Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-eighth Congress, Part I

Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams.

No. 536.]w

Department of State, Washington, March 31, 1863.

Sir: Your despatch of the 12th of March (No. 346) has been received.

Your attendance at the nuptial ceremonies of his royal highness the Prince of Wales, and the honors which you paid to the ceremony at the legation, are approved. The event is regarded by the British nation as contributing a new guaranty of the stability, prosperity, and welfare of the United Kingdom. The people of the United States, well-wishers to all nations, and cordially friendly to Great Britain, give their best wishes that that guaranty may prove a substantial and reliable one.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

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