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

Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.

Department of State, Washington, January 15, 1864.

My Lord: Referring-to your communication of the 17th ultimo relative to the case of Patrick Hamilton—a prisoner in Fort Warren—and to my reply, I have the honor to enclose herewith the copy of a letter of the 7 th instant, addressed to this department by the Secretary of the Navy.

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

WILLIAM H. SEWARD,

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

Mr. Welles to Mr. Seward.

Navy Department, January 7, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22d ultimo, enclosing a copy of a letter from Lord Lyons, with copies of the accompaniments, relative to the case of Patrick Hamilton, a prisoner in Fort Warren, who claims to be a British subject.

Patrick Hamilton was captured while violating the blockade, and was detained because he was represented to be a pilot and a dangerous man—one who had been constantly engaged in violating the laws and regulations of this government.

I am, very respectfully, &c,

GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy.