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46,149 letters[Untitled] War Department, Washington City, D. C., November 8, 1862. Sir: I have the honor to enclose copy of the order issued by this department for the discharge of Francis…
Mr. Adams to Earl Russell. Legation of the United States, London, September 29, 1863. My Lord: I have the honor to transmit the copy of a letter received by me…
Lord Russell to Mr. Adams. Foreign Office, September 25, 1863. Sir: I have had the honor to receive your letters of the 16th and 17th of September. As the whole…
Mr. Adams to Lord Russell. Legation of the United States, London, September 17, 1863. My Lord: I have had the honor to receive your note of the 14th instant, in…
Mr. John Laird to the British Foreign Office. Birkenhead, September 2, 1863. Sir: In reply to your letter of the 21st of August, stating that Lord Russell will feel much…
Lord Russell to Mr. Adams. Foreign Office, September 14, 1863. Sir: In acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 24th ultimo, in which you request that Messrs. Upton’s claim…
Earl Russell to Mr. Adams. Foreign Office, September 11, 1863. Sir: Your letter of the 1st ultimo, conveying the thanks of the United States government for certain regulations, in regard…
Earl Russell to Mr. Adams. Foreign Office, September 8, 1863. Lord Russell presents his compliments to Mr. Adams, and has the honor to inform him that instructions have been issued…
Mr. Adams to Earl Russell. Legation of the United States, London, September 9, 1863. My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the reception of your lordship’s note of yesterday,…
Mr. Adams to Earl Russell. Legation of the United States, London, September 5, 1863. My Lord: At this moment, when one of the iron-clad vessels is on the point of…
Earl Russell to Mr. Adams. Foreign Office, September 4, 1863. Sir: With reference to your letter of. yesterday’s date with respect to the iron-clad steam-rams from Messrs. Laird’s yard at…
Earl Russell to Mr. Adams. Foreign Office, September 1, 1863. Sir: You have already been informed that the depositions enclosed in your letters of the 11th, 16th and 25th of…
Mr. Adams to Earl Russell. Legation of the United States, London, September 4, 1863. My Lord: I have the honor to transmit copies of several papers transmitted to me by…
Earl Russell to Mr. Adams. Foreign Office, August 28, 1863. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22d instant, enclosing a copy of…
Affidavit of Charles Prentis. I, Charles Prentis, of New London, Connecticut, at present in Liverpool, formerly a master mariner, and now a merchant, in business at New London, aforesaid, make…
Deposition of Joseph Ellis. I, Joseph Ellis, of No. 161 Athol street, in Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, shipwright, make oath and say, as follows : 1. I am…
Affirmation of Thos. H. Dudley. I, Thomas Haines Dudley, of No. 3 Wellesley Terrace, Prince’s Park, Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, esquire, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm and…
Mr. Dudley to Samuel P. Edwards. September 1, 1863. I, the undersigned, Thomas Haines Dudley, consul of the United States of America for the port of Liverpool and its dependencies,…
Mr. Adams to Earl Russell. Legation of the United States, London, September 3, 1863. My Lord: I have the honor to transmit copies of further depositions relating to the launching…
[Enclosure ] Mr. Adams to Lord Russell about French mediation, August 22, 1863. Mr. Adams to Lord Russell. Legation of the United States, London, August 22, 1863. My Lord: I…