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 April 3, 1863.

My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of yesterday, recommending the request of the passengers of the captured British steamer Peterhoff, which has arrived at New York, to be allowed to leave the vessel with their personal effects, in order to have free access to the consul, and to state that the matter has been submitted to the consideration of the Secretary of the Navy.

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

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

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