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46,149 lettersMr. Cheek to Captain Paynter. Her Majesty’s Ship Goshawk, Rock Ferry, January 26, 1866. Sir: In compliance with your order calling on me to report the proceeding on board the…
Mr. Warwick to Captain Paynter. Her Majesty’s Ship Donegal, Rock Ferry, January 24, 1866. Sir: In compliance with your orders to report what I witnessed and heard on the occasion…
Captain Paynter to the Secretary of the Admiralty. [Extract.] Her Majesty’s Ship Donegal, Rock Ferry, February 3, 1866. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter…
Mr. Hull to Mr. Bateson. Liverpool, 6 Cook Street, February 28, 1866. Dear Sir: I have laid before Captain Waddell your letter of the 22d instant, and the letters and…
Mr. Hull to Mr. Bateson. Liverpool, 6 Cook Street, January 26, 1866. My Dear Sir: From the little I have seen of Captain Waddell, I am satisfied that nothing would…
Mr. Hull to Mr. Bateson. No. 6 Cook Street, Liverpool, January 30, 1866. Dear Sir: Messrs. Fraser, Trenholm & Co instruct us to inform you that they never paid her…
Lord Clarendon to Mr. Adams. Foreign Office, June 6, 1866. Sir: In my letter of the 19th January, replying to yours of the 28th December, of the subject of the…
Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward. No. 1216.] Legation of the United States, London, June 7, 1866. Sir: I transmit herewith a copy of a note addressed to me on the…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 1772.] Department of State, Washington, June 4, 1866. Sir: You will not unreasonably look to me for some account of the trouble which have…
Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward. No. 1212.] Legation of the United States, London, June 2, 1866. Sir: The commercial panic precipitated by the threatening aspect of things on the continent…
Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward. No. 1210.] Legation of the United States, London, June 1, 1866. Sir: In my conference with Lord Clarendon, already alluded to in preceding despatches, I…
Dublin, Ireland, May 8, 1866. Kind Sir: I wish to address you in behalf of my husband, J. H. Gleeson, late colonel of the sixty-third New York volunteers, who fought…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 1769.] Department of State, Washington, May 29, 1866. Sir: I would thank you to bring to the attention of the government of Great Britain…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 1767.] Department of State, Washington, May 26, 1866. Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 10th instant, No. 1196,…
Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward. No. 1205.] Legation of the United States, London, May 25, 1866. Sir: In connection with your despatch No. 1740, of the 21st April, relative to…
Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward. No. 1199.] Legation of the United States, London, May 17, 1866. Sir: I have to acknowledge the reception from the department of despatches numbered 1743,…
Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward. No. 1196.] Legation of the United States, London, May 10, 1866. Sir: On my casually meeting with Lord Clarendon at a reception on Saturday evening,…
Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward. No. 1194.] Legation of the United States, London, May 3, 1866. Sir: Immediately after the reception of your despatch No. 1737, of the 10th of…
[Untitled] The State of Ohio, Hamilton county, to wit: Bartholomew Smith says that he is the eldest living brother of James Smith, now confined in Mount Joy prison, Dublin, Ireland,…
Mr. Harris to Mr. Seward. Mayor’s Office, City of Cincinnati, March 17, 1866. Dear Sir: Mr. Bartholomew Smith, who will present you this letter, desires to visit Ireland for the…