[Translation.]

Mr. Geofroy to Mr. Seward.— Received May 26, 1864

Legation of France to the United States.

Mr. de Geofroy presents his compliments to Mr* Seward, and begs him to be so good as to obtain from the Department of War an answer to his note of the 2d of March last, relative to Mr. Cauvet, irregularly enrolled in the federal army.

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