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17,141 lettersBethl. Febr: 25. 1756. Honourable Sir Mr. Nathanael Seidel, 4 the Bearer of this, can tell you, how it goes in our Parts, especially with the Refugees, residing as yet…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams No. 1282.] Department of State, Washington, March 1, 1865. Sir: Your despatch of the 10th of February, No. 874, has been received. The President is…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington Otty, D. O., November 18, 1862. Major-General ROSECRANS, Nashville, Tenn. : Sixteen hundred revolving ritles, all that are now manufactured in the United States, have been purchased,…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams No. 1280.] Department of State, Washington, February 28, 1865. Sir: Your attention is invited to the accompanying extract from a despatch of the 11th instant,…
[February 24, 1756] By THE Honourable Robert Hunter Morris, Esq; Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania and Counties of New-Castle, Kent and Sussex on Delaware.…
Philadelphia, February 22, 1756. 2 Dear Child I condole with you, we have lost a most dear and valuable relation, 3 but it is the will of God and Nature…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams No. 1279.] Department of State. Washington, February 27, 1865. Sir. On the 22d instant Major General Scofield moved against Wilmington with the land forces on…
Boston Febr. 16th. 1756 Dear Sir I enclose you a Catalouge of all the large and part of the small Books in my dear Papa’s Library, there are many other…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams No. 1278.] Department of State. Washington, February 25, 1865. Sir: You may well be weary of the task of presenting complaints to her Majesty’s government,…
Cincinnati, Ohio, November 17, 1862. It is represented, on reliable authority, that bands composed of deserters from the rebel army are committing depredations in Bath County, and rendering it unsafe…
[Golden Square, February 16, 1756] The Earl of Loudon, 6 a Nobleman of amiable Qualifications, and of great Character as an Officer, is appointed to command in Chief in America:…
Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward No. 884.] Legation of the United States. London, February 23, 1865. Sir. I have just come from an interview with Lord Russell. He was unwell,…
Philadelphia, 12 February, 1756. Dear Sister I condole with you on the loss of our dear brother. 8 As our number grows less, let us love one another proportionably more.…
Boston, February 4, 1756. Sir, I was favoured with your Letter at New-York, dated the 2d of December, 4 acquainting me that your Assembly had sent a Present of Thirteen…
Mr. Seward to Mr Adams No. 1274.] Department of State. Washington, February 21, 1865. Sir. I have your despatch of the 2d of February, No. 868. In that paper you…
[January 1756] [hence?], that next morning 2 in several places of the Town the G[overnor] was found hangd in Effigie, one in particular was put in the pillory and underneath…
Cincinnati, Ohio, November 17, 1862. Brig. Gen. J. T. BOYLE, Comdg. Western District of Kentucky, Louisville, Ky. : GENERAL: The following dispositions of troops will be madeto protect that portion…
Fort Allen, Jan. 31, 1756 My Dear, I wrote a line to you yesterday, and having this opportunity, write another, just to let you know that we all continue well,…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams No. 1272.] Department of State. Washington, February 18, 1865. Sir. By a despatch of the 21st ultimo, Thomas Kirkpatrick, esquire, our consul at Nassau, informs…
Fort Allen at Gnadenhutten Jan. 30[31?]. 3 1756 Dear Sir I now sit down to give you an Account of Part of the Operations of our Campaign. It will hardly…