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*No. 27.[31], undated
*No. 27.[31] [undated] Narrative of the United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, by Charles Wilkes, U. S. N., commander of the expedition, in five…
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[Untitled], April 26, 1845
[Untitled] Extract from an article by Mr. —— Senior, in the [London] Examiner, No. 1943. Saturday, April 26, 1845. “If arbitration be unobtainable, the only mode of accommodation is mutual…
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Joshua Bates to Wm . Sturgis, May 1, 1845
[Strictly confidential.] Mr. Bates to Mr. Sturgis. London, May 1, 1845. My Dear Sir: I wrote you some weeks since to thank you for the pamphlets you were so kind…
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Ashburton to Wm . Sturgis, April 2, 1845
Lord Ashburton to Mr. Sturgis. London, April 2, 1845. Sir: Your lecture on the Oregon question reached me last week, and as the subject itself interests me, and still more…
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Edward Everett to John C . Calhoun, April 2, 1845
[Confidential.] Mr. Everett to Mr. Calhoun. London, April 2, 1845. Sir: * * * * * * * A person very high in the confidence of the government, but not…
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Edward Everett to John C . Calhoun, March 7, 1845
Mr. Everett to Mr. Calhoun. London, March 7, 1845. Sir:* * * * * * * I took an opportunity a few days since to explain to the Comte de…
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Edward Everett to John G . Calhoun, February 28, 1845
Mr. Everett to Mr. Calhoun. London, February 28, 1845. Sir: * * * * * * * I have anticipated in some degree another point to which Lord Aberdeen has…
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No. 21., January 22, 1845
No. 21. Extract of a lecture delivered by Mr. William Sturgis before the Mercantile Library Association of Boston, January 22, 1845. * * * I deem it very desirable that…
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Edward Everett to John Nelson, April 1, 1844
Mr. Everett to Mr. Nelson. London, April 1, 1844. Sir: * * * * * * The principle of running the forty-ninth degree of latitude to the sea and leaving…
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Edward Everett to A . P . Upshur, December 2, 1843
[Confidential.] Mr. Everett to Mr. Upshur. London, December 2, 1843. Sir: I had a long and important conversation with Lord Aberdeen on the 29th ultimo, which I now beg leave…