Letter
BENJAMIN MORAN, Assistant Secretary of Legation to William H. Seward, September 30, 1862
Mr. Moran to Mr. Seward.
Legation of the United States, London, September 30, 1862.
Sir: Under the direction of Mr. Adams, I have the honor to forward herewith the copy of a telegram received last evening from Mr. H. J. Sprague, the United States consul at Gibraltar, respecting the movements of the gunboat 290, and of the United States vessels-of-war in the vicinity of the Mediterranean.
I have the honor to be, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
BENJAMIN MORAN, Assistant Secretary of Legation.
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.
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[From Sprague, consul, 29th, 3.30 p.m.]
Inform our government Kearsarge leaves to-morrow for the Azores in pursuit of Semmes, who has destroyed ten whalers. Have recommended Tuscarora, now at Cadiz, to follow her at once, and the Constellation to come down the Mediterranean.
Mr. Adams, American Minister, London.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Third Session Thirty-seventh
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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 Third Session Thirty-seventh.