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

Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley

Department of State, Washington, February 27, 1865.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 8th instant, requesting, with reference to the extradition of the St. Albans felons supposed to be lurking in the province of New Brunswick, that the United States consul at St. John’s may furnish the lieutenant governor of New Brunswick with such information as will enable him to secure their apprehension, and to inform you that the suggestions of the lieutenant governor having been adopted, the United States consul at St. John’s has been instructed accordingly.

I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

J. Hume Burnley, Esq., &c., &c., &c.