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17,141 lettersPhiladelphia Septr. 30th. 1776. Sir The Congress having appointed you to fill a most important and honorable Department, it is with particular Pleasure I congratulate you on the Occasion. By…
Philadelphia 27th Septr. 1776 Dear Sir I should have written to you before now if I had not been uncertain about finding you at home, as the distance was great,…
Philadelphia Sepr. 17. 1776 Dear Sirs Our affairs at N. York have not much alter’d since your departure, the Militia of the eastern states have mostly left it, and probably…
Earl Russell to Mr. Adams. Foreign Office, February 25, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22d instant, and to state to…
Paris the 15th Sept 1776 Sirs Tis need less to tell You that the present troubles of America postponed the return of Mr. Mazzei’s Vessel to Virginia deprived me also…
Virga. Augt. 26th. 1776. Dear Sir Having been abroad for some time accompanying Mrs. Pendleton on a Visit to a sick Parent, I find my self Indebted for two of…
Philadelphia. Aug. 26. 1776. Dear Sir Your’s of the 10th. inst. came to hand about three days ago, the post having brought no mail with him the last week. You…
Williamsburg 24th. Augt. 1776. Sir I was pleased with the Receipt of your favour Yesterday, being a little apprehensive that Mr. Walton’s Note might have miscarried, as I had heard…
Philadelphia Aug. 20. 1776. Dear Page We have been in hourly expectation of the great decision at New York but it has not yet happened. About three nights ago an…
June 29, 1862. June 29, 1862. Maj. Gen. J. B. MAGRUDER, Commanding Division: GENERAL: I regret much that you have made so little progress today in the pursuit of the…
Philadelphia Aug. 13. 1776. Dear Sir Yours of Aug. 3. came to hand yesterday. Having had no moment to spare since, I am obliged to sit down to answer it…
Mr. Adams to Mr. Hamilton. Legation of the United States, London, February 23, 1864. Sir: I have to acknowledge the reception of your note of yesterday, apprising me of your…
Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Adams. 5 Cannon Street, London, E. E., February 22, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to inform you that I have received a box of parliamentary…
Earl Russell to Mr. Adams. Foreign Office, February 24, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 22d instant, enclosing a copy of…
Mr. Adams to Earl Russell. Legation of the United States, London, February 22, 1864. My Lord: I am directed by my government to represent to your lordship that it has…
Mr. Moran to Mr. Seward. Legation of the United States, London, February 20, 1864. Sir: By direction of Mr. Adams, I have the honor to forward herewith, out of the…
Earl Russell to Mr. Adams. Foreign Office, February 13, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of yesterday’s date respecting certain alleged abuses of…
Mr. Adams to Earl Russell. Legation of the United States, London, February 12, 1864. My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the reception of your note of the 8th…
July 30, 1862. GENERAL: I respectfully append the following as a continuation of the operations of the Seventh Brigade from June 28 to July 4 inclusive: On June 28 the…
[Enclosures.] 1. The Times’s parliamentary report, &c., February 16, 1864. 2. The Times’s parliamentary report and letter of Historicus, February 17, 1864. 3. Mr. Graham to Mr. Adams, January 4,…