Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley.
Sir: Information having been received at this department that William H. Crawford, charged with the crime of assault with intent to commit murder in the State of New Hampshire, is a fugitive from the justice of the United States in Canada, I have the honor to request through you, sir, that her Britannic Majesty’s government will, upon the arrest and commitment of the. above-named William H. Crawford, be pleased to issue the necessary warrant for the delivery to Enoch L. Colby, esquire, the sheriff of Lancaster county, New Hampshire, or to any other person duly authorized by the authorities of New Hampshire to receive the said fugitive, in order that he may be brought back to the United States for trial.
I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your obedient servant,
J. Hume Burnley, Esq., &c., &c., &c.