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46,149 lettersFort Yuma, Cal., May 3, 1862. Col. E. R. S. CANBY, Commanding Department of New Mexico: COLONEL: Having no means of getting reliable information from you except by a special…
Philad a 17 June 1780 His Excy John Jay Esq r Sir, You will receive with this the Journals of Congress for the present year as far as they are…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Pike. No. 52.] Department of State, Washington, April 26, 1862. Sir: Your despatch (No. 45) of the 9th instant, containing the copy of a note from…
INOS Camp Latham, March 18, 1862. Lieut. Col. George S. Evans, Second Cavalry California Volunteers, will proceed at once via Fort Tejon and Tejon Reservation, Walker’s Basin, to Owen’s Lake,…
Ojo de la Vaca, Ariz., August 2, 1862. General George Wright, U. S. Army, commanding the Department of the Pacific, recommended to the General-in-Chief that a force from California, to…
Philad a . 16 June 1780 Sir The Embarrassm t 1 which the Depreciation of the currency had created in our 2 publick affairs at the Time of your Departure…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Pike. No. 51.] Department of State, Washington, April 16, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of March 26 (No. 43) has been received. The series of successes upon…
Los Angeles, Cal., March 15, 1862. First Infantry California Vols., Comdg. at Fort Yuma, Cal. : MAJOR: I have ordered Major Fergusson to send Pishon’s company of the First Cavalry…
July 21, 1862. Nos ti: } Tucson, Ariz., July 21, 1862. I. All of the Territory of Arizona west of a meridian line running through what is known as Apache…
Madrid 16[–17] June 1780 Dear Sir On coming to this Place last M ^ my Arrival here I unexpectedly ^ found that M rs . Jay had been and still…
Mr. Pike to Mr. Seward. No. 46.] United States Legation, The Hague, April 16, 1862. Sir: I have the honor to enclose you the communication of this government, in reply…
March 13, 1862. No. 28. New San Pedro, Cal., March 13, 1862. Captain Soper’s company, Fifth Infantry California Volunteers, now at San Diego, will march without delay to Camp Wright,…
Passy, June 13. 1780 Dear Sir, It was a Mistake of a Figure in my Letter that occasion–d you the Trouble of writing yours of the 28 th . April.–…
Mr. Pike to Mr. Seward. No. 45.] United States Legation, The Hague, April 9, 1862. Sir: Since my last I have received a communication from the minister of foreign affairs,…
GENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. COLUMN FROM CALIFORNIA, July 17, 1862. No. 10. f Tucson, Ariz., July 17, 1862. The Column from California will move to the Rio Grande in the…
March 11, 1862. Camp Drum, near New San Pedro, Cal., No. 25. March 11, 1862. I. The undersigned hereby assumes command of this camp. * * * * * *…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Pike. No. 50.] Department of State, Washington, April 8, 1862. Sir: I have read with much pleasure the interesting and encouraging account you give of an…
Aranjues 9 th . June 1780 Sir The propositions which your Excellency did me the favor to send me on the 7 th . ins t . have been considered…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Pike. No. 48.] Department of State, Washington, April 2, 1862 Sir: Your despatch of March 12 (No. 41) has been received. Your account of the system…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, March 10, 1862. No. 23. San Pedro, Cal., March 10, 1862. 1. Lieutenant-Colonel Evans, Second Cavalry California Volunteers, will order Captain McLaughlin’s…