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46,149 letters[Middlebrook, New Jersey, December 15, 1778] Report of Lieutenant Colonels, Robert Hanson Harrison & Alexander Hamilton Commissioners &ca. To His Excellency General Washington— We, the Commissioners appointed by your Excellency…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Pike No. 142.] Department of State, Washington, February 15, 1864. Sir: Your despatch of January 27, No. 121, has been received. The President was promptly made…
Amboy [New Jersey] December 12th: 1778 Gentlemen, We have read the Letter, with which you were pleased to favor us, this Afternoon. We join with you in lamenting, that the…
Memphis, September 22, 1862. Maj. JoHN A. RAWLINS, Assistant Adjutant-General: Sir: Nothing whatever of interest has occurred here since my last. According to the most reliable information up to Wednesday…
Mr. Pike to Mr. Seward No. 122.] United States Legation, The Hague, February 10, 1864. Sir: Since I wrote you last, the apprehended war on the Dano-German question has broken…
[Amboy, New Jersey] 12th. December 1778 Gentlemen We cannot sufficiently lament, that the Purposes of our Meeting, you will pardon us for observing, have been defeated, by a less generous…
GRANTâS HEADQUARTERS, Near Oorinth, Miss., September 22, 1862. General H. W. HALLEOK, General-in-Chief: I would respectfully request that some of the new regiments now organizing be sent to thiscommand. They…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Pike No. 139.] Department of State, Washington, January 29, 1864. Sir: Your despatch of the 6th of January, No. 118, has been received. The President is…
[ Philadelphia, December 6, 1778 . On December 19, 1778, Hamilton wrote to von Steuben : “I snatch a hasty moment My Dear Baron to acknowledge the receipt of yr.…
Mr. Pike to Mr. Seward. No. 121.] United States Legation, The Hague, January 27, 1864. Sir: The King has again spoken to me concerning our prospects, and desired to know…
GRANTâS HEADQUARTERS, Near Corinth, Miss., September 22, 1862. General H. W. HALLECK: Will try to set an expedition on foot for the destruction of rebel boats on the Yazoo. DoI…
[ Paramus, New Jersey, December 6, 1778 . “… desire Colo. Harrison to write to Genl. Greene on the subject of his Letter respecting a change of ground for hutting.…
[Extracts.] Mr. Pike to Mr. Seward No. 120.] United States Legation, The Hague, January 20, 1864. Sir: * * * * * * * The war clouds thicken. England seems…
[Philadelphia, December 5, 1778] My Dear Hamilton: You have seen, and by this time considered, General Lee’s infamous publication. 1 I have collected some hints for an answer; but I…
In the Field, September 19, 1862. Colonel LEGGETT, Commanding United States Cavalry : COLONEL: The commanding officer of the Confederate forces near Iuka directs me to inform General Ord through…
Mr. Pike to Mr. Seward No. 119.] United States Legation, The Hague, January 13, 1864. Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of December 22, No. 137.…
Elizabethtown [ New Jersey ] December 4, 1778 . Reports advance of British vessels up North River. Gives instructions for countering British move.
[Extracts.] Mr. Pike to Mr. Seward No. 118.] United States Legation, The Hague, January 6, 1864. Sir: The ministerial crisis of which I have spoken has culminated in the resignation…
In the Field, September 18, 1862. Major-General ORD, Commanding Left Wing: Following dispatch just received, which you will read early in the morning to the troops under your command :…
Fishkill [ New York ] November 30, 1778 . Will not be able to stop at West Point as intended. States that Brigadier General Alexander McDougall is to assume command…