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46,149 lettersDraft of a circular to be addressed by the legation to the consuls of France in the United States. [Translation.] Legation of France in the United States, Washington, October 31,…
Mr. Crampton to Mr. Marcy. Washington, April 24, 1854. The undersigned, her Britannic Majesty’s envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the United States of America, has received orders from his…
Mr. Dayton to Mr. Drouyn de l’Huys. Paris, November 6, 1863. Monsieur: A copy of the communication made by the French and British governments to that of the United States…
Mr. Drouyn de Lhuys, minister of foreign affairs, to Mr. Dayton, United States minister. [Translation.] Paris, October 22, 1863. [293] Sir: I have the honor to announce to you, as…
[Untitled] Paris, October 21, 1863. Sir: The French minister of foreign affairs, Mr. Drouyn de l’Huys, informs me that it is reported to him that you keep steam constantly on…
[Translation.] M. the Minister of the Marine to M. le Minister of Foreign Affairs. Paris, October 12, 1863. Monsieur le Minister and Dear Colleague: You have done me the honor…
[Translation.] Mr. de l’Huys to Mr. Dayton. Paris, October 15, 1863. Sir: You have done me the honor to write to me, to call my attention to agreements entered into…
[Translation.] Monsieur Arman to Captain Maury. Bordeaux, June 12, 1863. Monsieur l’Amiral: I come to submit to you the definitive plan of a gunboat battery, made out upon the programme…
[Enclosure.] Confederate States Steamer Florida, Brest, September 3, 1863. Sir: Herewith I send you a list of men discharged from the Florida, with their accounts and discharges. Many of them…
Mr. Kingsbury to Mr. Dayton. No. 2.] Consulate of the United States of America, Algiers, October 2, 1863. Sir: I have the honor to inform you that, while absent from…
Captain Winslow to Mr. Dayton. United States Steamship Kearsarge, Brest, France, September 28, 1863. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 25th instant.…
[Copy.] Mr. Dayton to Mr. Drouyn de l’Huys. Paris, September 22, 1863. Monsieur: In conformity with the request of your excellency, I herewith have the honor to enclose to you…
[Translation.] Mr. Arroyo to Mr. Seward Palace of the Supreme Executive Power, Mexico, July 11, 1863. The provisional supreme executive power has been pleased to address me the following decree:…
[Translation.] Mr. Arroyo to Mr. Seward Palace of the Supreme Executive Power, Mexico, July 11, 1863. The provisional supreme executive power has been pleased to address me the following decree:…
[Translation.] Mr. Arroyo to Mr. Seward Palace of the Regency of the Empire of Mexico, July 20, 1863. The undersigned, under secretary of state and of foreign affairs of the…
[Translation.—Enclosure.] Consular Agency of the United States, Brest, September 15, 1863. Monsieur le Ministre: The reparations of the Florida go on with great speed, and this steamer will not be…
Statement of John M. Cavarly, master of the ship Anglo Saxon, of New York, captured and burned by the privateer Florida. Brest, August 25, 1863. On this 25th day of…
Mr. Dayton to Mr. Seward No. 339.] Paris, August 21, 1863. Sir: The steamer Florida, for the want of a clear bill of health, was at first, as I am…
[Translation.] Mr. Drouyn de l’Huys to Mr. Dayton Paris, August 25, 1863. Sir: I have received, with its accompaniments, the letter which you did me the honor to write to…
Mr. Dayton to Mr. Seward No. 337.] Paris, August 25, 1863. Sir: I was telegraphed yesterday by our vice-consul at Brest that the rebel steamer Florida, with her machinery damaged,…