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

Mr. F. W. Seward to Mr. Adams.

No. 1103.]

Department of State, Washington, September 24, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 8th of September, No. 779. It is accompanied by a copy of the note which, under my instructions, you have addressed to Earl Russell on the subject of the interference of the Deerhound in the naval battle between the Kearsarge and the Alabama. The representation is approved, and the President desires me to express to you his appreciation of the care and candor you have exercised in preparing that important paper.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

F. W. SEWARD, Acting Secretary.

Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c., &c., &c.