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Philip Schuyler to John Jay, 4 June 1777
Albany June 4 1777 D r Sir Inclose you Copy of the letter You requested, I wish you to well Consider the propriety of publishing It before you order It…
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Wm. Stuart to William H. Seward, September 25, 1862
Mr. Stuart to Mr. Seward. Washington, September 25, 1862. The undersigned, her Britannic Majesty’s charge d’affaires to the United States of America, has received instructions from her Britannic Majesty’s principal…
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William H. Seward to Wm. Stuart, September 18, 1862
Mr. Seward to Mr. Stuart. Department of State, Washington, September 18, 1862. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 16th instant in regard…
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Nicholas Rogers to John Jay, 4 June 1777
[Philadelphia June 4th, 1777] Sir I think it my duty to trouble you with these few lines concerning the papers that M r . Deane has committed to my Charge…
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William Stuart to William H. Seward, September 13, 1862
Mr. Stuart to Mr. Seward.. Washington, September 13, 1862. Sir: I have been instructed by Earl Russell to communicate to you the accompanying copy of the instructions which it is…
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Robert Troup to John Jay, 2 June 1777
Albany June 2. 1777. My dear Sir I beg you will not form any unfavorable Opinion of my long Silence. Nothing would give me more Pleasure than to have it…
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William H. Seward to Wm. Stuart, September 11, 1862
Mr. Seward to Mr. Stuart. Department of State, Washington, September 11, 1862. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 9th instant, which relates…
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William H. Seward to William Stuart, September 11, 1862
Mr. Seward to Mr. Stuart. Department of State, Washington, September 11, 1862. Sir: In a letter to this department of the 29th ultimo General Shepley, the military governor of Louisiana,…
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Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, June 2, 1777
Middle Brook Camp [New Jersey] June 2d. 1777 Dear Sir, I received your favour per express, 2 and as the absence of my former respectable correspondents has made a change…
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Wm. Stuart to William H. Seward, September 6, 1862
Mr. Stuart to Mr. Seward. Washington, September 6, 1862. Sir: The painful nature of the letters which have reached me by this day’s post from British subjects residing in the…
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John Jay, Charles De Witt, Zephaniah Platt, Matthew Cantine, and Christopher Tappen to Egbert Benson, 2 June 1777
Kingston 2 June 1777 Sir As Committees from the Counties of orange Ulster & Dutches are to meet at New Windsor tomorrow for the Important Purpose of agreeing on the…
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William H. Seward to Wm. Stuart, September 6, 1862
Mr. Seward to Mr. Stuart. Department of State, Washington, September 6, 1862. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 2d instant, in which…
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William H. Seward to Wm. Stuart, September 5, 1862
Mr. Seward to Mr. Stuart. Department of State, Washington, September 5, 1862. Sir: I have received the papers remitted to you from Canada, and informally communicated by you to this…
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William H. Seward to William Stuart, September 4, 1862
Mr. Seward to Mr. Stuart. Department of State, Washington, September 4, 1862. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 2d instant, with the…
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American Commissioners (Benjamin Franklin and Silas Deane) to John Jay, 2 June 1777
Dunkirk 2 d . June 1777– Dear Sir We refer the Committee to ours to You of the 26 Ult o . 1 of which we Sent Duplicates, should either…
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Cadwallader Colden II to John Jay, 31 May 1777
Kingston May 31 st 1777 Dear Sir I had Desired Doct r : Jones 1 to Speak to You and some other Gent n . of the Council of Safety…
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William Stuart to William H. Seward, September 2, 1862
Mr. Stuart to Mr. Seward. Washington, September 2, 1862. Sir: Having forwarded to Earl Russell a copy of the note which you did me the honor to address to me…
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SEWARD, Acting Secretary to Wm. Stuart, September 1, 1862
Mr. F. W. Seward to Mr. Stuart. Department of State, Washington, September 1, 1862. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 30th ultimo,…
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William Duer to John Jay, 28 May 1777
[Philadelphia] May 28 th . 1777 1 My dear Sir, You have been undoubtedly surpris–d at my long Silence, but when I assure you what is Fact, that my principal…
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John Jay to Abraham Yates Jr., 16 May 1777
16 May 1777 1 D r Sir From the Intimations Information you was pleased to give me before you left this place, of a Design that it was intended ^…