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Hamilton Fish to Jefferson Davis, November 14, 1871
No. 3. Mr. Fish to Mr. Davis. Department of State, Washington, November 14, 1871. Sir: Your appointment and acceptance of the position of Agent of the United States before the…
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Letters to Jefferson Davis
B. 1808 · D. 1889
Jefferson F. Davis was the only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865, leading the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Before the war, he was a member of the Democratic Party who represented Mississippi in the House of Representatives from 1845 to 1846 and in the United States Senate from 1857 to 1861. From 1853 to 1857, he served as the 23rd United States secretary of war during the administration of President Franklin Pierce.
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Tenterden to Jefferson Davis, December 15, 1871
Lord Tenterden to Mr. Davis. [Inclosure No. 2.] Geneva, December 15, 1871. The undersigned, Agent of Her Britannic Majesty, appointed to attend the Tribunal of Arbitration convened at Geneva, under…
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Duffie to Jefferson Davis, July 27, 1873
No. 431. Mr. Duffie to Mr. Davis. United States Consulate, Cadiz, July 27, 1873. (Received August 26.) No. 375.] Sir: I beg to inform you that hostilities commenced between the…
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Winfield S. Hancock to Jefferson Davis, August 2, 1873
No. 433. Mr. Hancock to Mr. Davis. United States Consulate, Malaga, August 2, 1873. (Received August 26.) No. 238.] Sir: On Friday, the 25th ultimo, a conflict occurred in the…
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Duffie to Jefferson Davis, August 5, 1873
No. 432. Mr. Duffie to Mr. Davis. United States Consulate, Cadiz, August 5, 1873. (Received August 26.) No. 378.] Sir: I have the honor to inform you that, yesterday at…
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Henderson to Jefferson Davis, June 1, 1874
No. 155. Mr. Henderson to Mr. Davis. United States Consulate, Amoy, June 1, 1874. (Received July 20.) No. 30.] Sir: I have the honor to inform you that through the…
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Henderson to Jefferson Davis, June 6, 1874
No. 157. Mr. Henderson to Mr. Davis. United States Consulate, Amoy, June 6, 1874. (Received August 5.) No. 32.] Sir: I have the honor to inclose copies of correspondence between…
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Sewaed to Jefferson Davis, June 16, 1874
No. 158. Mr. Seward to Mr. Davis. United States Consulate, Shanghai, June 16, 1874. (Received July 18.) No. 764.] Sir: The telegram which I had the honor to dispatch to…
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William H. Seward to Jefferson Davis, June 23, 1874
No. 160. Mr. Seward to Mr. Davis. United States Consulate-General, Shanghai, June 23, 1874. (Received August 5.) No. 768.] Sir: I have the honor to inform you that the first…
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Henderson to Jefferson Davis, June 23, 1874
No. 161. Mr. Henderson to Mr. Davis. United States Consulate, Amoy, June 23, 1874. (Received August 16.) No. 36.] Sir: On the 19th instant I received a visit from the…
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William H. Seward to Jefferson Davis, July 21, 1874
No. 162. Mr. Seward to Mr. Davis. United States Consulate-General, Shanghai, July 21, 1874. (Received September 11.) No. 788.] Sir: I have the honor to inclose to you further extracts…
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Hamilton Fish to Jefferson Davis, November 14, 1874
No. 275. Mr. Fish to Mr. Davis. Department of State, Washington, November 14, 1874. No. 24.] Sir: Your No. 33, under date of the 20th of October last, narrating your…
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Hamilton Fish to Jefferson Davis, November 17, 1874
No. 276. Mr. Fish to Mr. Davis. Department of State, Washington, November 17, 1874. No. 25.] Sir: In connection with my No. 24, of the date of 14th instant, in…
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SANDISON, Editor Star to Jefferson Davis, August 12, 1882
[Inclosure in No. 439.] Mr. Sandison to Mr. Davis. Office of the New York Star, New York, August 12, 1882. Dear Sir: Permit me to thank, through you, the Department…