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

Laird Brothers to her Majesty’s Treasury.

Birkenhead Iron Works, Birkenhead, September 20, 1863.

Sir: We have the honor to inform you that we have received your letter of the 19th instant, and have been in communication with Admiral Dacres and Mr. Edwards, collector of customs, on the subject, and will write to you to-morrow.

The trial of the iron-clad screw steam vessel is deferred.

We are, sir, your obedient servants,

LAIRD BROTHERS,

H. Brand, Esq.