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, February 22, 1864.

My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 19th instant, relative to the restrictions imposed upon shipments from New York to several of her Majesty’s possessions, and to inform you that it will receive attention.

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

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

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