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Deborah Franklin to Peter Collinson, April 30, 1755
Philada. Apl. 30. 1755 Sir Mr. Franklin is from home, and can not have by this Conveyance an Opportunity of answering your Favours by the last Ships. I have forwarded…
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CHASE, Secretary of the Treasury to William H. Seward, June 11, 1864
Mr. Chase to Mr. Seward. Treasury Department, June 11, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of May 19, transmitting a copy of a…
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Benjamin Franklin to Susanna Wright, April 28, 1755
Monday morning. [April 28, 1755] 5 Dear Madam I thought from the first, that your Proposal of calling the several Townships together, was very judicious. I was only at a…
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William H. Seward to Jesse H. McMath , Esq., & c ., & c ., & c ., Tangier, June 27, 1864
Mr. Seward to Mr. McMath. No. 12.] Department of State, Washington, June 27, 1864. Sir: In further answer to your despatch of the 26th of March last, No. 19, submitting…
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William S. Rosecrans to Gordon Granger, November 7, 1862
Cincinnati, Ohio, November 7, 1862. Maj. Gen. GORDON GRANGER, Lexington, Ky.: General Boyle telegraphed yesterday that he has information of large train of rebel wagons entering Whitley County from Tennessee…
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Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, April 13, 1755
Annapolis, April 13. 1755 Sunday My dear Child We got well over here last Night about 8 aClock. 6 I believe I shall not return the same Road with the…
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William H. Seward to Jesse H. McMath , Esq., & c ., & c ., & c . , Tangier, May 9, 1864
Mr. Seward to Mr. McMath. No. 11.] Department of State, Washington, May 9, 1864. Sir:Your despatches, No. 19, of March 26, and No. 20, of the 2d ultimo, have been…
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Unknown to Henry Wager Halleck, November 7, 1862
Cincinnati, Ohio, November 7, 1862. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLEOK, ; General-in- Chief: I have delayed reply to your telegram of the 5th, in order to get some further information…
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Sarah Browne to Benjamin Franklin, April 12, 1755
Philadelphia, April 12, 1755 Sir, I will give you as exact a description of my sister’s case as I can. 3 First she complained of a slow fever, and then…
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ISAACS, Secretary, 150 Nassau street to F. W. Seward , Assistant Secretary of State, Washington, D. C, December 1, 1863
Mr. Isaacs to Mr. F. W. Seward. No. 89.] Board of Delegates of American Israelites, New York, Kislev, 5624, December 1, 1863. Honored Sir: In order that I might comply…
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Benjamin Franklin to John Fothergill, April 6, 1755
Philada. April 6. 1755 Dear Sir I am but just return’d from a long Journey, having been absent near [six months]. I find your Favour of Novr. [ I ,…
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William H. Seward to Henry Josephs , Esq., Chairman of the Board of Delegates of American Israelites, New York, December 3, 1863
Mr. Seward to Mr. Josephs. Department of State, Washington, December 3, 1863. Sir: I have received your letter of the 25th ultimo, on the subject of persecutions of Israelites in…
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Arthur OC. Ducat to Beat Hdqrs. Fourteenth Army Corps, November 7, 1862
November 7, 1862. No. 7. Bowling Green, Ky., November 7, 1862. Capt. Elmer Otis, Fourth Cavalry, U.S. Army, is announced as chief of courier lines. All such lines will be…
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HENRY JOSEPHS, Chairman to William H. Seward, November 25, 1863
Mr. Josephs to Mr. Seward. No. 85.] Board of Delegates of American Israelites. New York, Kislev, 14, 5624, November 25, 1863. Sir: It becomes our duty, as representatives of the…
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Benjamin Franklin to John Franklin, April 3, 1755
Philada. April 3. 55 Dear Brother Your Commissioner or Agent Mr. Quincey has done Wonders here. 2 He has executed his Commission extreamly well, and obtained yesterday a Vote for…
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William H. Seward to Jesse H. M’Math , & c ., & c ., & c ., Tangier, December 9, 1863
Mr. Seward to Mr. McMath. No. 10.] Department of State, Washington, December 9, 1863. Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your late despatches up to No. 15 of…
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Unknown to Lieut. Col. Arthur C. Ducat, November 7, 1862
In Camp at Fountain Head, November 7, 1862. Lieut. Col. ARTHUR C. DucAT, [Acting] Chief of Staff: This moment had a courier in from reconnoitering party toward Gallatin. Strong rebel…
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Benjamin Franklin to Catharine Ray, March 1, 1755
[March–April 1755] 6 [I told him that as] I did not know her, I must refer him for Advice to his good Friends in Boston, who could better adapt it…
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Charles Hale, to William H. Seward, October 22, 1864
Mr. Hale to Mr. Seward. Agency and Consulate General of the U.S. of America, Alexandria, Egypt, October 22, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to report, that soon after the…
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Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, March 23, 1755
Philada. March 23. 1755 Dear Sir, This only serves to cover a Bill of Exchange for Twenty Pounds Sterling, drawn on Alexander Grant Esqr. by Mary Steevens. I send it…