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

[Telegram received at War Department, Washington, D. C, December 2, 1866, from cable, December 2, 1866—6.15 p.m.]

Mr. Hale to Mr. Seward.

Office U. S. Military Telegraph.

To Seward, Washington :

Have arrested John Surratt, one of President Lincoln’s assassins. No doubt of identity.

HALE, Alexandria.