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46,149 letters[Untitled] Providence, Rhode Island, December 17, 1863. Sir: Accompanying this we forward, for the attention of the department, documental evidence of the capture, seizure, and loss of the cargo of…
[Untitled] United States Steamer Kearsarge, Off Cork Harbor, December 7, 1863. Sir: I beg leave to state, in accordance with your request, that on or about the 3d of November,…
[Untitled] No. 70.] United States Consulate, Queenstown, Cork, December 12, 1863. SIR: I have the honor to inform you that on the 7th instant the United States steamer Kearsarge called…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, Sunday morning, December 4, 1864. My Dear Lord Lyons: I agree with you that it is best that you go away…
Mr. Allen to Mr. Seward. No. 142.] Consulate of the United States of America, Bermuda, October 28, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to enclose herewith copies of all the…
Major General Dix to Mr. Stanton. Headquarters Department of the East, New York City, November 22, 1864. Sir: I have the following reliable information: There are about forty rebels in…
Mr. Dana to Mr. Seward. War Department, Washington City, November 25, 1864. Sir: The Secretary of War directs me to transmit for your information the enclosed copy of a letter…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Parker. Department of State, Washington, November 26, 1864. Sir: The government of the United States cannot receive the address which was mentioned in your notes of…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Parker. Department of State, Washington, November 20, 1864. Sir: Your letter of this date, stating that you are the bearer of an address from the people…
Mr. Parker to Mr. Seward. Metropolitan Hotel, Washington, D. C, November 26, 1864. Honorable Sir: In reply to your letter of to-day, permit me to state that the address which…
Mr. F. W. Seward to Mr. Thurston. No. 61.] Department of State, Washington, November 16, 1864. Sir: Your despatch, No. 95, has been received. The spirit manifested by the Canadian…
Mr. Thurston to Mr. Seward. No. 95.] United States Consulate General, Montreal, November 10, 1864. Sir: Some days since the Hon. G. E. Cartier, attorney general east, called at the…
Mr. Adams to Lord Wharncliffe. Legation of the United States, London, November 18, 1864. My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the reception of your letter of the 12th…
[Untitled] Wortley Hall, Sheffield, November 12, 1864. Your Excellency: A bazaar has been held in St. George’s Hall, Liverpool, to provide a fund for the relief of southern prisoners of…
Earl Russell to Mr. Adams. Foreign Office, November 14, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4th instant, in which you submit…
Mr. Adams to Earl Russell.. Legation of the United States, London, November 4, 1864. My Lord: In regard to the note I had the honor to receive from you, dated…
[Enclosure.] Mr. Adams to Lord Russell, November 18, 1864. Copies of depositions will be sent by Mr. Dudley. Mr. Adams to Earl Russell. Legation of the United States, London, November…
Mr. Adams to Earl Russell. Legation of the United States, London, November 10, 1864. My Lord: In regard to the note of the 26th of September last, which your lordship…
[Enclosures.] 1. Mr. Adams to Lord Russell, October 27, 1864. 2. Lord Russell to Mr. Adams, November 2, 1864. Mr. Adams to Earl Russell. Legation of the United States, London,…
[Enclosures ] Mr. Fessenden to Mr. Seward, September 23, 1864. Mr. Seward to Mr. Fessenden, September 30, 1864—with an accompaniment. Mr. Fessenden to Mr. Seward, September 30, 1864. Mr. Thurston…