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Benjamin Franklin to Edward Shippen, May 24, 1755
Philada. May 24. 1755 Sir By the Governor’s Direction I issued the inclos’d Advertisement. 4 The Bearers, John Laverty, and Charles Coleman, have agreed to go and work on the…
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AMOS PERRY, United States Consul to William H. Seward, April 30, 1864
Mr. Perry to Mr. Seward. No. 34.] United States Consulate, Tunis, April 30, 1864. Sir: Since writing despatch No. 32, stating the origin and causes of the insurrection in this…
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Benjamin Franklin to William Shirley, May 22, 1755
Philada. May 22. 1755 Sir, Mr. Norris not being in Town, your Excellency’s Letter of the 14th Instant per Express, was delivered to me. 7 I immediately conven’d the Committee,…
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T. L. Crittenden to Arthur C. Ducat, November 9, 1862
Near Gallatin, November 9, 1862. COLONEL: Colonel Kennett reported to me in person this morning. I at once ordered him to send a battalion to General Smith, at ScottsB2 KY.,…
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AMOS PERRY, United States Consul to William H. Seward, April 23, 1864
Mr. Perry to Mr. Seward. No. 32.] United States Consulate, Tunis, April 23, 1864. Sir: I have to report that a rebellion of considerable magnitude has recently broken out in…
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Robert Hunter Morris to Benjamin Franklin, May 21, 1755
May 21, 1755 I forget to tell you that if possible I would have the waggons set off with the forage on Tuesday or Wednesday next, 6 …
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AMOS PERRY, United States Consul to William H. Seward, April 9, 1864
Mr. Perry to Mr. Seward. No. 30.] United States Consulate, Tunis, April 9, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to report that a decoration has been recently received from the…
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T. L. Crittenden to Alexander McDowell McCook, November 9, 1862
November 9, 1862. November 9, 1862. Maj. Gen. A. MoD. MoCoox, Commanding at Nashville : GENERAL: I am encamped, with two divisions, Van Cleveâs and Woodâs, on the Cumberland River,…
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Thomas Dunbar to Benjamin Franklin, May 21, 1755
Preceding From Dunbar to Franklin [13 May 1755] All All correspondence between Dunbar and Franklin
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AMOS PERRY, United States Consul to William H. Seward, December 11, 1863
Mr. Perry to Mr. Seward. No. 24.] United States Consulate, Tunis, December 11, 1863. Sir: I have the honor to forward to your excellency by this mail a printed copy…
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William, Jr Shirley to Benjamin Franklin, May 20, 1755
Preceding From Shirley to Franklin [14 May 1755] All All correspondence between Shirley and Franklin
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AMOS PERRY, United States Consul to William H. Seward, November 19, 1863
Mr. Perry to Mr. Seward. No. 20.] United States Consulate, Tunis, November 19, 1863. Sir: I have the honor to report, that while no very important events have of late…
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C. Goddard to and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, November 8, 1862
November 8, 1862. No. 10. Bowling Green, November 8, XIV. Col. 8S. D. Bruce, with four companies Ninth Michigan, four companies Twenty-eighth Kentucky, ten companies Seventeenth Kentucky Infantry, the Fourth…
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AMOS PERRY, United States Consul to William H. Seward, November 7, 1863
Mr. Perry to Mr. Seward. No. 19.] United States Consulate, Tunis, November 7, 1863. Sir: I have the honor to report that, between 8 o’clock on the evening of the…
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Israel Pemberton to John Fothergill, May 19, 1755
[Philadelphia, May 19, 1755] The Light in which Friends here are represented on your Side of the Water is cause of painful Consideration to many of us; Some of our…
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AMOS PERRY, United States Consul to William H. Seward, August 8, 1863
Mr. Terry to Mr. Seward. No. 16.] United States Consulate, Tunis, August 8, 1863. Sir: I have the honor to report that a lively interest continues to be manifested here…
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E.D. Townsend to Major General Alexander McDowell McCook, November 8, 1862
Bowling Green, November 8, 1862. Major-General McCook, Nashville (via telegraph to Mitchellsville, and courier lines) : Forty thousand rations will be at Mitchellsville to-morrow. The general will move forward to-morrow.…
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Amos Perry to William H. Seward, July 4, 1863
[Extract.] Mr. Perry to Mr. Seward. No. 5.] United States Consulate, Tunis, July 4, 1863. Sir: I have the honor to report that a loan spoken of in a former…
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Pennsylvania Assembly Committee to Robert Hunter Morris, May 19, 1755
Philada.: 19th. 5th mo: May: 1755. May it Please the Governor The money put into the hands of the Committee of Assembly (to whom the Governor is pleas’d to direct…
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Mcmath to William H. Seward, October 6, 1864
Mr. McMath to Mr. Seward. No. 24.] Consulate of the United States of America, At Tangier, Morocco, October 6, 1864. Sir: Referring you to my despatch, No. 23, dated September…