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

Mr. Seward to Mr. van Limburg

Department of State, Washington, February 9, 1865.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 20th ultimo, relative to the capture of the Netherlands ship Geziena Hildegonda, and to inform you that I have submitted a translation thereof for consideration to the Secretary of the Navy.

Accept, sir, a renewed assurance of my high consideration.

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

Mr. Roest van Limburg, &c.,&c.,&c.