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Floridablanca to John Jay, 12 July 1780
[au Palais ce 12 Juillet 1780] En reponse a la note q e le Comte de Floridablanca vient de recevoir de M r Jay dattée d–hier il aura l–honneur de…
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WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERALâS OFFICE, April 12, 1862
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE, Washington, April 12, 1862. Brigadier-General WRIGHT, San Francisco, Cal. : The Secretary of War authorizes the completion of the Washington Territory regiment, Colonel Steinberger. L. THOMAS,…
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William H. Seward to Charles Francis Adams, December 21, 1862
[Extract.] Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 431.] Department of State, Washington, December 21, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of December 4 (No. 268) has been submitted to the President. He…
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Committee for Foreign Affairs, 12 July 1780 to John Jay, enclosing Descriptions and Secret Checks for Bills of Exchange
[In Committee of Foreign Affairs,] 12 July 1780 Sir, Enclosed you have Description of the Bills of exchange concerning which we have written you. 1 The secret checks accompany it.…
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ED. R. S. Canby to James H. Carleton, August 11, 1862
August 11, 1862. Santa Fé, N. Mex., August 11, 1862. Brig. Gen. JAMES H. CARLETON, Commanding Column from California, District of Arizona: GENERAL: Atan early period of last year I…
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William H. Seward to Charles Francis Adams, December 20, 1862
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 429.] Department of State, Washington, December 20, 1862. Sir: I herewith enclose, for presentation to the British government, a copy of memorials and other…
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James Lovell to John Jay, 11 July 1780
[Philadelphia] July 11. 1780 Dear Sir By a Letter from Mess rs . Gardoqui & Sons of May 3 d . rec d . yesterday I have the pleasure of…
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ORDERS, | HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, April 9, 1862
April 9, 1862. No.4. $ Fort Humboldt, April 9, 1862. I. Every Indian captured in this district during the present war who has been engaged in hostilities against the whites,…
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Committee for Foreign Affairs to Benjamin Franklin and John Jay, 11 July 1780
In Comittee of Foreign Affairs Philad a . 11 July 1780 The Honble John Jay– Sir– Congress having appointed the Honble Henry Laurens to solicit a Loan of Money in…
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Charles Francis Adams to William H. Seward, December 10, 1862
Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward. No. 278.] Legation of the United States, London, December 10, 1862. Sir: I have the honor to transmit a copy of Lord Russell’s note to…
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James H. Carleton to E.R.S. Canby, August 8, 1862
Three and a half Miles above Fort Thorn Three and a half Miles above Fort Thorn, August 8, 1862. Brig. Gen. E. R. S. CANBY, GENERAL: Before arriving at Cooke’s…
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John Jay to Floridablanca, 11 July 1780
[Madrid 11 July 1780] M r Jay presents his respectful Complements to his Excellency the Count D FloridaBlanca, and has the Honor of informing him that Don Carlos Maria Marraci…
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SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, April 9, 1862
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, April 9, 1862. No. 45. $ New San Pedro, Cal., April 9, 1862. I. Capt. E. D. Shirland, First Cavalry California Volunteers,…
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Charles Francis Adams to William H. Seward, December 18, 1862
[Extracts.] Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward. No. 275.] Legation of the United States, London, December 18, 1862. Sir: Since the date of my last your despatches, numbered from 412 to…
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John Jay to the President of Congress (Samuel Huntington), 10 July 1780
Madrid 10 July 1780 Sir As a late and particular Letter from me to your Ex y is now on the way to America, and as I purpose to write…
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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, April 5, 1862
San Francisco, Cal., April 5, 1862. Col. JUSTUS STEINBERGER, First Regt. Washington Territory Vols., San Francisco, Cal. : SIR: A telegraphic dispatch from the Adjutant-General of the Army directs that…
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James H. Carleton to CAMP ON Rio MIEMBRES, ARIZ, August 6, 1862
Miembres River, Ariz., August 6, 1862. Col. JOSEPH R. WEST, First California Volunteer Infantry, Commanding Camp: COLONEL: I have been credibly informed that there are some twenty families of men,…
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Robert Morris to John Jay, 6 July 1780
Philad a . July 6 th . 1780. Dear Sir I am absolutely ashamed to think how long you have been gone & that in all that time I have…
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William H. Seward to Charles Francis Adams, December 15, 1862
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No 425.] Department of State, Washington, December 15, 1862. Sir: The excitement which attended the late political canvass having subsided, the public mind returns again…
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S) ECIAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS CAMP WRIGHT, April 5, 1862
S) ECIAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS CAMP WRIGHT, April 5, 1862. No. 30. $ Oak Grove, San Diego County, Cal., April 5, 1862. I. Companies © and K, First Infantry California…