clay No. 273.] Department of State, Washington, December 23, 1867. Sir: Much anxiety has been created in the United States by the report that Captain Mellen,…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Clay No. 272.] Department of State, Washington, December 23, 1867. Sir: Your dispatch of the 20th of November, No. 165, which relates to the case of…
[Telegram.] Mr. Burlingame to Mr. Seward United States Legation, Peking, November 23, 1867. Chinese empire appointed me envoy to treaty powers. Accepted. Leave at once for San Francisco. ANSON BURLINGAME.…
Mr. Clay to Mr. Seward No. 167.] Legation of the United States, St. Petersburg, December 13, 1867. Sir: I inclose you the following telegrams from the Hon. A. Burlingame. It…
Mr. Clay to Mr. Seward No. 165.] Legation of the United States, St. Petersburg, December 2, 1867. Sir: By note No. 4345 of M. de Westmann, adjunct of foreign affairs,…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Berthemy Department of State, Washington, September 30, 1868. Sir: I have had the honor to receive your note of the 25th instant, in which you state…
[Translation.] Mr. Berthemy to Mr. Seward Legation of France to the United States, Washington, September 25, 1868. Mr. Secretary: A disagreement on the question of precedence now divides the diplomatic…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Berthemy Department of State, Washington, June 10, 1868. Sir: Herewith I have the honor to inclose for your information, and that of the government which you…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Berthemy Department of State, Washington, March 31, 1868. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 14th instant, on the…
[Translation.] Mr. Berthemy to Mr. Seward. Legation of France, Washington, March 14, 1868. Sir: On addressing you in the month of June, 1866, about the convention concluded at Geneva the…
[Translation.] Mr. Drouyn de Lhuys to Mr. Dix. Paris, November 8, 1868. Sir: I have the honor to thank you for the copy of a work, which you addressed to…
Mr. Dix to Mr. Seward No. 286.] Legation of the United States, Paris, November 13, 1868. Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith a translation of a letter which…
Mr. Dix to Mr. Seward No. 282.] Legation of the United States, Paris, November 4, 1868. Sir: In my confidential dispatch, No. 255, of the 7th August last, I expressed…
Mr. Dix to the Marquis de Moustier Legation of the United States. Paris, September 30, 1868. Sir: It has been reported to me that Philip Brailly, a citizen of the…
Mr. Dix to Mr. Seward No. 279.] Legation of the United States, Paris, October 19, 1868. Sir: Your dispatch No. 205, in regard to Philip Brailly, was received last evening.…
Mr. Dix to Mr. Seward. No. 274.] Legation of the United States, Paris, October 9, 1868. Sir: You are, no doubt, kept fully advised by Mr. Hale of the state…
Mr. Morgan to Mr. Bingham Bell Air, Ohio, September 18, 1868. Sir: I write you in behalf of Philip Brailly, now in prison in Paris, France, a resident of our…
Mr. Bingham to Mr. Seward Cadiz, Ohio, September 29, 1868. Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith the letter of E. G. Morgan, requesting the intervention of the United…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dix No. 205.] Department of State, Washington, October 5, 1868. Sir: I enclose a transcript of a letter from the Honorable John A. Bingham, a member…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dix No. 195.] Department of State, Washington, August 20, 1868. Sir: I have your dispatch of the 7th of August, No. 254. Certainly no one could…