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46,149 lettersMr. Dumaresq to Governor Rawson Receiver General’s Office, December 13, 1864—1 p. m. Sir: I have the honor to report for your lordship’s information that this morning, immediately on the…
Governor Rawson to Mr. Burnley Government House, Nassau, December 15, 1864. Sir: I take the earliest opportunity of informing you that on the 13th instant the British steamer Mary, formerly…
Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward Washington, December 28, 1864, Sir: On receipt of your note of the 6th October, in which you requested me to invite the attention of the…
Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward [Memorandum.] Relative to the apprehended attempts of persons hostile to the United States from Canada, Viscount Monck informs me that he has taken measures for…
[Communicated by the British Legation.] Lord Russell to Mr. Burnley Foreign Office, December 24, 1864. Sir: Her Majesty’s government have had under their consideration, in common with the proper law…
Viscount Monck to Mr. Burnley Government House, Quebec, December 17, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 11th instant, and its enclosures,…
Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward Washington, December 24, 1864. Sir: With reference to your note of the 8th instant, and to previous correspondence relative to the movements of the steamer…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley Department of State, Washington, December 22, 1864, Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 17th instant, relative to…
Mr. Archibald to Mr. Burnley British Consulate, New York, December 17, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 15th instant, calling my…
Earl Russell to Sir R. Alcock Foreign Office, December 2 1864. Sir: Your despatch of the 28th of December is a successful vindication of the policy you have pursued. My…
Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward Washington, December 22, 1864. Sir: On receipt of your note of the 13th instant, relative to the supposed imposition practiced on her Majesty’s consul at…
Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward Washington, December 21, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your note of the 21st December, relative to the alleged organization formed…
Mr. Jackson to Mr. F. W. Seward No. 141.] Consulate of the United States, Halifax, Nova Scotia, December 13, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to inform you that an…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley Department of State, Washington, December 21, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to state, for the information of her Britannic Majesty’s authorities, that by a…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley Department of State, Washington, December 19, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to communicate, for your information, a copy of an instruction of this department…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley Department of State, Washington, December 19, 1864. My Dear Sir: I have received with much satisfaction your letter of the day before yesterday, in which…
Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward Washington, December 17, 1864. My Dear Sir: In accordance with the arrangements made at our interview this morning, I telegraphed to the governor of New…
Earl Russell to Lord Lyons Foreign Office, November 26, 1864. My Lord: Your lordship, in your despatch of the 28th ultimo, has referred to the intention of the United States…
Admiral Kuper to Lieutenant Pearson Her Majesty’s Ship Euryalus, Straits of Simono-Saki, September 11, 1864. Sir: The operations in the straits of Simono-Saki having terminated, I am desirous of conveying…
Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward Washington, December 17, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to communicate to you, under the instructions which I have received from her Majesty’s principal secretary…