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46,149 lettersMr. Hunter to Mr. Adams No. 1378] Department of State,Washington, April 24, 1865. Sir: Your despatch of the 5th instant, No. 915, together with its accompanying copy of a telegram,…
[January 28, 1757] Resolved, N.C.D . That a Commissioner, or Commissioners, be appointed to go Home to England, in Behalf of the People of this Province, to solicit a Removal…
Louisville, Ky., November 1, 1862. GENERAL: General Orders, No. 49, Headquarters Army of the Ohio, are modified in the following particulars: 1st. Recruits from the rebel army who have delivered…
Mr. Hunter to Mr. Adams Department of State, Washington, April 24, 1865. My Dear Sir: You will be naturally solicitous to know what has been the result thus far of…
[January 26, 1757] May it please your Honour , The Representatives of the Freemen of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, do hereby humbly remonstrate to your Honour, That the Proprietaries…
October 30, 1862. ; Louisville, October 30, 1862. Brig. Gen. J. T. BOYLE, Commanding, &c.: Sim: Paragraph I, of General Orders, No. 49, October 26, was made general in terms…
Philada. Jany. 25th 1757. Sir: The ammunition and other Things applied for by Captain Calender, 1 and allowed by the Commissioners, are sent up some time since, except three Drums…
Jan. 24. 1757. 3 Sir I trouble You with this [to inform you of?] the Death of a worthy Clergyman the [Reverend Henry?] Wheatley, 4 Lecturer of St. Leonard Shoreditch,…
GENERAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE OHIO, October 26, 1862. No. 49. In Camp, October 26, 1862. I. All recruits for the rebel army captured or arrested by troops…
Mr. Hunter to Mr Adams No. 1359.] Department of State, Washington, April 21, 1865. Sir: Your despatch of 30th ultimo, No. 910, relative to the state of opinion in England,…
Bethlehem Jany. 21st. 1757. Gentlemen The last week Jo Peeby and Lewis Montour Came here and produced His Honour the Governour’s Pass to go to the Indian Countrey, requireing all…
Washington, D. O., October 25, 1862. Maj. Gen. HoRATIO G. WRIGHT, Commanding Department of the Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio: GENERAL: Will you please direct that Richard White and William Phalen, prisoners…
Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward No. 933.] Legation of the United States, London, April 21, 1865. Sir: It is not without much concern that I have received the intelligence of…
Philada. Jan. 13. 1757 Dear Bess Your Story is well told and entertaining 9 Only let me admonish you of a small tho’ common Fault of Story-tellers. You should not…
. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIO, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 21, 1862. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Ohief, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge…
Philada. Jany. 1. 1757 Dear Sir I wrote you a Line or two yesterday, 8 enclosing B. Mecom’s 2d Bill for £100 Sterling drawn on you upon Presumption that you…
Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward No. 932.] Legation of the United States, London, April 20, 1865. Sir: I have the honor to transmit a copy of a letter received yesterday…
Philada. Jan. 1. 1757 Dear Friend I wrote you yesterday a Line or two 5 enclosing the second of a Set of Bills for £120 Sterling, drawn on Mr. William…
Mr. Hunter to Mr. Adams No. 1353.] Department of State, Washington, April 18, 1865. Sir: Since the last summary of military events, information has been received of the capture of…
Cincinnati, Ohio, November 21, 1862. Maj. Gen. GORDON GRANGER, Lexington, Ky. : Boyle telegraphs that he has advised you of a body of 3,000 rebel cavalry, supported by infantry, being…