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

Mr. Seward to Mr. Gunnison.

Washington, December 12, 1863.

Your despatch to Lord Lyons on the subject of the Chesapeake received. He will adopt all proper measures in regard. The United States attorney for Maine will be instructed to take depositions with a view to the extradition of the offenders.

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.