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K Baldwin to Sir P. Wodehouse, October 22, 1863
[Enclosure 2 in No. 2.] Commander Baldwin, U. S. N., to Sir P. Wodehouse. Vanderbilt, Cape Town, October 22, 1863. Sir: I have the honor to make known to your…
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Charles Lilburne Lewis to Virginia House of Delegates, November 1, 1776
[Before 1 November 1776] To the Honourable, the Delegates and Senators, Representatives of the Common Wealth of Virginia, assembled at the City of Williamsburg, The Memorial and Petition of the…
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Wodehouse to the Duke of Newcastle, October 26, 1863
[Enclosure 1 in No. 2.] Sir P. Wodehouse to the Duke of Newcastle. Government House, Cape Town, October 26, 1863. My Lord Duke: I have the honor to report to…
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William Irvin to Thomas Jefferson, November 1, 1776
[Before 1 November 1776] Dr. Sir Being taken sick I had the Opportunity of offering the inclosed Memorial and Petition to but very few. I am perswaded, however, that a…
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George Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, October 28, 1776
Philadelphia 28 Oct 1776 GW to T.J. Your letter of the 18th instant , by some accident or other, did not come to hand before it was too late to…
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Anderson, Saxon & Co to Rear-Admiral Sir B. Walker, November 6, 1863
[Enclosure 3 in No. 1.] Messrs. Saxon and Co. to Rear-Admiral Sir B. Walker. Cape Town, November 6, 1863. Sir: We have the honor to report that the schooner Atlas,…
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Continental Congress to Benjamin Franklin, October 16, 1776
[16 October 1776] Additional instructions to B F, S D, and T J, commissioners from the united states of America to the king of France. Whilst you are negotiating the…
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James W. Forsyth to Rear-Admiral Sir B. Walker, November 15, 1863
[Enclosure 2 in No. 1.] Captain Forsyth to Rear-Admiral Sir B. Walker. Valorous, at Simon’s Bay, November 15, 1863. Sir: In compliance with orders contained in your letter of the…
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Pinckney Walker to P. S.—It is stated in the public papers that Penguin island, at Angra Pequena, near which the Saxon is said to have been seized, and whence the coal was taken by the Vanderbilt, is a British possession, and was annexed to the Cape Colony at the same time as Ichaboe, but of this circumstance I am not aware, my instructions being only to take possession of the island of Ichaboe, November 17, 1863
[Enclosure in No. 1.] Rear-Admiral Sir B. Walker to the Secretary to the Admiralty. Narcissus, in Simon’s Bay, November 17, 1863. Sir: I beg you will inform the lords commissioners…
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Thomas Jefferson to John Hancock, October 11, 1776
Williamsburgh Octob. 11. 1776. Honorable Sir Your favor of the 30th. together with the resolutions of Congress of the 26th. Ult. came safe to hand. It would argue great insensibility…