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, July 8, 1864,

My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 27th ultimo, relative to the losses entailed upon manufacturers in Canada by the prohibition of the exportation of anthracite coal from the United States, and suggesting, at the instance of his excellency the governor general, the withdrawal of the prohibition upon certain conditions. In reply, I have the honor to inform your lordship that the subject will 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.