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Domestic Letters of the Department of State ^Free

These letters are part of the US State Department's Central File the largest and most important category of State Department records (NARA Record Group 59). The letters in this publication set are neither diplomatic nor consular, and therefore defined as "miscellaneous correspondence." They are arranged chronologically, covering the period 1784-1906. Continue…

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W. R. Hearst

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A. D. Hook

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William Hearst

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U.S.S. Maine

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Thomas Rowland

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Daniel Webster

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M. VanBuren

Found in: Domestic Letters of the Department of State » Page 340

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Mrs. Tunstall

Found in: Domestic Letters of the Department of State » Page 338

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Mrs. Catharine Robertson

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James Monroe

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Declaration of War against Great Britain, 1812

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James Madison

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This document is attributed to "Lotbiniere, Louis. N.Y. To Pres. Washing- ton.", but the chaplain François-Louis Chartier de Lotbinière never owned the Alainville and Hoquart seigneurie. It was his brother Michel Chartier de Lotbinière.
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Pierre du Calvet

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Baron de Beelen Bertholff

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