Letter

Angel to Count Manderstrom, May 22, 1861

Author

Angel

Recipient

Count Manderstrom

Date

May 22, 1861

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Untitled]

Legation of the United States,
Stockholm, May 22, 1861.

Sir: The President of the United States, in view of the disturbed and unhappy condition of public affairs in the southern portion of our confederacy, and in the exercise of what he regards as a legal right and constitutional duty, has ordered and established an effective blockade of the ports in the several States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, and North Carolina.

I have the honor herewith to transmit to your excellency copies of the President’s proclamations upon this subject, for the information of his Majesty’s government, and I avail myself of the occasion to offer to your excellency the renewed assurance of my high consideration.

BENJ. F. ANGEL.

His Excellency Count Manderstrom, Minister of Foreign Affairs, &c., &c., &c.

Topics

19th Century Civil War Diplomacy

Sources

FRUS u2014 Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the Second Session o View original source ↗

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the Second Session o.