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

Mr. Hunter to Sir F. Bruce

Department of State, Washington, May 17, 1865.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 16th instant, and its accompaniments, relative to the case of the J. L. Gerity, and to beg that you will cause to be conveyed to the governor of the Bahamas my thanks for these documents, which I shall take pleasure in forwarding to the persons indicated.

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

W. HUNTER, Acting Secretary.

Hon. Sir Frederick W. A. Bruce, &c., &c., &c.