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 15, 1863.

My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 12th instant, acquainting me that you had forwarded a copy of my communication of the previous day, in relation to the outrages committed by the Sioux Indians, to the governor general of British North America, and to thank you for your prompt and obliging acquiescence in my suggestion.

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

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

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