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

Mr. Seward to Mr. Thayer.

No. 30.]

Department of State, Washington, March 14, 1864.

Sir:Your despatch of the 1st ultimo, No. 45, communicating intelligence of the death of Mr. Charles March, late United States vice-consul at Cairo, was duly received and has been made public here, where the deceased was well and favorably known. The circumstances which attended his sudden and unexpected death, with your just and feeling tribute to his character and attainments, will possess a melancholy interest to his friends and to the public generally.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

William S. Thayer, Esq., &c., &c., &c., Alexandria.