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Mr. Pike to Mr. Seward

No. 128.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of March 11, No. 145.

It now seems probable that a means of solving the Dano-German question will be found in the course of the spring.

The King of Holland is, at this moment, making his brief visit to Amsterdam, where he has a very rarely used palace. The Queen has been in Wurtemburg for some weeks, drawn thither by the illness of her father the King.

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I have the honor to be, with great respect, your most obedient servant,

JAMES S. PIKE.

Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington.