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

Mr. Seward to Mr. Clay

Department of State, Washington, December 1, 1864.

Dear Sir: I omitted to acknowledge by the last mail the receipt of your note of the 12th of October last, which was accompanied by a pamphlet containing a report of the proceedings of the Prince Galitzin, Rear-Admiral Lessoffsky, Rear-Admiral Greig, and other distinguished officers, in acknowledgment of the honors paid to the Russian flag, and of the hospitalities extended to officers of the imperial navy during the recent visit of the Russian fleet to the United States. The spirit manifested in the remarks of the Russian officers, and in the responses made to them, is highly gratifying.

I remain, dear sir, yours very truly,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

Cassius M. Clay, Esq., &c., &c., &c.