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46,149 lettersLetter from the Society of Primary Instruction. Santiago, May 30, 1865. The board of directors of the society of primary instruction, over which I have the honor to preside, resolved,…
Letter from the Minister Resident of Spain. Legation of Spain to Chili, Santiago de Chili, May 29, 1865. My Dear Sir: Through the newspapers which I have just received I…
Mr. Nelson to Mr. Seward. Legation of the United States, Santiago de Chili, June 15, 1865. No. 201.] Sir: In my despatches Nos. 196 and 197, of the 1st instant,…
Mr. Nelson to Mr. Seward. Legation of the United States, Santiago de Chili, June 1, 1865. No. 197.] Sir: At one o’clock to-day the congress of Chili was convened for…
Inhabitants of Copiapo Copiapo, June 5, 1865. Sir: The people of Copiapo, in a reunion held yesterday in this city for the purpose of paying a just tribute of grief…
Municipal Council of Carelmapu Municipality of the Department of Carelmapu, Calbuco, June 22, 1865. Sir: This corporation feeling the most lively and profound pain for the grief which you have…
Governor of the Department Departmental Government of the Andes, June 3, 1865. Sir: The illustrious municipality of this department, over which I have the honor to preside, has resolved to…
Señor F. S. Asta Buruaga to Mr. Hunter Legation of Chili in the United States of America, Washington, April 15, 1865. Mr. Secretary: I have been honored with the reception…
President’s Annual Message undated His excellency José Joaquin Perez, president of the republic of Chili, in his annual message to the congress of 1865, thus alludes to the assassination of…
Señor Alvaro Covarrubias to Mr. Nelson Department of Foreign Relations, Republic of Chili, Santiago, May 30, 1865. Sir: The government of the republic has been penetrated by grief as sincere…
Hr. Hall to Mr. Hunter. Legation of the United States, Cochabamba, Bolivia, June 24, 1865. No. 41.] Sir: I have had the honor to receive your circular No. 29, apprising…
Minister of the Argentine Republic Rio de Janeiro, May 18, 1865. The undersigned, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the Argentine republic, hastens to present to his excellency General Webb,…
Minister of Peru Rio de Janeiro, May 18, 1865. The Peruvian minister at Brazil has the honor to address himself to his excellency General Webb, minister plenipotentiary of the United…
Mr. Webb to Mr. Seward. Legation of the United States, Rio de Janeiro, May 23, 1865. No. 118.] Sir: I have no heart to dwell upon the horrible and distressing…
The Marquis d’Abrantes to General Webb. Botafoga, May 21, 1865. My Dear General: Allow me to fulfil the painful duty to manifest to you my deep personal sorrow on the…
Señor Ignacio de Avellar Barloza de Silva to Mr. Seward Imperial Legation of Brazil, Washington, July 19, 1865. The undersigned, chargé d’affaires ad interim of his Majesty the Emperor, has…
Señor José Antonio Saraiva to Mr. Webb Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rio de Janeiro, May 19, 1865. At the conference I had yesterday with J. Watson Webb, envoy extraordinary and…
Turners’ Society Kappell Rhein, May 1, 1865, To the President of the United States: The Turners Society, of Kappel Rhein, in the grand duchy of Baden, express their sorrow and…
Swiss Residents to the Editor of the Bund, in Berne Carlsruhe, April 30, 1865. Mr. Editor: We send you our most hearty thanks for giving us Swiss people the opportunity…
Mr. Bechtel to President Johnson New York, June 5, 1865. Sir: The undersigned, consul general of the government of his Serene Highness the Duke of Brunswick, has been specially instructed…