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46,149 lettersBy the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two,…
[Translation.] Reply of Prince Gortchacow to Mr. Seward’s letter to Mr. Dayton. St. Petersburgh, May 22, (O. S.,) 1863. Sir: I lost no time in laying before the Emperor, my…
A. Legation of the United States, St. Petersburgh, May 1—13, 1863. The undersigned, minister plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary of the United States of America, under the instructions of his government…
[Untitled] British Consulate, Key West, December 30, 1863. Sir: I have the honor to report to you the arrival at this port, yesterday, of the British schooner Mont Blanc, of…
Mr. Crump to Lord Lyons. Her Majesty’s. Consulate, Philadelphia, December 30, 1862. My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your lordship’s despatch of the 6th instant,…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, December 31, 1862. Sir: Her Majesty’s government have had under their consideration reports addressed by Mr. Stuart on the subject of the representations which…
Mr. Brown to Mr. Nesbitt. Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, November 15, 1862. Sir: With reference to the communication which I had the honor to address to you on the 11th…
Vice-Admiral Milne to Lord Lyons. Nile, at Nassau, December 16, 1862. My Lord: I forward to your lordship the following extracts of a despatch, from Commander Malcolm, dated November 24,…
Vice-Admiral Milne to Lord Lyons. Nile, at Nassau, December 16, 1862. My Lord: I have the honor to transmit to your excellency the following extract of a letter, received from…
[Forwarded by Andrew A. Harwood, Commandant.] United States Steamer State of Georgia, Off New Inlet, Cape Fear River, September 28, 1862. (Extract from log, September 28, 1862, 4 to 8.)…
[Untitled] United States Steamer State of Georgia, Off New Inlet, N. C., September 28, 1862. Sir: In obedience to your order of this date, we have visited the English steamer…
[Forwarded by Andrew A. Harwood, Commandant.] United States Steamer State of Georgia, Off New Inlet, North Carolina, September 28, 1862. Gentlemen: Proceed on board the steamer Sunbeam and make an…
[Forwarded by Andrew A. Harwood, Commandant.] Washington Navy Yard, November 15, 1862. Sir: In answer to your question as to the sufficiencies of supplies and stores on board the Sunbeam,…
[Forwarded by A. A. Harwood, Commandant.] United States Steamer State of Georgia, Washington Navy Yard, November 13, 1862. Sir: Your communication of November 13th has been received. In reply, I…
[Untitled] Navy Department, November 25,1862. Sir: I had the honor to receive your letter of the 3d instant, enclosing one, with accompanying papers, addressed to you by Mr. Stuart, her…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, November 14, 1861. My Lord: I have your lordship’s note of November 12th, concerning the case of John J. Shafer. Under…
[Extract.] Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, November 13, 1861. My Lord: I have instituted an inquiry into the case of John J. Shaver, or Shaffer, as…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, November 13, 1862. My Lord: With reference to the papers in the case of the Labuan, which were recently left at…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Stuart. Department of State, Washington, November 12, 1862. ‘ Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 9th instant, which…
[Untitled] War Department, Washington City, D. C., November 8, 1862. Sir: You are hereby directed to discharge from custody Francis Carroll, a British subject, upon his agreeing to leave the…