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46,149 lettersMr. Futvoyc to Mr. Holmes Crown Law Department, Quebec, December 28, 1864. Sir: I am directed by the honorable the attorney general for Lower Canada to request you to make…
[Untitled] Crown Law Department, Quebec, January 24, 1865. The undersigned has the honor to report to his excellency the governor general that from inquiries made by him, as shown by…
Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward Washington, January 31, 1865. Sir: With reference to your note of the 11th of October, and to my reply of the 12th October, I have…
Mr. Green to Lord Lyons Savannah Chamber of Commerce, January 19, 1865. My Lord: In the absence of the usual consular facilities for communicating with yon, I am urged by…
Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward Washington, January 30, 1865. Sir: I have the honor to enclose copy of a letter which I have received from Mr. Charles Green, as president…
Mr. Layard to the Secretary of the Admiralty Foreign Office, January 4, 1865. Sir: I have laid before Earl Russell your letter of the 8th ultimo, transmitting a copy of…
Commodore Wilmot to the Secretary of the Admiralty. Rattlesnake, St. Helena, October 29, 1864. Sir: I have directed that the masters and crews of captured slavers be detained on board…
Earl Russell to Sir J. Crampton Foreign Office, January 5, 1865. Sir: I have to instruct you to request an interview with Marshal Narvaez, in order to speak to him…
Mr. Paget to Mr. Layard Admiralty, December 8, 1864. Sir: I am commanded by my lords commissioners of the admiralty to send you herewith, for the information of Earl Russell,…
Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward Washington, January 28, 1865. Sir: With reference to the note which you did me the honor to address to me on the 15th December last,…
Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward Washington, January 26, 1865. Sir: I have the honor to transmit to you herewith a copy of the speech of his excellency the governor general…
Viscount Monck to Mr. Burnley Quebec, January 18, 1865. Sir: With reference to the cases of Miller and Fisher, who were illegally imprisoned at Detroit last May, and whose claims…
Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward Washington, January 26, 1865. Sir: With reference to your note of the 7th October last, stating that the claims of Miller and Fisher (two British…
Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward Washington, January 25, 1865. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your note of the 21st January, relative to the alleged intentions on…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley Department of State, Washington, January 25, 1865. Sir: Referring to my note to Lord Lyons of the 20th of December, 1863, requesting through his lordship…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley Department of State, Washington, January 24, 1865. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 23d instant, which relates…
[Extract.] Mr. Rawson to Mr. Burnley Government House, Nassau, January 14, 1865. Sir: I deem it advisable that you should be made acquainted with the fact, that in consequence of…
Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward Washington, January 24, 1865. Sir: With reference to my note of the 28th December last, informing you that the Mary had been seized in the…
Mr. Green to Mr. Barclay Savannah, Georgia, January 16, 1865. Sir: The seizure of the stocks of cotton in this place may now be said to be completed, by the…
Mr Burnley to Mr. Seward Washington, January 23, 1865. Sir: Of the vast amounts of cotton captured by General Sherman at Savannah, I am told that some ten thousand bales…