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

Mr. Washburn to Mr. Jackson.

Portland, December 11, 1863.

Cargo of Chesapeake was owned entirely by American and Canadian merchants, and was not intended to run blockade. Advise authorities of fact, as the piracy was projected in St. John. I suppose they will not permit Chesapeake to leave their ports.

ISRAEL WASHBURN, Jr., Collector.