Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams.
Sir: Your despatch of the 16th of April (No. 373) has been received.
The late Sir George Cornwall Lewis, secretary of war, has been regarded in this country as a faithful, able, and enlightened minister of the crown, while the firm, just, and dignified course he so constantly pursued in regard to our national affairs, has seemed to be a guarantee of the continuance of peaceful and friendly relations between the two nations. His death is therefore mourned perhaps as profoundly on this side of the Atlantic as it is in the country which that sad event deprives of his wise counsels and great administrative services.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c., &c., &c.