Diplomatic Despatches* Edition
“Feeling excited by the Death of the Duke of Orleans.”
~Edward Everett, U.S. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain, to Daniel Webster, Secretary of State, 18 July 1842, Despatch No. 17.
* Yes, they spelled it “despatches” not “dispatches.” No, I don’t know why.
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Dael A. Norwood 