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17,141 lettersCONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPARTMENT, Richmond, Va., January 6, 1864. Burlington Hotel, London, England: Sir: Hon. J. E. Ward, of Georgia, has submitted to the Department plans suggested by…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, February 6, 1863. Sir: I have this afternoon had the honor to receive your note of yesterday’s date respecting the blockade of the port…
[Circular.] Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, February 5, 1863. Sir: As opinions may be entertained by merchants interested in trade to the port of Galveston, in…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, February 3, 1863. Sir: I have the honor to enclose in original a letter and a certificate which I have received from Mr. John…
Richmond, January 6, 1864. Governor VANCE: I regret to learn that because of an interest of your State in the steamer Don, objection is made to its conforming to the…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, January 31, 1863. My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 28th instant, relative…
Lord Lyons to H. B. M. Consul at——. Washington, January 30,1863. Sir: Among certain intercepted correspondence which has been published in the newspapers appear two letters from Mr. Memminger, in…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, January 30, 1863. Sir: I have received the note which you did me the honor to write to me yesterday, in answer to the…
Montgomery, January 6, 1864. Hon. JAMES A. SEDDON, Secretary of War: Sir: Unless the planting interest in the South can be carried on successfully the armies of the Confederacy cannot…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, January 29, 1863. Mr. Seward presents his compliments to Lord Lyons, and has the honor to transmit herewith to his lordship…
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, January 5, 1864. No. 2. Richmond, January 5, 1864. For the information of all concerned, and to correct prevalent misapprehension, it is announced…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, January 29, 1863. My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 26th instant, informing…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, January 28, 1863. My Lord: I have the honor to acquaint you that in a letter to this department of the…
Richmond, Va., January 4, 1864. His Excellency Z. B. VANCE, Governor of North Carolina, Raleigh, N. C.: Sir: Your letter of the 29th ultimo, with the resolutions of the Legislature…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, January 28, 1863. Sir: With reference to the correspondence which has passed between us relative to the capture of the Elias Reed, I have…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, January 26, 1863. Sir: On receiving from me a copy of the note which you did me the honor to address to me on…
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPARTMENT, Richmond, Va., January 4, 1864. The PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES: Sir: The letter of His Excellency Governor Brown,* transmitting to you the resolutions…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, January 26, 1863. My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 29th ultimo, calling…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, January 22, 1863. My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 20th instant, acquainting…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, January 20, 1863. My Lord: Adverting to your note of the 24th of November last, relative to the capture of the…