Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams.
Sir: Your despatch of February 5 (No. 315) has been received.
I send you brief replies or acknowledgments in behalf of the President to the addresses and resolutions transmitted to me by the inhabitants of Stroud, Glasgow, Galashiels, Bath, Leeds, South London, Bradford, and the committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, respectively. You will modify these papers in your discretion, and use them in making acknowledgments or not, as you deem advisable. In any case you will seek through an informal conference with Earl Russell to ascertain that the acknowledgments made will not be regarded as wanting in respect to her Majesty’s government.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c., &c., &c.