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17,141 letters[New York] July 26, 1776. Gentlemen, I am obliged to write you, to remove a difficulty which arises respecting the quantity of subsistence which is to be allowed my men.…
July 4, 1862. RigHt WING, DEPARTMENT OF THE POTOMAC, July 4, 1862. Report of Casualties in the First Brigade, Second Division, Right Wing, Department of the Potomac, in the engagement…
[Memorandum.] Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, February 2, 1864. The Secretary of State, having taken into consideration the copy of a report of the 13th ultimo,…
[ New York, May 31, 1776 . An entry in the Journals of the New York Provincial Congress under this date reads: “Ordered, that Capt. Alexander Hamilton, or any or…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, February 1, 1864. My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 20th ultimo, asking,…
HEADQUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE, SECOND DIVISION, July 4, 1862. RIGHT WING, DEPARTMENT OF THE Potomac, Crew’s Farm, Va., July 4, 1862. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report that soon after…
[New York, May 26, 1776] Gentlemen, I take the liberty to request your attention to a few particulars, which will be of considerable importance to the future progress of the…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, January 30, 1864. Sir: I lost no time in communicating to the governor general of Canada the note dated the 13th instant, in which…
[ New York ] April 20, 1776 . The return is headed: “A Return of the Colony Company of Artillery commanded by Alexander Hamilton April 20th, 1776â€� and is in…
July 13, 1862. July 13, 1862. Sir: On the 27th ultimo the Ninth Georgia Regiment received orders to advance the picket line on the east side of Dr. Garnettâs farm.…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, January 29, 1864. My Lord: On the 8th of January instant I informedy your lordship that the attention of this government…
[New York, April 4, 1776] New York April 4th, 1776. Received of Colonel McDougall one hundred and seventy two pounds, three shillings and five pence half penny, for the pay…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, January 28, 1864 My Lord: I have the honor to inform your lordship that it has become known to this government…
Camp near Richmond, Va., July 10, 1862. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to submit, for the consideration of the colonel commanding, the following report of this regiment in the part…
[ New York, April 2, 1776 . An entry in the Journals of the New York Provincial Congress under this date reads: “Ordered That Capt. Hamilton be directed to place…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, January 26, 1864. My Lord: Recurring to your note of the 13th instant, inquiring, under the instruction of her Majesty’s government,…
[New York, March 17, 1776] Newyork. March 17th 1776. Recived of Col. McDougall Seventy three Pounds, Nineteen Shillings and a Penny half penny for the Pay of the Commissioned Non-Commissioned…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, January 25, 1864. My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your lordships note of 23d instant, which…
[New York, January 4, 1776] 1 Dear Sir The inclosed was intended by the last post, but I was disappointed in sending it. You will find by the papers, that…
Camp near Darbytown Road, July 26, 1862. GENERAL: On the Ist of this month you, after much exertion, put your brigade in line of battle chiefly in a wood in…