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46,149 lettersMr. Adams to Mr. Seward No. 1101.] Legation of the United States, London, December 1, 1860. Sir: The slip herewith transmitted is of little importance in itself. It came to…
Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward No. 1099.] Legation of the United States, London, December 1, 1865. Sir: The case of Captain P. S. Corbett, who stands charged with having enlisted…
Mr. Adams to Lord Clarendon Legation of the United States, London, November 21, 1865. My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the reception of two notes from your lordship—one…
Lord Clarendon to Mr. Adams Foreign Office, November 18, 1865. Sir: I have now the honor to reply to the letter which you addressed to my predecessor on the 21st…
Lord Clarendon to Mr. Adams Foreign Office, November 17, 1865. Sir: Her Majesty’s government are glad to find, by your letter of the 14th instant, that yon entertain no doubt…
Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward No. 1095.] Legation of the United States, London, November 23, 1865. Sir: I have the honor to transmit copies of two notes of Lord Clarendon…
Mr. Adams to Earl Clarendon Legation of the United States, London, November 18, 1865. My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the reception of a note from your predecessor,…
Mr. Adams to Earl Clarendon Legation of the United States, London, November 21, 1865. My Lord: I have the honor to inform your lordship that the notes elicited by the…
Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward No. 1094.] Legation of the United States, London, November 22, 1865. Sir: Two or three events have occurred this week which give a slight clue…
[From the Opinion Nationale, April 28, 1865.] April 28, 1865 It is with profound grief that we yesterday received the news of the abominable crime which has so suddenly extinguished…
[From The Monde, April 27, 1865.] April 27, 1865 We have no desire to pronounce a precipitate judgment; what is to be wished for the sake of honor and humanity…
[From the Journal des Debats, May 8, 1865.] May 8, 1865 The grief and horror caused by the murder of Lincoln cannot but be more deeply felt when we think…
[From the Journal des Debats, May 4, 1865.] May 4, 1865 It is well to die; that is a reflection we cannot help making on reading the funeral oration of…
[From the Journal des Debats, May 3, 1865.] May 3, 1865 We cannot but identify ourselves with the sentiments so warmly expressed by Mr. Rouher, in the speech delivered by…
[From the Journal des Debats, April 29, 1865.] April 29, 1865 The Index, of London, publishes a letter, addressed to the Times by Mr. Mason, representative of the southern States…
[From the Journal des Debats, April 28, 1865.] April 28, 1865 Fresh details have been received of the horrible crime of which Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Seward, and his son have…
[From the Gazette de France, May 5, 1865.] May 5, 1865 The lodges of Free Masonry are at work; with the symbolical mallet and trowel they make manifestations in honor…
[From the Gazette de France, April 30, 1865.] April 30, 1865 POLITICAL LETTER TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE GAZETTE DE FRANCE, APRIL 29. My Dear Friend: What frightful news this…
From the Gazette de France undated ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. This crime, as may be supposed, has produced unutterable emotion and profound indignation in the United States. It is the…
[From the Gazette de France, April 28, 1865.] April 28, 1865 Another political assassination! The horrible doctrine which found in the old world pupils and adepts has crossed the sea.…