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46,149 lettersBowling Green, November 7, 1862. Colonel ZAHM, (Via Mitchelisville and courier lines 🙂 The general commanding has received your dispatch, and approves of yourcourse. General Crittenden was in Scottsville last…
Mr. Thayer to Mr. Seward. No. 45.] United States Consulate General, Alexandria, February 1, 1864. Sir: I have to report the painful tidings of the death of Mr. Charles Marsh,…
March 20. 1755 Sir We should with great Readiness and Submission have obey’d your Honour’s Commands, in Forbearing to publish the two Letters from Sir Thomas Robinson, of July the…
Mr. Thayer to Mr. Seward. No. 44.] United States Consulate General, Cairo, January 23, 1864. Sir:Since my last despatch, No. 43, nothing of special importance has occurred in Egypt. As…
Nashville, Tenn., November 7, 1862. Lieutenant-Colonel DuUcAT, Acting Chief of Staff, Bowling Green, Ky. : COLONEL: I arrived here at 8 a. m., and found everything all mght in Nashville.…
Wednesday, March 19, 1755, Four o’Clock, p.m. Gentlemen, Observing by the Minutes of the Assembly which you sent me, that two Letters, from Sir Thomas Robinson, one of his Majesty’s…
[Extract.] Mr. Thayer to Mr. Seward. No. 37.] United States Consulate General, Alexandria, September 5, 1863. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the despatches of the…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Thayer. No. 30.] Department of State, Washington, March 14, 1864. Sir:Your despatch of the 1st ultimo, No. 45, communicating intelligence of the death of Mr. Charles…
Philadelphia, March 18, 1755 Sir, I send you enclosed a paper containing some new experiments I have made, in pursuance of those by Mr. Canton that are printed with my…
November 7, 1862. ~ Bowling Green, November 7, 1862—10 p. m. Col. JOHN KENNETT, Commanding Cavalry (via Mitchellsville and courier lines) : CoLONEL: The general commanding directs that yon make…
[Extract.] Mr. Seward to Mr. Thayer. No. 29.] Department of State, Washington, February 26, 1864. Sir: Your despatch of January 23, No. 44, has been received; and the information it…
Philada. March 16. 55 Dear Brother I am pleas’d to hear you are looking out for Proofs to prosecute that Carrier. 9 Don’t let it be neglected. Your Ambassadors are…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Thayer. No. 26.] Department of State, Washington, October 23, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of September 5, No. 37, has been received. The information it communicates relative…
Bowling Green, November 7, 1862. General CRITTENDEN : Colonel Zahm, commanding cavalry east of railroad, reports Morgan at Gallatin late last night, with strong pickets. Crush the devil if you…
Y.C. [Yale College] Mar. 12. 1755 Sir This accompanies your Letters and Manuscript, 2 which I have perused with very great Pleasure and Admiration. Please to accept my grateful Acknowledgments…
Mr. Fogg to Mr. Seward. No. 72.] United States Legation, Berne, October 11, 1864. Sir: In my despatch of August 29, I informed you of the negotiation by the federal…
Bowling Green, November 7, 1862. Major-General CRITTENDEN : GENERAL: Dispatch just received from General McCook. He entered Nashville at 8 a. m. this morning. He confirms all I have stated…
Mr. Fogg to Mr. Seward. No. 68.] United States Legation, Berne, August 29, 1864. Sir:Your despatch of July 28, No. 55, approving of the tenor of my verbal explanation to…
Philada. March 11. 1755 Sir Mrs. Franklin is confident that she sent 20 Reams of the Paper I order’d for you, but has no Bill of Lading for it, and…
Mr. Fogg to Mr. Seward No. 67.] United States Legation, Berne, August 26, 1864. Sir: Your despatch, dated July 28, No. 54, in response to mine of July 13 indorsing…