Circular addressed by Lord Lyons to her Majesty’s consuls in southern States. Washington, November 12, 1861. Sir: Her Majesty’s secretary of state for foreign affairs has under his consideration, and…
Mr. Burlingame to Mr. Seward No. 126.] United States Legation, Peking, January 3,1861. Sir: Please find enclosures 1, 2, and 3, relating to newspapers printed in the Chinese language. The…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, November 14, 1861. My Lord: I have your lordship’s note of November 12th, concerning the case of John J. Shafer. Under…
[Extract.] Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, November 13, 1861. My Lord: I have instituted an inquiry into the case of John J. Shaver, or Shaffer, as…
Mr. Alcock to Mr. Harris. No. 37.] Her Majesty’s Legation,Yedo, July 8, 1861. Sir: I have to thank you for the congratulations of escape from the assassins, conveyed in your…
Mr. Harris to Mr. Alcock. No. 71.] Legation of the United States in Japan,Yedo, July 8, 1861. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of…
Mr. T. Harris to the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Japan. No. 70.] Legation of the United States in Japan,Yedo, July 8, 1861. I am informed by Mr. Alcock, the…
Mr. Alcock to Mr. Harris. Her Majesty’s Legation,Yedo, July 6, 1861. Sir: Last night between eleven and twelve o’clock the British legation was suddenly attacked, and an entrance effected at…
Proclamation of Kamehameha IV, King of the Hawaiian Islands. Be it known to all whom it may concern, that we, Kamehameha IV, King of the Hawaiian Islands, having been officially…
[Untitled] Court-House,Honolulu, July 26, 1861. Sir: I have the honor to receive your communications of the 1st, 10th, 13th, and 25th instant, and their enclosures. The justices of the supreme…