Office of the Historian

Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward

No. 1443.]
Legation of the United States, London, September 7, 1867.

Sir: I have to acknowledge the reception of despatches from the department numbered from 2045 to 2047 inclusive.

There is little or nothing happening, at this the most quiet season of the year, in this capital. The ministers are generally in the country as usual, while the business of the departments is in the care of the assistants.

The military expedition to Abyssinia for the purpose of rescuing the English subjects imprisoned by King Theodore is in the process of organization. The affirmation which came from Constantinople that they had been liberated, does not appear to have been confirmed from more direct sources.

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.

Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.