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

[Translation.]

Mr. Geofroy to Mr. Seward

Legation of France to the United States, Washington, March 1, 1864.

Sir: I have received the answer which you were pleased to make to me on the 30th of September last, respecting the reclamation of Messrs. Brulaton & Company, of New Orleans, and in which your excellency informs me that a petition to Congress in behalf of these Frenchmen would meet with the chances of a favorable reception. I therefore request of you the goodness to make this request at the next session of the legislature, through a bill, for the purpose of meeting the rights of these French subjects.

Accept, sir, the assurances of my high consideration.

L. DE GEOFROY.

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