Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Third Session Thirty-seventh Congress

Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward.

No. 216.]

Legation of the United States, London, September 4, 1862.

Sir: I have the honor to transmit a copy of a note received from. Earl Russell, dated the 28th of August, in acknowledgment of the prompt action of the government in response to his suggestion for the more perfect execution of the late treaty on the slave trade.

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS

Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.

Earl Russell to Mr. Adams.

Foreign Office, August 28, 1862.

Sir: I beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22d instant, informing me that the government of the United States acquiesce in the suggestions which I had the honor to make to you in my letter of the 17th of July last, in reference to the issuing of passports or safe conducts to vessels legally employed on the African coast; and I have, in reply, to request that you will express to Mr. Seward the acknowledgments of her Majesty’s government for the prompt compliance on the part of the United States government with the suggestions of her Majesty’s government in this matter.

I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most obedient humble servant,

RUSSELL.

Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c., &c., &c.