Mr. Seward to Mr. Bigelow
Sir: I have received your despatch of the 9th of February, No. 268, and I have placed it with pleasure upon the records of the department. It shows that you have compromised no part of the position of this government in your conversation with Mr. Drouyn de Lhuys, and I notice with satisfaction the friendly spirit with which he accepts your explanation. It is hardly necessary to say that the misapprehensions which you have now corrected excited no particular uneasiness here.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
John Bigelow, Esq., &c.