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

Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley

Department of State, Washington, March 3, 1865.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 23d ultimo, relative to the case of the two apprentices who deserted from the British ship Cuzco, and to inform you that I have submitted a copy thereof to the Secretary of the Navy for his consideration.

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

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

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