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, December 31, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 28th instant, relative to the alleged fitting out, at Nassau, of vessels intended to be used in depredating on the commerce of the United States.

I give you my thanks for your kind attention to the subject.

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

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

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