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46,149 lettersDEPUTY QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL’S OFFICE, San Francisco, June 3, 2863. Lieutenant-Colonel DRUM, Assistant Adjutant- General, Present: Camp Wright has hitherto been furnished via Fort Bragg, from which latter post it is distant…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton. No. 178.] Department of State, Washington, July 10, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of June 12 (No. 160) has been submitted to the President. The treasury…
[Poghkeepsie 2 Jan. 1778] Sir Notwithstanding the opposition of our Sentiments & Conduct relative to the present Contest, the Friendship which subsisted between us is not forgotten, nor will the…
[Extracts.] Mr. Dayton to Mr. Seward. No. 168.] Paris, July 9, 1862. Sir: On Friday last three despatches from Mexico to the Emperor are said to have arrived—one from Monsieur…
June 3, 1863. June 3, 1863. Respectfully referred to Lieutenant-Colonel Babbitt for his opinion in reference to supplying Camp Wright (Round Valley). By order: k. C, DRUM, Assistant Adjutant- General.
Fish Kill 26 Dec r . 1777 Dear Sir About a Fortnight ago I rec d . three Letters from France, one dated at Dunkirk the 2 d June, another…
Mr. Dayton to Mr. Seward. No. 166.] Paris, June 28, 1862. Sir: Enclosed you will find a printed translation of a speech by Mr. Jules Favre, on the 26th instant,…
Manour Livingston 23 d . Decem r 1777 My Dear Sir I did not receive your very obliging Favour of the 14 th . 1 Untill this morning. which It…
Mr. Dayton to Mr. Seward. No. 163.] Paris, June 23, 1862. Sir: The receipt of despatches Nos. 161 and 162 is hereby acknowledged. Despatch No. 161 was accompanied by memoranda…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton. No. 170.] Department of State, Washington, June 21, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of June 5 (No. 156) was received. Since it was written the events…
Danbury, December 17 th . 1777 Honored Sir Hitherto hath the Lord helped us, is an acknowledgment as honorable as it is ancient, but never more properly adapted to the…
ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS, August 9, 1862. No. 161. Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter., August 9, 1862. I. Capt. George B. Currey, First Oregon Cavalry, with two sergeants, four corporals, and…
Fish Kill, 14 Dec r . 1777.– Dear Sir Your obliging Letter of the 2 d . Inst 1 did not reach me till two Days ago. I am very…
ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS, August 16, 1862. No. 170. $ Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter., August 16, 1862. I. Lieut. J. T. Apperson, Company E, First Oregon Cavalry, with fifteen men…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton. No. 167.] Department of State, Washington, June 20, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of June 2 (No. 154) has been received. While the President regrets that,…
[Fishkill, 11 December 1777] D r Gen. Your very friendly Letter of the 6 th : Ult. 1 was this Moment delivered. In what careless Hands it has lain so…
Mr. Dayton to Mr. Seward. No. 161.] Paris, June 13, 1862. Sir: The Mexican complication, so far forth as France’s interference is concerned, will, if left alone, soon wear itself…
June 16, 1862. No. 15. Tucson, Ariz., June 16, 1862. The following itinerary of the marches from Fort Barrett (Pima Villages) to Tucson, Ariz., via Picacho Mountain, made by Captain…
York Town Penns. 2 d . Dec r . 1777– Dear Sir, I have had so much Publick Business on my hands that I have been unavoidably deprived of paying…
[Extracts.] Mr. Dayton to Mr. Seward. No. 160.] Paris, June 12, 1862. Sir: Your despatch No. 160 is received. The defeat of General Banks, to which it refers, has been…