Letter
Arthur H. Gordon to J.H. Burnley, February 18, 1865
Mr. Gordon to Mr. Burnley
Fredericton, February 18, 1865.
Sir: I have the honor to transmit for your information a copy of a report made to me by the high sheriff of St. John’s, as to the steps taken by him to secure the apprehension of the captors of the Chesapeake.
I have also the honor to inform you that since the date of the report Linus Seely, one of the parties implicated, has been arrested at St. John’s, and is now awaiting examination before one of the members of the high court of admiralty.
I have, &c., &c.,
A. H. GORDON.
J.H. Burnley, Esq., &c., &c., &c.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-ninth C
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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-ninth C.