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17,141 letters[September 28, 1747] Receiv’d Sept. 28. 1747 of Mr. Gambold Twenty three Pounds Ten Shillings, being in full for Fourteen hundred German Spelling Books; also One Pound Ten Shillings and…
Fort Yuma, Cal. Fort Yuma, Cal., May 14, 1862. Maj. R. C. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, San Francisco, Cal.: MAJOR: If it shall prove that Pesqueira has made…
October 21, 1862. Steamer Tigress, Milltkenâs Bend, Mississippi River, Jan. 3, 1863. Hon. BE. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: Siz: Notwithstanding your order of October 21, 1862, authorizing the Mississippi…
Fort Yuma, Cal. Fort Yuma, Cal., May 13, 1862. Maj. R. C. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, San Francisco, Cal.: MAJOR: Please inform me without delay if by any…
Philada. Sept. 24. 1747 Sir I have one of your Histories come in among some Books sent me per Mr. Strahan: But Osborne I understand has sent 50 to Mr.…
Fort Yuma, Cal. Fort Yuma, Cal., May 12, 1862. Maj. R. C. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant-General, San Francisco, Cal. : MAJOR: Inclosed herewith please find a copy of a letter* written…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Perry. No. 48.] Department of State, Washington, November 17, 1864. Sir:Your despatch of the 1st instant, No. 138, has been received, together with the duplicates of…
Memphis, Tenn., January 3, 1863. Brigadier-General GoRMAN: I have sent your dispatches to General Grant. I do not like the look of things at Vicksburg. It is impossible for Grant…
New York. Sept. 21. 1747. Dear Sir Last Week I accidently met Mr. DeLancey 8 in the Streets: I ask’d him, if he had heard any Thing about the Affair,…
Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter. Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., May 10, 1862. Col. T. R. CORNELIUS, First Oregon Cavalry, Portland, Oreg.: COLONEL: In obedience to instructions from the headquarters Department of…
New York. Sept. 7. 1747. Dear Sir Mr. Whiting 3 came and [paid the] whole last Saturday Evening in Jersey Money, except 5 s. in York, of the Pay[ment] for…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Perry. No. 45.] Department of State, Washington, November 15, 1864. Sir:On account of my late absence from the department of a few days, it has not…
Holly Springs, Miss., January 3, 1863. Some citizeus of Memphis were overheard to say that there was a determination that we should not run the Memphis and Charleston Railroad; that…
Fort Yuma, Cal. Fort Yuma, Cal., May 10, 1862. Maj. R. C. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, San Francisco, Cal. : MAJOR: I inclose herewith certified copies of letters…
Philada. Augt. 27. 1747 Sir This just serves to enclose you a Letter from our Friend Bertram; 7 and to request you would deliver my Papers on Electricity to the…
Fort Yuma, Cal. Fort Yuma, Cal., May 10, 1862. Maj. R. C. Drum, U.S. Army, Assistant Adjutant-General, San Francisco, Cal. : MAJOR: By this express a requisition for clothing for…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Perry. No. 41.] Department of State, Washington, October 31, 1864. Sir:We learn unofficially that the United States ship Niagara lately overhauled and temporarily detained the Cicerone,…
Philada. Augt. 14. 1747 Sir I have lately written two long Letters to you on the Subject of Electricity, one by the Governor’s Vessel, the other per Mesnard. 4 On…
Camp Latham Camp Latham, May 8, 1862. Capt. R. W. KIRKHAM, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General: CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report that immediately on my arrival at this post, in…
Saint Louis, Mo. Saint Louis, Mo., January 3, 1863. General Grant has ordered all my force now at Columbus to Memphis. This strips the country about Cairo and New Madrid,…