Letter
American Minister, London to William Sprague, January 19, 1863
American Minister, London, to Mr. Sprague, American Consul, Gibraltar.
London, January 19, 1863—12.30 p. m.
The Sumter should be captured if she goes out of the British waters on the high seas. If she have nominal British papers she must be sent home for adjudication as prize.
Please notify the naval commanders.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-eighth
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-eighth .