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17,141 lettersMr. Seward to Mr. Nelson. No. 65.] Department of State, Washington, June15, 1864. Sir: I thank you for the information you have given me in your No. 127 concerning what…
Richmond, Va. Richmond, Va., May 8, 1861. Col. P. St. GEORGE COCKE, Commanding Potomac Division: COLONEL: I am instructed by Major-General Lee to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of…
Helena, January 24, 1863. Maj. Gen. U. 8S. GRANT, Commanding Department of the Tennessee, Memphis : GENERAL: I have returned from my White River expedition and am actively engaged in…
[December 17, 1749] I send the Dialogues on Education, which I ascribed to Hutcheson, but am since informed they were wrote by Mr. Forbes, Professor of Philosophy in the University…
Mr. Nelson to Señor Don A. Covarrubias. Legation of the United States, Santiago de Chili, May 11, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a note…
[Translation.] Mr. Covarrubias to Mr. Nelson. Department of Foreign Relations, Republic of Chili, Santiago, May 11, 1864. Sir:The honorable Señor Don Manuel A. Tocornal has placed in the hands of…
Washington Washington, April 19, 1861. Capt. H. G. WrieGHt, Corps of Engineers, Washington ; Sir: You are selected as an engineer officer of high science and judgment, to repair promptly…
10br [December] 17 [1749] My Friend I Send him his borrowed Praeceptor. I thought to have bought that and Turnbull for my Son who is at home with me and…
Saint Louis, January 23, 1863. Maj. Gen. U. 8. GRANT, Comdg. Department of the Tennessee, Memphis, Tenn. : GENERAL: The prisoners are arriving here, and what to do with them…
A. [From the Patria of May 7, 1864.—Translation.] Circular to the Governments of America Ministry of Foreign Relations of Chili, Santiago, May 4, 1864 Mr. Minister:The occupation of the Chincha…
[December 16, 1749] I send you herewith a new French piece on electricity, 5 in which you will find a journal of experiments on a paralytic person. I also send…
Mr. Nelson to Mr. Seward. No. 127.] Legation of the United States, Santiago de Chili, May 16, 1864. Sir:* * * * * * * On the 29th ultimo intelligence…
January 20, 1863. No. 7. Memphis, Tenn., January 20, 1863. I. All trading, trafficking, or the landing of boats at points south of Memphis other than at military posts or…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Nelson. No. 63.] Department of State, Washington, May 19, 1864. Sir:Your despatches to 124 inclusive have been received. I have to express my cordial approval of…
10br [December] 13 [1749] My Friend I wrote to him 1 that Lewis Evans has been here yesterday to advise of T. Godfrey’s Decease 2 which I supposed had prevented…
[Translation.] Mr. Tocornal to Mr. Nelson. Santiago, March 7, 1864. Sir:On the 29th of February last I had the honor to receive the note which, under date of the 25th,…
[November, 1749] I receiv’d by the last opportunity from New York the Proposals relating to the Education of Youth in Pensylvania. I have read it with much pleasure and heartily…
Memphis, Tenn., January 20, 1863. Brig. Gen. C. S. HAMILTON, Commanding District of West Tennessee : GENERAL: Complaints have come in from Somerville from the few Union men of the…
Mr. Nelson to Mr. Tocornal. Legation of the United States, Santiago de Chili February 12, 1864. Sir: I have perused with the deepest interest the various arguments presented by the…
Philadelphia, October 23, 1749 Dear Sir, I hope before this can reach you your Parliament will have met and ordered payment of what has been so long due on account…