Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 15th of July, No. 513, together with the copy of a confidential memorandum from M. Drouyn de l’Huys, on the subject of the imprisonment of Mr. Mansfield, United States consul at Tabasco. It gives me very sincere pleasure to acknowledge the delicacy and good feeling which M. Drouyn de l’Huys has shown in making me acquainted with a view of Mr. Mansfield’s conduct entirely at variance with the reports from him upon which my representations to the imperial government in his case were based. * * * * *
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
William L. Dayton, Esq., &c., &c., &c.