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Edward Everett to John C . Calhoun, March 7, 1845
Mr. Everett to Mr. Calhoun. London, March 7, 1845. Sir:* * * * * * * I took an opportunity a few days since to explain to the Comte de…
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Edward Everett to John G . Calhoun, February 28, 1845
Mr. Everett to Mr. Calhoun. London, February 28, 1845. Sir: * * * * * * * I have anticipated in some degree another point to which Lord Aberdeen has…
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No. 21., January 22, 1845
No. 21. Extract of a lecture delivered by Mr. William Sturgis before the Mercantile Library Association of Boston, January 22, 1845. * * * I deem it very desirable that…
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Edward Everett to John Nelson, April 1, 1844
Mr. Everett to Mr. Nelson. London, April 1, 1844. Sir: * * * * * * The principle of running the forty-ninth degree of latitude to the sea and leaving…
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Edward Everett to A . P . Upshur, December 2, 1843
[Confidential.] Mr. Everett to Mr. Upshur. London, December 2, 1843. Sir: I had a long and important conversation with Lord Aberdeen on the 29th ultimo, which I now beg leave…
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Edward Everett to A. P. Upshur, November 14, 1843
[Private and confidential.] Mr. Everett to Mr. Upshur. London, November 14, 1843. Hon. A. P. Upshur: * * * I had a long and, upon the whole, quite a satisfactory…
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Edward Everett to A. P. Upshur, November 2, 1843
[Confidential.] Mr. Everett to Mr. Upshur. London, November 2, 1843. Sir: By the steamer of the 16th October, I had the honor to receive your despatch No. 62, inclosing a…
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A . P . Upshur to Edward Everett, October 9, 1843
Mr. Upshur to Mr. Everett. Department of State, Washington, October 9, 1843. Sir: The President directs that you take an early occasion to bring again to the attention of Her…
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Edward Everett to A . P . Upshur, August 17, 1843
[Confidential.] Mr. Everett to Mr. Upshur. London, August 17, 1843. Dear Sir: * * * * * * When Lord Aberdeen spoke of instructing Mr. Fox on the Oregon question,…
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Edward Everett to Daniel Webster, November 18, 1842
Mr. Everett to Mr. Webster. London, November 18, 1842. Sir: * * * * * * * On arriving at the Foreign Office I was told that Lord Aberdeen wished…
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Edward Everett to Daniel Webster, October 19, 1842
Mr. Everett to Mr. Webster. London, October 19, 1842. Sir: * * * * * * * Lord Aberdeen, in the conference which ensued after the exchange of the ratifications,…
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No. 12., undated
No. 12. [undated] Extract from Vancouver’s “Voyage,” vol. 1, page 312. “As we were rowing, on Friday morning, [June 22, 1792,] for Point Grey, * * * we discovered two…
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Albert Gallatin to Henry Clay, December 2, 1826
Mr. Gallatin to Mr. Clay. London, December 2, 1826. Sir: * * * * * * * * Mr. Huskisson then asked me whether I was authorized to deviate from…
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Albert Gallatin to Henry Clay, November 25, 1826
Mr. Gallatin to Mr. Clay. London, November 25, 1826. Sir: * * * * * * * The latter part of our conversation was of a more conciliatory nature. Mr.…
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Henry Clay to Albert Gallatin, August 9, 1826
[Extract.] Mr. Clay to Mr. Gallatin. Lexington, August 9, 1826. * * * * * * * “He [the President] is very desirous of an amicable settlement of all the…
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Henry Clay to Albert Gallatin, June 19, 1826
[Extract.] Mr. Clay to Mr. Gallatin. June 19, 1826. As by the convention of 1818 the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude has been agreed to be the line of boundary…
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George Canning to Rufus King, April 20, 1826
Mr. Canning to Mr. King. Foreign Office, April 20, 1826. The undersigned, His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has the honor to request Mr. Rufus King, Envoy…
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James Madison to James Monroe and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, July 30, 1807
[Extract.] Mr. Madison to Mr. Monroe and Mr. Pinckney. Department of State, July 30, 1807. Gentlemen: * * * * * * 1st. The modification of the fifth article (noted…
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*No. 6., the 31st day of December, 1806
*No. 6. [9] Additional and explanatory articles, signed the— day of———, 1807, to he added to the treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation, between His Britannic Majesty and the United…
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No. 5., April 30, 1803
No. 5. Extract from the treaty between the United States of America and the French Republic, April 30, 1803. Article I. Whereas, by the article the third of the treaty…