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. Dayton

No. 476.]

Department of State, Washington, February 8, 1864.

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 21st ultimo, No. 402, relative to your practice in regard to the submission of papers received from London respecting the case of the Rappahannock, and relating to the Georgia and the Florida. It is accompanied by a copy of a letter of the 20th ultimo, addressed by you to Captain Winslow of the Kearsarge. Relying on your better knowledge and approved discretion, we leave these matters in your hands.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

William L. Dayton Esq., &c., &c., &c.