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17,141 lettersSPECIAL ORDERS, ; HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, January 15, 1863. No. 15. Memphis, Tenn., January 15, 1863. I. Lieut. Col. C. A. Reynolds, chief quartermaster of the department, is…
Philada. April 29. 1749 Sir I suppose Mr. Hall will acquaint you that I have settled with him for those Things you sent me that were charg’d in his Invoice.…
Old Post Arkansas, January 14, 1863. Brig. Gen. W. A. GORMAN, Commanding : GENERAL: I ascended White River on the 9th instant and on the 11th carried this Post. The…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, June 28, 1862. No. 27, f Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., June 28, 1862. First Lieut.W. B. Hughes, Ninth Infantry, U. S. Army, acting…
Mr. Motley to Mr. Seward. No. 46.] Legation of the United States, Vienna, February 23, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of despatches Nos. 51, 52,…
Philada. Apl. 29. 1749 8 Sir Observations and Suppositions towards forming a new Hypothesis for explaining the several Phaenomena of Thunder Gusts. 9 §1. Non-Electrical 1 Bodies, that have Electric…
SPECIAL ORDERS,) HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, June 27, 1862. No. 25. f Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., June 27, 1862. i. Capt. F. Seidenstriker, First Washington Territory Infantry, with his company…
Post of Arkansas, January 14, 1863. Commanding Department of the Tennessee : GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt this moment of your dispatch of the 10th instant,…
Philada. Apl. 29. 1749 3 Sir I now send you some 4 Further Experiments and Observations in Electricity made in Philadelphia 1748. viz. §1. There will be the same Explosion…
Mr. Motley to Mr. Seward. No. 45.] Legation of the United States, Vienna, January 23, 1864. Sir: It is of course impossible for me to communicate any news to you…
Philada: March 14th 1748/9 Sir This waits of You to acknowledge the Receipt of Your generous present to the Library Company by the Hands of Mr. Richard Hockley of a…
Post Arkansas, January 14, 1863. Commanding Department of the Tennessee: GENERAL: I have all the prisoners embarked for Saint Louis, Mo. My reasons for sending them are these: 1st, I…
Speech of Count Rechberg. [Document to accompany despatch No. 42.] Vienna, December 4, 1863. In the session of the Chamber of Deputies to-day his excellency Count Rechberg, minister for foreign…
Philada. Feby. 28. 1748–9 Our Friend Hall goes on exceedingly well: Has lately got a Daughter. 9
January 13, 1863. No. 4 ; Post Arkansas, January 13, 1863. This corps will make preparation to re-embark on the transports as near as possible at the place where we…
TUCSON, ARIZ. TER. TUCSON, ARIZ. TER., June 25, 1862. Col. J. R. WEST, e First Infantry California Volunteers, Commanding, Present: SIR: I have the honor to report that in compliance…
Febry 13th [1749] To B Franklin I return’d him the Reliquiae Bodleianae 6 which he took out of the Library for me, blaming the Editor for not digesting the Letters…
Mr. Motley to Mr. Seward. No. 42.] Legation of the U. S. of America at Vienna, December 8, 1863. Sir: I transmit in this despatch a translation of Count Rechberg’s…
Philada. Jan. 9. 1748,9 Dear Sir This just serves to cover a Bill of Exchange for £8 8 s. o d. Sterling, and to let you know we are all…
La Grange, Tenn., January 13, 1863. Brigadier-General LAUMAN, Moscow : GENERAL: You will immediately move a portion of your command west on the line of the railroad and relieve General…