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. Pike

No. 190.]

Department of State, Washington, October 19, 1864.

Sir: Information has been received at this department in regard to the alleged enlistment of several thousand Poles for the insurgent military service, and to arrangements effected to run them through the blockade. I transmit for your perusal a copy of a communication of the 7th instant from the United States consul at Halifax relative to this matter,^* and will thank you to exercise your accustomed vigilance in endeavoring to prevent the consummation of the scheme, and in reporting any information on the subject which you may obtain.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

James S. Pike, Esq., &c., &c., &c.

1. See No. 1130, 19th October, 1864, to Mr. Adams, printed elsewhere in this correspondence.