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

Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley.

Department of State, Washington, October 5, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 3d instant, in regard to the seizure of the British sloop Racer by the United States schooner Hope, and preferring a claim to compensation on account of losses growing out of the capture and detention of the Racer.

In reply, I have the honor to inform you that I have submitted the case to the Secretary of the Navy, with a view to investigation and proper proceedings.

I have the honor to be, sir, with the highest consideration, your obedient servant.

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

J. Hume Burnley, esq., &c., &c., &c.