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William H. Seward to Right Hon. Lord Lyons, March 19, 1864
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, March 19, 1864 My Lord: I have the honor to recur to your two notes of the 5th instant, one of…
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D. H. Hamilton to First Regiment South Carolina Volunteers, July 14, 1862
Camp on New Market Road, Va., July 14, 1862. GENERAL: In obedience to orders I desire to report as to the part pa by my regiment in the recent battles…
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William H. Seward to Right Hon. Lord Lyons, March 18, 1864
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, March 18, 1864. My Lord: With reference to the correspondence which hag taken place between your lordship and this department on…
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George Washington to John Sullivan, March 15, 1777
Morristown [ New Jersey ] March 15, 1777. Exhorts Sullivan not to imagine slights. Discusses separate commands. States that the only separate command is that of the Northern Department.
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William H. Seward to Right Hon. Lord Lyons, March 17, 1864
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, March 17, 1864. My Lord: I have the honor to recur to your note of the 15th ultimo, enclosing extracts from…
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D. G. McIntosh to Maxcy Gregg, July 14, 1862
HEADQUARTERS PEE DEE ARTILLERY, July 14, 1862. GENERAL: In obedience to orders I submit herewith a report of the part taken by my command in the late combats before Richmond…
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George Washington to Alexander McDougall, March 15, 1777
Morristown [ New Jersey ] March 15, 1777. Approves of McDougall’s decision to order troops to Forts Constitution and Montgomery instead of to Peekskill, New York. Approves stationing of Colonel…
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William H. Seward to Right Hon. Lord Lyons, March 16, 1864
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, March 16, 1864. My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 13th instant, informing…
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Maxcy Gregg to S. Cooper, July 18, 1862
Laurel Hill, Va., July 18, 1862. GENERAL: I learn from Colonel Hamilton, commanding First South Carolina Volunteers, that, in an interview with yourself and the Secretary of War the other…
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Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons to William H. Seward, March 15, 1864
[Memorandum, received March 15, 1864.] Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Communications from various parts of the province have been addressed to the government of Canada, complaining of the injurious operation…
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Alexander Hamilton to Andrew Ward, March 14, 1777
[Morristown, New Jersey, March 14, 1777] Since writing the within, 1 The General received your letter, respecting the innoculation of your regiment, and permission for yourself to go home. He…
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Unknown to Robert H. Chilton, March 11, 1862
Camp Gregg, Va., March 11, 1862. GENERAL: I send you the report of General Gregg of the battle of Cold Harbor and Colonel MecGowan’s report of the battle of Frazier’s…
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Right Hon. Lord Lyons to William H. Seward, March 13, 1864
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, March 13, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to enclose for your consideration a copy of a letter which I have received from the…
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Fr. Mallory to G. F. Harrison, July 12, 1862
July 12, 1862. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to submit the following report of my regiment in the recent engagements before Richmond: On the night of Wednesday, June 25, the…
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William H. Seward to Right Hon. Lord Lyons, March 11, 1864
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State,Washington, March 11, 1864. My Lord: With reference to the despatch of the 6th ultimo, addressed to your lordship by E. M. Archibald,…
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Alexander Hamilton to Samuel Blachley Webb, March 13, 1777
Head Quarters Morris Town [New Jersey] March 13. 1777 Dr. Sir If General Knox has not passed through on his way here, and gotten out of your reach, you will…
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Right Hon. Lord Lyons to William H. Seward, March 9, 1864
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, March 9, 1864 Sir: Her Majesty’s government have been informed that a large quantity of coal, belonging to Messrs. William Anderson, Saxon & Co.,…
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RO. M. Mayo to Forty-seventh Virginia Regiment, July 15, 1862
July 15, 1862. July 15, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor hereby to report the action of the Fortyseventh Virginia Regiment in the recent engagements before Richmond: With the rest…
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William H. Seward to Right Hon. Lord Lyons, March 9, 1864
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, March 9, 1864. My Lord: I have the honor to recur to your note of the 1st instant, so far as…
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Alexander Hamilton to Adam Stephen, March 13, 1777
Head Quarters Morris Town [New Jersey] March 13. 1777 Sir, In a letter Just received from Colonel Ward, 2 there appears to be an objection made against innoculating his regiment,…