Mr. Adams to Mr.
Seward.
No. 816.]
Legation of the United States,
London, November 18, 1864.
Sir: In accordance with the desire expressed in
your despatch, No. 1116, of the 10th of October, I addressed a note to
Lord Russell on the case of Mr. Butterfield. A copy of this, and
likewise of his lordship’s reply on the 14th instant, is herewith
transmitted.
I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, &c,, &c,, &c.
Mr. Adams to Earl
Russell..
Legation of the United
States,
London, November 4, 1864.
My Lord: In regard to the note I had the
honor to receive from you, dated the 30th of June last, on the
subject of Mr. Butterfield’s course at Key West,
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in the case of a person named Edward F. Rich, I am directed to submit
to your consideration a copy of a letter addressed to the Secretary
of the Navy by Admiral Bailey, the officer who made the original
complaint, I am further instructed to apprise your lordship, that
whilst there is no desire on the part of my government further to
agitate this matter, this course is not intended to imply any
disposition to assent to the conclusion respecting it which appears
to have been arrived at by her Majesty’s government.
I pray your lordship to accept the assurances of the highest
consideration with which I have the honor to be, my lord, your
obedient servant,
Right Hon. Earl Russell, &c. &c., &c.
Earl Russell to Mr. Adams.
Foreign Office,
November 14, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of the 4th instant, in which you submit for
the consideration of her Majesty’s government a copy of a letter
from Admiral Bailey relative to the course pursued by Mr.
Vice-Consul Butterfield in the case of a person named Edward F.
Rich. You are pleased to say that there is no desire on the part of
your government further to agitate this matter, and I beg leave to
assure you, in reply, that her Majesty’s government have no wish to
carry the matter further.
I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your
most obedient, humble servant,
Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c., &c., &c.
