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

Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward.

Washington, October 10, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 10th instant, enclosing copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Navy, giving an explanation relative to the violation by federal cruisers of the Halifax harbor regulations, and beg to state, in reply, that I have forwarded a copy of that note to the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia, who, I am convinced will, receive the explanation given as entirely satisfactory.

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

J. HUME BURNLEY.

Hon. William H. Seward, &c., &c, &c.