Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-eighth Congress, Part I

Mr. Seward to Mr. Stuart.

Department of State, Washington, September 16, 1863.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 13th instant, relative to a supposed very great violation of neutral rights committed by the United States cruiser Kearsarge, in the case of the British steamer Juno, and to state that the Secretary of the Navy has been called upon for information on the subject.

I have the honor to be, with high consideration, sir, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

Hon William Stuart, &c., &c., &c.