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HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, March 25, 1862
Fort Humboldt, March 25, 1862. Captain HEFFERNAN, Commanding Fort Lyon: SIR: You are directed by the colonel commanding to march with as many men as you can spare on the…
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Floridablanca to John Jay, 20 June 1780
[a Aranjuez le 20 Juin] [1780] Le Comte de Floridablanca n–aura pas de difficulté a faire payer la note de 333 gros piastres, dont M r Jay fait mention dans…
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James H. Carleton to Edward R. S. Canby, June 15, 1862
Tucson, Ariz., June 15, 1862. General E. R. S. CANBY, Comdy. Department of New Mexico, Fort Craig, N. Mex.: GENERAL: I have the honor to inform you that I have…
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Charles Francis Adams to William H. Seward, November 13, 1862
[Extracts.] Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward. No. 260.] Legation of the United States, London, November 13, 1862. Sir: Your despatch (No. 381) of the 25th October, covered copies of many…
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John Jay to Floridablanca, 20 June 1780, enclosing the Humble Petition of Thomas Shuker Native of New Hampshire, 27 April 1780
[Madrid 20 th . June 1780] M r : Jay has the Honor of representing to his Excellency the Count D– Florida Blanca, that Thomas Shuker a Native of the…
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SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, March 23, 1862
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, March 23, 1862. No. dl; } Los Angeles, Cal., March 23, 1862. I. Colonel Bowie, Fifth Infantry California Volunteers, will order Company…
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John Jay to Floridablanca, 19 June 1780
[Madrid 19 June 1780] M r . Jay presents his respectful Compliments to his Excellency the Count D–Florida Blanca, and takes the Liberty of enclosing a Copy of a Note…
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James H. Carleton to First California Volunteers, Commanding, June 11, 1862
Tucson, Ariz., June 11, 1862. General E. R. S. CANBY, U. S. Army, Commanding U. S. Forces in New Mexico: GENERAL: I had the honor to write you on the…
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William H. Seward to James S. Pike, May 9, 1862
Mr. Seward to Mr. Pike. No. 53.] Department of State, Washington, May 9, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of April 23 (No. 41) has been received. The efforts, financial, military, and…
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GENERAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS, March 22, 1862
March 22, 1862. No. 2. Fort Anderson, March 22, 1862. All officers, guides, and men of this command are strictly prohibited from killing or wounding any Indian unless in self-defense,…
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William Carmichael to John Jay, 18–19 June 1780
[18 th [–19 th ] June [1780] Aranjues] Dear Sir Near 12 this night St Jean brought me your favors of the 16 th and 17 th with their inclosures.…
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James S. Pike to William H. Seward, April 30, 1862
Mr. Pike to Mr. Seward. No. 48.] United States Legation, The Hague, April 30, 1862. Sir: Since my last I have had the honor to receive your despatches Nos. 48,…
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James H. Carleton to First California Volunteers, Commanding, May 3, 1862
Fort Yuma, Cal., May 3, 1862. Col. E. R. S. CANBY, Commanding Department of New Mexico: COLONEL: Having no means of getting reliable information from you except by a special…
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William Churchill Houston to John Jay, 17 June 1780
Philad a 17 June 1780 His Excy John Jay Esq r Sir, You will receive with this the Journals of Congress for the present year as far as they are…
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William H. Seward to James S. Pike, April 26, 1862
Mr. Seward to Mr. Pike. No. 52.] Department of State, Washington, April 26, 1862. Sir: Your despatch (No. 45) of the 9th instant, containing the copy of a note from…
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SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. FIFTH INFTY. CALIFORNIA VOLS., March 18, 1862
INOS Camp Latham, March 18, 1862. Lieut. Col. George S. Evans, Second Cavalry California Volunteers, will proceed at once via Fort Tejon and Tejon Reservation, Walker’s Basin, to Owen’s Lake,…
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James H. Carleton to E. R. S. Canby, August 2, 1862
Ojo de la Vaca, Ariz., August 2, 1862. General George Wright, U. S. Army, commanding the Department of the Pacific, recommended to the General-in-Chief that a force from California, to…
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Committee for Foreign Affairs (James Lovell, Robert R. Livingston, and William Churchill Houston) to John Jay, 16 June 1780
Philad a . 16 June 1780 Sir The Embarrassm t 1 which the Depreciation of the currency had created in our 2 publick affairs at the Time of your Departure…
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William H. Seward to James S. Pike, April 16, 1862
Mr. Seward to Mr. Pike. No. 51.] Department of State, Washington, April 16, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of March 26 (No. 43) has been received. The series of successes upon…
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HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, March 15, 1862
Los Angeles, Cal., March 15, 1862. First Infantry California Vols., Comdg. at Fort Yuma, Cal. : MAJOR: I have ordered Major Fergusson to send Pishon’s company of the First Cavalry…