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, March 3, 1864.

My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note relative to the question of damages in the case of the steamer Labuan, and to inform your lordship that the subject shall receive attention.

I have the honor to be, with high consideration, my lord, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

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