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, May 15, 1863.

My Lord: Referring to the correspondence which has taken place between us, relative to the abduction of Ebenezer Tyler from British territory, I now have the honor to enclose to you a printed copy of an order which I have received from the War Department, dismissing Captain Haddock from the service of the United States, on account of his violation of the sovereignty of Great Britain.

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

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

Right Hon. Lord Lyons.

Mr. Watson to Mr. Seward.

War Department, Washington City, May 12, 1863.

Sir: Referring to previous correspondence upon the subject, I have the honor, by direction of the Secretary of War, to enclose herewith a printed copy of General Orders, No. 119, dated the 9th instant, dismissing from the service Captain John A. Haddock, 35th regiment New York Volunteers, “for violation of the sovereignty of a friendly foreign state in arresting Ebenezer Tyler, a deserter from the United States forces, and bringing him away from within the boundaries of Canada.”

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

P.H. WATSON, Assistant Secretary of War.

Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State.