[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,…
[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…
[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…
[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…
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…
Philadelphia Septr. 30th. 1776. Sir The Congress having appointed you to fill a most important and honorable Department, it is with particular Pleasure I congratulate you on the Occasion. By…
Philadelphia 27th Septr. 1776 Dear Sir I should have written to you before now if I had not been uncertain about finding you at home, as the distance was great,…
Earl Russell to Mr. Adams. Foreign Office, February 25, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22d instant, and to state to…
Philadelphia Sepr. 17. 1776 Dear Sirs Our affairs at N. York have not much alter’d since your departure, the Militia of the eastern states have mostly left it, and probably…
Paris the 15th Sept 1776 Sirs Tis need less to tell You that the present troubles of America postponed the return of Mr. Mazzei’s Vessel to Virginia deprived me also…