Letter
Charles Francis Adams to Right Hon. Earl Russell, July 20, 1864
Mr. Adams to Earl Russell.
Legation of the United States, London, July 20, 1864.
My Lord: I have had the honor to receive your note of the 19th instant, transmitting to me some printed copies of a.notice issued by the proper authorities, prohibiting vessels coming up above a certain point of the Thames with powder or combustibles, without special permission from the admiralty.
I shall take pleasure in complying with your request that I should communicate the same to my government, and I shall likewise transmit a copy at once to the consul of the United States at this port.
I pray your lordship to accept the assurances of the highest consideration with which I have the honor to be, my lord, your most obedient servant,
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
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.