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Benjamin Franklin to Thomas-François Dalibard, June 29, 1755
Philadelphia 29 June 1755 Sir, I have for a long time owed you a reply to your last letter dated June. 20, 1754. 7 I received it in January last…
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James S. Negley to Jeremiah T. Boyle, November 12, 1862
Cincinnati, Ohio, November 12, 1862. Brig. Gen. J. T. BOYLE, Louisville, Ky.: Gilbert has a regiment of cavalry with the force he is sending to Jamestown, but if another is…
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Andrew Johnson to the two houses of Congress at the commencement of the first session of the thirty-ninth Congress, December 4, 1865
Message of the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress at the commencement of the first session of the thirty-ninth Congress. Fellow-citizens of the Senate and…
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Catharine Ray to Benjamin Franklin, June 28, 1755
Block Island June the 28th [1755] 4 Dear, Dear Sir, Excues my writeing when I tell you it is the great regard I have for you will not let me…
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Chas. R. Thompson to Major General Wright, November 12, 1862
Nashville, November 12, 1862. Major-General WRIGHT, Cincinnati, Ohio: The general commanding directs me to state that Col. S. D. Bruce has been sent with seventeen companies of infantry and from…
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Richard Brooke to Benjamin Franklin, June 27, 1755
Maryland 27. June 1755. Dear Sir I embrace this first Opportunity that hath presented itself to return You my thanks for the very polite and Hospitable Entertaintment I met with…
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Benjamin Franklin to James Wright, June 26, 1755
Philada. June 26. 1755 Dear Friend I am glad to learn that the Flour is mostly if not all got up to Conegocheeg, 3 and that you have so good…
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Arthur C. Ducat to Iteutenant-Colonel and Acting Chief of Staff, November 12, 1862
November 12, 1862. No. 12. Nashwille, Tenn., November 12, 1862. I. In establishing courier lines, a commissioned officer must be placed in charge of each line, who will be held…
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Amos Perry to William H. Seward, November 26, 1864
Mr. Perry to Mr. Seward. No. 57.] United States Consulate, Tunis, November 26, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of despatches Nos. 10 and 11. My…
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Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, June 26, 1755
Philada. June 26. 1755 Dear Friend Mr. Bartram brings a Box to my House, which has a little Vacancy in it; so I put in my Philosophical Pacquet, which I…
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Amos Perry to William H. Seward, November 17, 1864
Mr. Perry to Mr. Seward. No. 55.] United States Consulate, Tunis, November 17, 1864. Sir: Some incidents have occurred and scenes been enacted in this neighborhood within the last few…
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Horatio G. Wright to Hpgrs. Left Wing, Army Of The Cumberland, November 11, 1862
Oincinnati, Ohio, November 11, 1862. GENERAL: Send as soon as possible a regiment of infantry to Lebanon to relieve the regiment of one of Brig. Gen. C. C. Gilbert’s brigades,…
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Richard Jackson to Benjamin Franklin, June 17, 1755
[June 17, 1755] 3 Dear Sir, It is now near three years since I received your excellent Observations on the Increase of Mankind, &c . 4 in which you have…
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Amos Perky to William H. Seward, November 5, 1864
Mr. Perry to Mr. Seward. No. 54.] United States Consulate, Tunis, November 5, 1864. Sir:The changes that have recently taken place in the aspect of Tunisian affairs are so passing…
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Benjamin Franklin to Charles Norris, June 12, 1755
Thursday morning [June 12, 1755] Sir Please to send me One hundred and Fifty Pounds on Account of the Committee. 3 It should be Paper Money, as it is to…
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Unknown to Charles C. Gilbert, November 11, 1862
Cincinnati, Ohio, November 11, 1862. Brig. Gen. C. C. GILBERT, Louisville, Ky.: Send the brigade and a regiment of cavalry to Jamestown, as directed in my dispatch of the 7th…
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Amos Perry to William H. Seward, October 15, 1864
Mr. Perry to Mr. Seward. No. 51.] United States Consulate, Tunis, October 15, 1864. Sir: In my despatch of September 11 (No. 49) I stated that a number of war…
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Amos Perry to William H. Seward, October 10, 1864
[Extract.] Mr. Perry to Mr. Seward. No. 50.] United States Consulate, Tunis, October 10, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of despatch No. 8, of August…
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Peter Timothy to Benjamin Franklin, June 8, 1755
Charles. Town, June 8th, 1755 Dear Sir ’Tis almost an Age since I have a Letter from you: I have however received 56 Reams of Demy Paper by Capt. McFunn,…
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Arthur . Ducat to Tieutenant-Oolonel and Acting Chief of Staff, November 11, 1862
Nashville, November 11, 1862. Major-General HALLECK, Washington, D. O.: GENERAL: Later information than my last, apparently authentic, gives Breckinridge, with three batteries, at Murfreesborough, eight guns at La Vergne, four…