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Letters from William L. Dayton

B. 1807 · D. 1864

William Lewis Dayton was an American politician, active first in the Whig Party and later in the Republican Party. In the 1856 presidential election, he became the first Republican vice-presidential nominee when nominated alongside John C. Frémont. The Republican Party lost that campaign. During the American Civil War, Dayton served as the United States Ambassador to France, a position in which he worked to prevent French recognition of the Confederate States of America.

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William L. Dayton to April 16. P. S.—I again saw Mr. Drouyn de l’Huys last night, and he informed me that he had immediately communicated my statement to the head of the marine department. That he (although expressing great doubts of the probabilities of the truth of the reports that the vessel was on their coast) said he would immediately take measures to ascertain the facts, April 15, 1863

From William L. Dayton
To April 16. P. S.—I again saw Mr. Drouyn de l’Huys last night, and he informed me that he had immediately communicated my statement to the head of the marine department. That he (although expressing great doubts of the probabilities of the truth of the reports that the vessel was on their coast) said he would immediately take measures to ascertain the facts
April 15, 1863

Mr. Dayton to Mr. Seward No. 299.] Paris, April 15, 1863. Sir: Having learned from the newspapers and a telegraphic despatch the escape of the confederate steamer Japan from Greenock,…

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