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 30, 1863.

My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 26th instant, asking to be made acquainted with the grounds of the arrest and imprisonment of Mr. James McHugh, who arrived at New York in the British packet City of Washington on the 17th of this month, and to state that a copy of it has been sent to the Secretary of War, with the view of obtaining the desired information.

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

F. W. SEWARD, Acting Secretary,

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