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, June 16, 1864.

My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 13th instant relative to the case of the Blanche, and, in reply, to assure your lordship that it will receive a careful consideration.

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

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

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