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46,149 letters[Communicated by the British Legation.] Earl Russell to Lord Lyons Foreign Office, December 8, 1864 My Lord: I transmit herewith, for your information, a copy of a despatch from her…
[Communicated by the British Legation.] Earl Russell to Lord Lyons No. 9.] Foreign Office, December 7, 1864. My Lord: The crime of trading in human beings has been for many…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley Department of State, Washington, December 6, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Lord Lyons’s note of the 5th instant, informing…
[Enclosure.] I, the undersigned, consul of the United States of America for the port of Liverpool and its dependencies, do certify and make known to whom these presents shall come,…
Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward Washington, December 6, 1864. With reference to my note of the 20th of October, and your reply of the 1st ultimo, and to my further…
Viscount Monck to Lord Lyons Quebec, November 30, 1864. My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your lordship’s despatch of November 23, and its enclosures, relative…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward Washington, December 5, 1864. Sir: With reference to my note to you of the 23d ultimo, relative to the alleged schemes of so-called confederate agents…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, December 5, 1864. Sir: Being on the point of quitting Washington on leave of absence, in order to recruit my health, I beg to…
Mr. Allen to Mr. Seward No. 159.] Consulate of the United States at Bermuda, March 1, 1865. Sir: Your despatch, No. 83, with enclosure, is at hand. Sixteen of the…
General Grant to Mr. Seward Headquarters Armies of the United States, City Point, Virginia, March 19, 1865. Sir: With this I have the honor of forwarding to you specimens of…
Mr. Dana to Mr. Seward War Department, Washington City, March 15, 1865. Sir: Referring to your communication of the 8th instant, enclosing a paper received from Earl Russell, her Britannic…
Mr. Kirkpatrick to Mr. Seward United States Consulate, Nassau, February 24, 1865. Sir: I have the honor to inform you that blockade-running from this port has ceased. Several of the…
Earl Russell to Mr. Adams Foreign Office, March 9, 1865. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 7th instant, in which you represent…
Mr. Adams to Earl Russell Legation of the United States, London, March 7, 1865. My Lord: By a report made by the consul at Nassau it would appear that he…
Lord Russell to Mr. Adams Foreign Office, March 11, 1865. Sir: You may probably be aware that a note was addressed by Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley in December last,…
Mr. —— to Mr. Seward London, January 2, 1865. Sir: As every right-minded, intelligent person in this country sympathizes with the northerners in their efforts to crush the rebellion which…
Lord Russell to Mr. Adams Foreign Office February 18, 1865. Sir: With reference to the assertions that have been made, that the steamer Scylla or Rappahannock was towed by a…
Lord Russell to Mr. Adams Foreign Office, March 8, 1865. Sir: In my letter of the 18th ultimo, I had the honor to inform you that a court of inquiry,…
Mr. Jackson to Mr. Seward [February 27, 1865.] Office U. S. Military Telegraph, War Department. The following telegram received at Washington 6.15 p. m., February 27, 1865, from Halifax, N.…
Mr. Dudley to Mr. Seward No. 437.] United States Consulate, Liverpool, February 11, 1865. Sir: I sent you, on Thursday last, a telegram by way of Queenstown, to be forwarded…