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

Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.

Department of State, Washington, January 3, 1863.

My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 31st ultimo, relative to the sale of the prize steamer Bermuda, and to state, in reply, that a copy of it has been sent to the Secretary of the Navy for. his information.

I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to your lordship the assurance of my highest consideration.

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

Right Hon. Lord Lyons, &c., &c., &c.