Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-ninth Congress

Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams

No. 1575.]

Department of State, Washington, October 31, 1865.

Sir: Your despatch of the 5th instant, No. 1061, accompanied by a copy of the correspondence which passed between yourself and Earl Russell regarding a rumor of certain supposed visits of the United States steamer Niagara to the Irish coast within a short time, has been received, and your action in the premises is approved.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c.,&c.,&c.