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James E. Harvey to William H. Seward, May 17, 1864
Mr. Harvey to Mr. Seward. No. 277.] Legation of the United States, Lisbon, May 17, 1864. Sir:The accompanying copies of letters from the United States consul at Fayal and the…
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Unknown to Valeria Hurlbut, November 7, 1862
Memphis, November 7, 1862. Mrs. VALERIA HURLBUT, Memphis: DEAR Mapam: Your letter of October â was duly received. I did not answer it at that time, as I had already…
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Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Clap, November 8, 1753
Philada. Nov. 8. 1753 Dear Sir, The first Intimation I find of the New Airpump, is in a Piece of Mr. Watson’s, read to the Royal Society, Feb. 20. 1752…
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James E. Harvey to William H. Seward, April 30, 1864
Mr. Harvey to Mr. Seward. Legation of the United States, Lisbon, April 30, 1864. Sir: I have reason to know that the mediation offered by the government of His Most…
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Dabney to James E. Harvey, March 24, 1864
Mr. Dabney to Mr. Harvey. Consulate United States, Azores, Fayal, March 24, 1864. Sir: I have to inform you that Mr. Hickling, our consular agent at St. Michael, under date…
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Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, October 27, 1753
Philada. Oct. 27 1753 Dear Sir, I have your Favour of June 27, 2 and am quite surpriz’d at the Conduct of Mr. Harris. He is return’d to Maryland as…
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Unknown to Samuel R. Curtis, November 6, 1862
Memphis, November 6, 1862. Maj. Gen. SAMUEL R. CURTIS, Oomdg. Department of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo.: GENERAL: Brooks has gone to Helena, and thence, I suppose, to the interior.…
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Benjamin Franklin to Samuel Johnson, October 27, 1753
Philada. Oct. 27. 1753 Dear Sir I herewith send you Twelve of the Noetica’s. Ten are bound as you desired; which are all I have of that best Paper, the…
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Harvey to William H. Seward, April 12, 1864
Mr. Harvey to Mr. Seward. No. 270.] Legation of the United States, Lisbon, April 12, 1864. Sir: The accompanying letter from the United States consul at Fayal has just been…
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Benjamin Franklin to Cadwallader Colden, October 25, 1753
Philada. Oct. 25. 1753 Dear Sir, This last Summer I have enjoy’d very little of the Pleasure of Reading or Writing. I made a long Journey to the Eastward, which…
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William T. Sherman to John A. Rawlins, November 1, 1862
Memphis, November 1, 1862. Maj. JoHN A. RAWLINS, Assistant Adjutant-General, Jackson, Tenn. : DEAR SiR: I received last night, at the hands of Colonel Hillyer, the generalâs communication of October…
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Harvey to William H. Seward, April 7, 1864
Mr. Harvey to Mr. Seward. No. 269.] Legation of the United States, Lisbon, April 7, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 129,…
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Benjamin Franklin to James Bowdoin, October 18, 1753
Philada. Oct. 18. 1753 Dear Sir I recollect that I promis’d to send you Dr. Brownrigg’s Treatise on Common Salt. 1 You will receive it herewith. I hope it may…
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ROBERT BAYMAN, United States Consul ad interim to James E. Harvey , United States Minister Resident at Lisbon, March 18, 1864
Mr. Bayman to Mr. Harvey Consulate of the United States, Madeira, March 18, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge your letter of the 14th instant) and beg to…
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Sterling Price to J. R. Wappy, January 19, 1863
Grenada, Miss., January 19, 1863. Major-General LORING, Commanding Army of the Mississippi, Grenada: GENERAL: I have, in compliance with your orders, directed the Second Brigade of Bowenâs division to hold…
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Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, September 1, 1753
Philadelphia, September 1753. 1 In my former Paper on this Subject, wrote first in 1747, enlarged and sent to England in 1749, 2 I considered the Sea as the grand…
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Harvey to William H. Seward, March 24, 1864
[Extract.] Mr. Harvey to Mr. Seward. No. 268.] Legation of the United States, Lisbon, March 24, 1864, Sir: * * * * * I transmit also a circumstantial account of…
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J. A. Seddon to Seoretary of War, January 18, 1863
WAR DEPARTMENT, C. 8. A., Richmond, Va., January 18, 1863. Sie: The President, since his return from his recent visit to the armies south, has communicated to me the apprehension…
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Charles Woodmason to Benjamin Franklin, September 20, 1753
Cooper River, S. Carolina, Sept. 20, 1753 Let others muse on sublunary things, The rise of empires and the fall of kings; Thine is the praise, with bolder flight to…
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Harvey to William H. Seward, March 22, 1864
Mr. Harvey to Mr. Seward. No. 267.] Legation of the United States, Lisbon, March 22, 1864. Sir:A paragraph appeared in one of the principal papers to-day of which the following…