Letter
Charles Francis Adams to John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, May 2, 1864
Mr. Adams to Earl Russell.
Legation of the United States. London, May 2, 1864.
My Lord: I have been directed to lay before you, for the information of her Majesty’s government, a copy of a communication made by the members of the mixed commission at Freetown, West Africa, to the Secretary of State at Washington, respecting the prevalence of the slave trade in that country.
I pray your lordship to accept the assurance of the highest consideration, with which I have the honor to be, my lord, your most obedient servant,
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
The right Hon. Earl Russell, &c., &c., &c.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second 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 Second Session Thirty-eighth.