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 31, 1863.

My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 28th instant, relative to the capture of the schooner Elias Reed, and to inform you that a copy of it has been sent to the Secretary of the Navy.

The affidavit which accompanied your note is herewith returned to you, in accordance with your request.

I have the honor to be, with high consideration, your lordship’s obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

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