Mr. Seward to the Marquis de Montholon
My Dear Marquis: I hasten, in advance of the departure of the mail, to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 21st instant, together with the copy of a despatch you were pleased to give me, which was addressed to you on the 5th instant by Mr. Drouyn de Lhuys, in which the minister for foreign affairs of the empire of France replies to the communication I had the honor to address to you, concerning Mexican affairs, on the 12th of February last.
The subject will early receive the considerate attention of the President of the United States.
I am, my dear Marquis, very faithfully yours,
The Marquis de Montholon, &c., &c., &c.