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 7, 1863.

My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 3d instant, relative to the case of Mr. John J. Shaver. In reply, I have the honor to acquaint you that a reconsideration of the subject shall cheerfully be entered into.

I have the honor to be, my lord, your very obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

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