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 Lord Lyons.

Department of State, Washington, December 23, 1863.

My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of yesterday, relative to the case of the British bark Julia, and to inform you that it has been recommended to the immediate attention of the Secretary of the Treasury, in conformity with your wishes on the subject.

I have the honor to be your lordship’s obedient servant,

F. W. SEWARD, Acting Secretary.

Right Hon. Lord Lyons, &c., &c., &c.