th, March 14, 1870.
The following is the correspondence between the United States State Department and Messrs. Soule.
Mason, and Buchanan, resulting in the Ostend manifesto (q. v.):
Department of State, Washington, Aug. 16, 1854.
Sir,—I am dances, it seems desirable that there should be a full and free interchange of views between yourself, Mr. Buchanan, and Mr. Mason, in order to secure a concurrence in reference to the general object.
The simplest and only very apparent means of aen you can repair to Paris, or such other convenient point as you may select, and give notice of it to Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Mason, who have instructions on the subject, and will await advices from you as to the time and place of the contemplated conn, London, Oct. 20, 1854.
Sir,—Herewith I have the honor to transmit to you a joint communication from Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Mason, and myself, embodying the result of our deliberations on the subject about which we had been desired to confer togethe
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A. C. Hooks,
J. T. Pierce,
M. M. Bloodworth,
J. E. Parker,
J. C. Chambers,
C. B. Sanford,
M. L. Bridwell,
G. S. Cowan,
M. J. Harrolson,
W. O. Hall,
G. K. Porter,
S. Hayes,
J. W. Reynolds,
C. B. Mason,
Private G. B. Burton,
J. Myers,
W. H. McDonald,
H. A. White,
M. Worsham,
J. H. Bloodsworth,
M. M. Black,
J. F. Branham,
B. S. Braziel,
G. W. Brewer,
J. J. Brewer,
M. E. Brown,
M. O. Butler,
L. M. Etheridge,
W. R. Harrold,
J. T. Hatchfield,
F. M. Meadows,
N. E. Mason,
J. T. Nesbitt,
E. E. Ogburn,
D. B. Pendleton,
J. P. Spence,
H. F. Shepherd,
W. H. Tillery,
W. P. Williams,
Sergeant W. J. Elder,
W. H. Hale,
Corporal J. P. Bell,
H. Glisson,
T. N. Burton,
M. S. Wall,
J. F. Stubb,
R. Bowling,
M. S. Hobbs,
W. A. Brook,
J. A. Shepherd,
H. L. Wilson,
V. M. Mosely,
W. B. Bassett,
J. K. Branhon,
D. Brewer,
J. D. Jones,
J. C. Flemister,
T. H. Cannon,
J. C. Hicks,
W. S. Salter,
J. T. Greer,
E. H. Hale,
Private S. Dickey,
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