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46,149 lettersFebruary 12, 1864. His Excellency JOSEPH E. BRown, Governor, &c., Milledgeville, Ga.: Srr: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of 6th instant, which has been…
Atlanta, Ga., February 1, 1864. His Excellency JOSEPH E. BRowN, Governor, &c., Milledgeville, Gia.: Str: Yours of 28th received. I do not propose to use any but the corn of…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, May 8, 1863. My Lord: Adverting to your note of the 23d ultimo, asking to be made acquainted with the cause…
Atlanta, Ga., January 18, 1864. His Excellency JosEPH E. BRown, Milledgeville, Ga.: Sir: I have just returned from the front, where I have held a consultation with General Johnston about…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, May7, 1863. Sir: The parties interested in the British steamship Adela have represented to her Majesty’s government that the judge of the prize court…
Atlanta, Ga., February 13, 1864. Col. L. B. NORTHROP, Commissary-General of Subsistence, Richmond, Va. : COLONEL: I beg leave to inclose copies of a dispatch from Major French yesterday and…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, May 7, 1863. My Lord: In reply to the letter of this department, which was accompanied by a copy of your…
Richmond, Va., February 12, 1864. His Excellency Z. B. VANCE, Governor of North Carolina: In the pressure of business I have postponed for several days a reply to your last…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, May 7, 1863. Sir: The attention of her Majesty’s government has been directed to the “Act further to regulate proceedings in prize cases, and…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, May 6, 1863. Sir: I have the honor to transmit to you a copy of a representation which has been made to her Majesty’s…
Richmond, Va., February 12, 1864. Maj. Gen. HOWELL Coss, Atlanta, Ga.: GENERAL: Your letter of the 4th instant has been received. Iam much gratified to hear such encouraging accounts both…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, May 5, 1863. My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your lordship’s note of the 4th instant,…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, May 4, 1863. Sir: It will be in your recollection that, on the 4th of February last, I did myself the honor, in pursuance…
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, February 12, 1864. No. 20. Richmond, February 12, 1864. The first paragraph of General Orders, No. 138, 1863, is modified by the omission…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, May 4, 1863. My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 29th ultimo, relative…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, May 2, 1863. My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 27th ultimo, relative…
Richmond, Va., February 11, 1864. His Excellency JOHN MILTON, Governor of Florida, Tallahassee: Str: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communications of the 11th and 26th…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, May 1, 1863. Sir: Her Majesty’s government have had under their consideration the note which you did me the honor to address to me…
OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF SUBSISTENCE, Richmond, Va., February 19, 1864. Respectfully returned to Honorable Secreta of War, and hia attention is called to the inclosed report from Major Cummings. = T.…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, April 29, 1863. Sir: I have the honor to ask you to give serious attention to the enclosed extracts from a despatch which I…