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. 599.]

Department of State, Washington, May 18, 1863.

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 395, of the 30th ultimo, relative to proceedings against persons engaged in building, arming, and equipping, in Great Britain, war vessels for the insurgents of the United States, and to inform you that it is approved.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

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