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Benjamin Franklin to James Bowdoin, October 18, 1753
Philada. Oct. 18. 1753 Dear Sir I recollect that I promis’d to send you Dr. Brownrigg’s Treatise on Common Salt. 1 You will receive it herewith. I hope it may…
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ROBERT BAYMAN, United States Consul ad interim to James E. Harvey , United States Minister Resident at Lisbon, March 18, 1864
Mr. Bayman to Mr. Harvey Consulate of the United States, Madeira, March 18, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge your letter of the 14th instant) and beg to…
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Sterling Price to J. R. Wappy, January 19, 1863
Grenada, Miss., January 19, 1863. Major-General LORING, Commanding Army of the Mississippi, Grenada: GENERAL: I have, in compliance with your orders, directed the Second Brigade of Bowenâs division to hold…
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Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, September 1, 1753
Philadelphia, September 1753. 1 In my former Paper on this Subject, wrote first in 1747, enlarged and sent to England in 1749, 2 I considered the Sea as the grand…
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Harvey to William H. Seward, March 24, 1864
[Extract.] Mr. Harvey to Mr. Seward. No. 268.] Legation of the United States, Lisbon, March 24, 1864, Sir: * * * * * I transmit also a circumstantial account of…
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J. A. Seddon to Seoretary of War, January 18, 1863
WAR DEPARTMENT, C. 8. A., Richmond, Va., January 18, 1863. Sie: The President, since his return from his recent visit to the armies south, has communicated to me the apprehension…
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Charles Woodmason to Benjamin Franklin, September 20, 1753
Cooper River, S. Carolina, Sept. 20, 1753 Let others muse on sublunary things, The rise of empires and the fall of kings; Thine is the praise, with bolder flight to…
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Harvey to William H. Seward, March 22, 1864
Mr. Harvey to Mr. Seward. No. 267.] Legation of the United States, Lisbon, March 22, 1864. Sir:A paragraph appeared in one of the principal papers to-day of which the following…
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M. M. Kimmel to and Assistant Adjutant-General, January 16, 1863
January 16, 1863. No. 3 } Grenada, January 16, 1863. The following-named commands of cavalry are detailed for duty with the Army of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana,…
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Peter Collinson to Benjamin Franklin, September 15, 1753
Lond. Sept: 15: 1753 My Dear friend As no Ship will Sail from Hence in a Month or 3 Weeks I take this oppertunity to Send by the Way of…
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GEORGE HENRY PREBLE, Commander United States Navy to James E. Harvey , United States Minister Resident, Lisbon, Portugal, February 29, 1864
[Untitled] United States Sloop-of-war St. Louis, Funchal Roads, Madeira, February 29, 1864. Sir: The rebel steamer Florida, Morris commander, arrived here on the night before the last, reporting as eighteen…
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Yale College to Benjamin Franklin, September 12, 1753
[September 12? 1753] Praeses et Socii Academiae Yalensis in novo portu Connecticutensium in Nov-Anglia Omnibus has Literas perlecturis Salutem in Domino sempiternam. Cum Caius Benjamin Franklin Philadelphiensis, Armiger, Literaturae Politioris…
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M. M. Kimmel to and Assistant Adjutant-General, January 13, 1863
GENERAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS OAVALRY DIVISION, January 13, 1863. No. 1. Grenada, Miss., January 13, 1863. By order of the lieutenant-general commanding the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana the…
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Harvey to William H. Seward, March 10, 1864
Mr. Harvey to Mr. Seward. No. 264.] Legation of the United States, Lisbon, March 10, 1864. Sir:The enclosed extracts from an official letter addressed to me by Commander Preble, of…
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Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Clap, August 20, 1753
New York, Augt. 20. 1753 Dear Sir I arrived here well (Thanks to God) on Friday about Noon, and had the Pleasure of hearing from my Family, that all were…
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Carter L. Stevenson to W. M. JonEs, Assistant Quartermaster, January 10, 1863
January 10, 1863. January 10, 1863. Lieutenant-Colonel Wappy, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Dept. of Miss. and East La., Jackson: COLONEL: Your telegram dated the 9th, the first addressed to me on…
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Harvey to William H. Seward, February 28, 1864
[Extract.] Mr. Harvey to Mr. Seward. No. 262.] Legation of the United States, Lisbon, February 28, 1864. Sir:His Majesty’s government has commenced a system of military works and lines for…
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Peter Collinson to Benjamin Franklin, August 12, 1753
Augt. 12: 1753 4 My Dear Friend I have much to say but am on the Eve of marrying My Daughter 5 and many Orders in hast from Abroad that…
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Harvey to William H. Seward, February 22, 1864
Mr. Harvey to Mr. Seward. No. 261.] Legation of the United States, Lisbon, February 22, 1864. Sir: Information has just reached me by the packet from the Azores that the…
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Carter L. Stevenson to Theo. Johnston, January 9, 1863
January 9, 1863. January 9, 1863. Col. J. THOMPSON, : Asst. Adjt. Gen., Dept. of Miss. and East Louisiana: COLONEL: I reconnoitered the country in the vicinity of Warrenton on…