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17,141 lettersMemphis, November 25, 1862. General STEELE, Commanding United States Forces, Helena: DEAR Sire: Yours of yesterday is before me. I wish I had met you going down, but somehow we…
New York Jany 16 1754 Dear Sir In my passage to N York I met the Post by whom Received your Letter 2 by it percieve you have Suspended the…
Mr. Harvey to Mr. Seward. No. 294.] Legation of the United States, Lisbon, October 1, 1864. Sir:Our consul at Gibraltar communicated to me the following information, in a letter dated…
Mr. Harvey to Mr. Seward. No. 293.] Legation of the United States, Lisbon, September 2, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 143, and…
Mr. Harvey to Mr. Seward. No. 292.] Legation of the United States, Lisbon, August 22, 1864. Sir: A letter from the secretary of our legation at London, written in the…
Lond: Jry 14: 1753 [1754] My Dear Friend I am so disheartend at the Loss of Capt. Davis, that I cannot tell how to sett Penn to paper. 8 I…
Duke de Soulé to Mr. Harvey Department of State for Foreign Affairs, July 16, 1864. I have the honor of informing you, in addition to my note of 10th May…
Memphis, November 23, 1862. Major-General GRANT, Comdg. Department of West Tennessee : DEAR GENERAL: As soon as I arrived here I dispatched an aide to Helena, who brings me back…
Mr. Harvey to Mr. Seward. No. 289.] Legation of the United States, Lisbon, July 28, 1864. Sir:Our commercial agent at St. Paul de Loando complained to this legation some time…
Philada. Jan. 1. 1753[1754] Gentlemen, I received your Money of Mr. Willing, and will remit it to London as soon as I have your Orders to whom. I expect the…
Mr. Harvey to Mr. Seward. No. 288.] Legation of the United States, Lisbon, July 18, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to receive your despatch No. 140, accompanied by a…
Mr. Harvey to Mr. Seward. No. 286.] Legation of the United States, Lisbon, July 7, 1864. Sir: The most important and the largest of the internal improvements of this kingdom,…
Memphis, November 23, 1862. The Officer Commanding Guard on Board Steamer Metropolitan : Sim: I am officially advised by Lieut. Gen. J. C. Pemberton, commanding Confederate forces at Jackson, Tenn.,…
Philada. Jan. 1. 1753 [1754] 7 Dear Sir, I have your Favour of the 3d past, with your Son’s Remarks on the Abbé Nollet’s Letters. 8 I think the Experiments…
Mr. Harvey to Mr. Seward. No. 284.] Legation of the United States, Lisbon, June 21, 1864. Sir:The news of the naval combat between the United States steamer Kearsarge and the…
Mr. Harvey to Mr. Seward. No. 283.] Legation of the United States, Lisbon, June 19, 1864. Sir:The Cortes were closed yesterday in state by the King, assisted by the Queen…
[1753?] 4 Suppose a tube of any length open at both ends, and containing a moveable wire of just the same length, that fills its bore. If I attempt to…
Memphis, Tenn., November 18, 1862. Lieut..Gen. J. C. PEMBER0N, Commanding Confederate Forces, Jackson, Miss. : Sir: Your letter of November 12, dated Jackson, Miss., is before me. General Grant commands…
Mr. Harvey to Mr. Seward. No. 281.] Legation of the United States, Lisbon, June 7, 1864. Sir:The regular and final session of the present Cortes draws near to its close…
Mr. Harvey to Mr. Seward. No. 280.] Legation of the United States, Lisbon, June1, 1864. Sir: His Majesty’s government ordered a census of the kingdom and the colonies to be…