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46,149 lettersRegulations relating to the presentation and acceptance by collectors of customs of landing certificates covering merchandise exported under internal-revenue laws. Treasury Department, Washington, D. C., May 26, 1879. [1879.—Department No.…
[Circular No. 14.] No. 7. To the consular officers of the United States. Department of State, Washington, June 10, 1879. Gentlemen: I inclose herein a copy of a circular, dated…
[Circular No. 13.] No. 6. To the consular officers of the United States. Department of State, Washington, June 10, 1879. Gentlemen: In transmitting to the Department invoices verified by you,…
No. 5. Sent to the diplomatic officers of the United States. Department of State, Washington, May 28, 1879. Sir: The Navy Department having experienced for a long time the advantages…
No. 4. Sent to the diplomatic officers of the United States. Department of State, Washington, May 23, 1879. Sir: I have been requested by the Secretary of the Treasury to…
No. 3. To the consuls-general, consuls, and commercial agents of the United States in Europe. Department of State, Washington, April 3, 1879. Gentlemen: In view of representations made to the…
No. 2. To the consular officers of the United States. Department of State, Washington, March 8, 1879. Gentlemen: The act approved June 4, 1878, making appropriations for the consular and…
(3735.) invoice value—additions for charges. Treasury Department,October 4, 1878. Sir: The department duly received your letter of the 20th ultimo, in which you call attention to its decision of April…
[Circular No. 12.] Department of State, Washington, February 13, 1879. No. 1. To the consular officers of the United States. Gentlemen: The Secretary of the Treasury, under date of the…
Message. Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: The members of the Forty-sixth Congress have assembled in their first regular session under circumstances calling for mutual congratulation and grateful…
No. 315. Mr. Bingham to Mr. Evarts. United States Legation, Tokei, Japan, September 12, 1878. (Recieved October 18.) No. 854.] Sir: His Majesty the Emperor of Japan set out upon…
No. 314. Mr. Bingham to Mr. Evarts. United States Legation, Tokei, Japan, September 10, 1878. (Received October 18.) No. 848.] Sir: Herewith I have the honor to inclose an editorial…
No. 313. Mr. Bingham to Mr. Evarts. United States Legation, Tokei, Japan, June 29, 1878. (Received August 3.) No. 821.] Sir: Referring to my former dispatches relating to the assassination…
No. 312. Mr. Bingham to Mr. Evarts. United States Legation, Tokei, Japan, June 6, 1878. (Received July 6.) No. 807.] Sir: Referring to my No. 796, of the 16th ultimo,…
[Inclosure 2 in No. 796.] Mr. Bingham to Mr. Terashima. United States Legation, Tokei, May 15, 1878. Sir: Your excellency’s communication of the 14th instant is received, wherein you acquaint…
[Inclosure 1 in No. 796.—Translation.] Mr. Terashima to Mr Bingham.. May 14, 1878. Sir: I have the honor to hereby inform you that this morning, at 8 a.m., Okubo Toshimichi,…
No. 311. Mr. Bingham to Mr. Evarts. United States Legation, Tokei, Japan, May 16, 1878. (Received June 13.) No. 796.] Sir: It is with sorrow that I have to report…
[Inclosure No. 4 in No. 737.] Mr. Terashima Munenori to Mr. Bingham. Foreign Office, Tokio,The 18th, the 12th month, the 10th year Meiji (December 18, 1877). Sir: I have the…
[Inclosure No. 3 in No. 737.] Mr Bingham to Mr. Terashima. United States Legation, Tokei, November 26, 1877. Sir: In June last I received from Rear-Admiral William Reynolds, U. S.…
[Inclosure No. 2 in No. 737.] Rear-Admiral Reynolds to Mr. Bingham. Flagship Tennessee, Yokohama, Japan, June 22, 1877. Sir: Captain Young informs me that he has heard from good authority…