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Benjamin Franklin to Jared Eliot, September 1, 1755
Philada. Sept. 1. 1755. Dear Sir I wrote to you yesterday, 4 and now I write again. You will say, It can’t rain, but it pours: For I not only…
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Benjamin Franklin to Joshua Babcock, September 1, 1755
Philada. Sept. 1. 1755 Dear Sir I beg Leave to introduce to you the Revd. Mr. Allison Rector of our Academy; 1 a Person of great Ingenuity and Learning, a…
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Unknown to George Henry Thomas, November 14, 1862
Hartsville, November 14, 1862. General THOMAS: We are ordered to leave for Lebanon. We cannot do it until the regiment of infantry ordered here, with battery, arrives. I cannot leave…
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Benjamin Franklin to Jared Eliot, August 31, 1755
Philada. Augt. 31. 1755 Dear Friend I have been employ’d almost all this Summer in the Service of our unfortunate Army, and other publick Affairs, that have brought me greatly…
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Charles Francis Adams to William H. Seward Secretary of State, December 16, 1864
Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward No. 835.] Legation of the United States, London, December 16, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to transmit an address of the emancipation society of…
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Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, August 27, 1755
Philada. Augt. 27. 1755. Dear Friend I received your Favours of May 28 and June 1. 4 I believe I have already wrote you, 5 that our Friend Smith is…
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William H. Seward to Charles Francis Adams, December 15, 1864
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams No. 1191.] Department of State, Washington, December 15, 1864. Sir: Referring to the correspondence between this department and yourself in regard to the refusal of…
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William H. Seward to Charles Francis Adams, December 14, 1864
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams No. 1190.] Department of State, Washington, December 14, 1864. Sir: I have just received information, by telegraph, from Montreal, that the felons who proceeded from…
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Arthur C. Ducat to Tneutenant-Colonel and Acting Inspector-General, November 14, 1862
Nashville, November 14, 1862. Major-General THomAs, Gallatin : If you have not communication with Crittenden, open it rapidly. Rumors from that direction. Answer immediately. By order of Major-General Rosecrans: Tneutenant-Colonel…
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Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, August 25, 1755
Philadelphia, Aug. 25, 1755. Dear Sir, As you have my former papers on Whirlwinds, &c. 1 I now send you an account of one which I had lately an opportunity…
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Benjamin Franklin to William Johnson, August 11, 1755
Philada. Augt. 11. 1755 Sir I received your Favour of the 1st Instant, and have forwarded the Letter to Capt. Orme. Mr. Pownall is gone to New York, and I…
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Arthur C. Ducat to Tieutenant-Colonel and Acting Chief of Staff, November 14, 1862
Nashville, November 14, 1862. I wish you would select the best locality in your neighborhood for covering that angle of the railroad by a regiment—the headquarters to be a substantial…
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William H. Seward to Charles Francis Adams, December 13, 1864
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams No. 1189.] Department of State, Washington, December 13, 1864. Sir: I transmit a copy of a communication of the 12th instant from Brigadier General E.…
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Benjamin Franklin to Richard Peters, August 1, 1755
[ c . August 1, 1755] 3 Sir The House is not yet together: But the Speaker and a Number of the Members are of Opinion that a Common Messenger…
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William H. Seward to Charles Francis Adams, December 9, 1864
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams No. 1185.] Department of State, Washington, December 9, 1864. Sir: I have received from the consulate at Liverpool the despatch of the 18th ultimo, a…
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Alexander Colden to James Parker, July 28, 1755
NY July 28th 1755 Mr. Parker By the Phi: Post received the Inclosed 2 from Mr. Franklin which he desired me to forward to you and to desire you to…
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Unknown, November 14, 1862
Gallatin, November 14, 1862. A dispatch from Colonel Kennett, just received, states that one of his scouts had just returned from Lebanon, and tells him that Morgan and Forrest are…
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Benjamin Franklin to Daniel Fisher, July 28, 1755
Monday morning, July 28 [1755] Sir: Till our new building is finished, 11 which I hope will be in two or three weeks, I have no room to accommodate a…
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Charles Francis Adams to William H. Seward Secretary of State, Washington, D. C, December 8, 1864
Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward No. 830.] Legation of the United States, London, December 8, 1864. Sir: I transmit herewith a copy of the London Times containing a report of…
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T. L. Orittenden to Kennett, November 14, 1862
Silver Springs, November 14, 1862. Major-General THOMAS, Commanding Center: GENERAL: The inclosed note has been this moment received. As I had been ordered to send Colonel Kennett to Hartsville, and…