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46,149 letters[Telegram per cable.] Mr. Johnson to Mr. Seward Legation of the United States, London, October 27, 1868. Dispatch received. Will try to hasten claims convention. REVERDY JOHNSON. Hon. William H.…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Johnson No. 31.] Department of State, Washington, October 26, 1868. Sir: I give you herewith a copy of a cable telegram which was sent you on…
[Telegram per cable.] Mr. Seward to Mr. Johnson Department of State, Washington, October 25, 1868. Naturalization protocol approved. Can you hasten claims convention? WILLIAM H. SEWARD. Reverdy Johnson, Esq., &c.,…
[Telegram per cable.] Mr. Seward to Mr. Johnson Department of State, Washington, October 24, 1868. Insist on convention like 1853, without now naming arbiter. Convention must be submitted to Senate…
[Telegram per cable.] Mr. Johnson to Mr. Seward Legation of the United States, London, October 20, 1868. Can I consent to leave all questions as to Alabama claims to arbitration…
Protocol. The undersigned, Reverdy Johnson, esq., envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States of America, and Edward Henry, Lord Stanley, her Britannic Majesty’s principal secretary of state for…
Mr. Johnson to Mr. Seward No. 35.] Legation of the United States, London, October 17, 1868. Sir: I am glad to tell you that I have this day signed with…
Mr. Johnson to Mr. Seward No. 32.] Legation of the United States, London, October 14, 1868. Sir: With reference to Mr. Moran’s various dispatches reporting the delivery to corporations and…
Protocol showing the principles agreed upon by the United States and British governments on the question of naturalization. The undersigned, Reverdy Johnson, esquire, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from the…
Mr. Johnson to Mr. Seward No. 30.] Legation of the United States, London, October 9, 1868. Sir: I have the honor to inclose you a protocol on the naturalization question,…
[Telegram per cable.] Mr. Seward to Mr. Johnson Department of State, Washington, October 7, 1868. Your 20 received. See and adhere to my 20. Send protocol by cable, in cipher.…
Mr. Johnson to Mr. Seward No. 28.] Legation of the United States, London, October 7, 1868. Sir: Since my dispatch No. 20, of the 25th of September, I have had…
Mr. Johnson to Mr. Seward No. 20.] Legation of the United States, London, September 25, 1868. Sir: I had, by appointment, an interview to-day with Lord Stanley, and talked over…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Johnson No. 20.] Department of State, September 23, 1868. Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch of the 12th of September, No. 14.…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Johnson No. 18.] Department of State, Washington, September 17, 1868. Sir: I inclose a copy of an instruction of the 8th instant to Mr. J. Ross…
Mr. Johnson to Mr. Seward No. 15.] Legation of the United States, London, September 15, 1868. Sir: As I advised you, in my dispatch No. 14 of the 12th instant,…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Johnson No. 16.] Department of State, Washington, September 14, 1868. Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch of the 29th of August, No.…
Mr. Johnson to Mr. Seward No. 14.] Legation of the United States, London, September 12, 1868. Sir: Lord Stanley returned from the continent on Sunday last, and on the 8th…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Johnson No. 12.] Department of State, Washington, September 3, 1868. Sir: I give you herewith an extract from a dispatch which has been received from Mr.…
Lord Stanley to Mr. Thornton Foreign Office, June 16, 1868. Sir: The United States chargé d’affaires has inquired of me, by direction of Mr. Seward, whether her Majesty’s government were…