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

Mr. F. W. Seward to Lord Lyons.

Department of State, Washington, November 4, 1863.

My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 31st ultimo, submitting the copy of a memorial signed by merchants at Nassau, relative to the restrictions imposed on the trade between New York and the Bahama islands, and to state that the matter has been referred to the Secretary of the Treasury.

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

F. W. SEWARD, Acting Secretary.

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