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17,141 lettersMr. Seward to Mr. Stuart. Department of State, Washington, August 20, 1862. Sir: Having informally understood from you that British subjects who had merely declared their intention to become citizens…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Stuart. Department of State, Washington, August 18, 1862. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 1st instant, in which,…
Albany. May 15. 1777.– My dear Sir, The Day after I arrived your Letter, to the General, came safe to Hand. He is pleased with the Contents, and doubts not…
Mr. Stuart to Mr. Seward. Washington, August 1, 1862. Sir: Lord Lyons addressed various despatches to Earl Russell, in the month of May and in the beginning of June last,…
Kingston jail May 12 th , 1777 Sir You are not Unacquainted with my Sentiments in Regard to this Unhappy affair, that has allready Cost so Much Blood and Treasure,…
[Informal.] Mr. Seward to Mr. Stuart. Department of State, Washington, July 23, 1862. Sir: The papers which accompanied your note to this department, of the 1st instant, marked “informal,” have…
Kingston 10 th May 1777 Dear Sir The enclosed is a Copy of the Constitution of this State, which I am persuaded you will read with Pleasure. By the 1…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Stuart. Department of State, Washington, July 12, 1862. Sir: In accordance with the suggestion in my note to you of the 23d ultimo, this department appointed…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Stuart. Department of State, Washington, July 5, 1862. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your informal communication of the 1st instant, relative…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Stuart. Department of State, Washington, July 1, 1862. Sir: In acknowledging the receipt of Lord Lyons’s note of the 12th ultimo, touching the cases of British…
Fish Kill 29 April 1777 Gentlemen Your Letter of the 26 Instant was this Evening delivered to me. When I was called last from Convention, a Clause in the Report…
Mr. Stuart to Mr. Seward. Washington, June 25, 1862. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 23d instant, respecting the position of Mr.…
[Kingston. 26 April 1777.] D r Sir– We were much surprized at your Letter to M r . Hobart as we could not perceive the Danger which would result from…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Stuart. Department of State, Washington, June 24, 1862. Sir: I have been informally apprised that Mr. Coppell, her Britannic Majesty’s acting consul at New Orleans, has…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Stuart. Department of State, Washington, June 23, 1862. Sir: I have read with care the papers which you left with me at the instance of Peter…
Phila d 19 th . April 1777 1 My dear Sirs We arrived in this City on Wednesday afternoon. 2 If you talk seriously to its Inhabitants you–l find them…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Stuart. Department of State, Washington, June 20, 1862. Sir: As you are doubtless aware, Lord Lyons, a short time since, left at this department the copy…
Phi a April 14 th [–17] 1777 Dear Jay I did not until this day receiv–d yours of 12 March. 1 I have wrote by almost every opportunity and shall…
Mr. F. W. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, June 14, 1862. My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 12th…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, June 12, 1862. Sir: Representations have been made to her Majesty’s government in behalf of British subjects, now prisoners of war in this country,…