Letter

Charles Francis Adams to Right Honorable Earl Russell, February 16, 1863

Author

Charles Francis Adams

Recipient

Right Honorable Earl Russell

Date

February 16, 1863

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Enclosure.]

Mr. Adams to Earl Russell, February 16, 1863.

Mr. Adams to Lord Russell.

Legation of the United States, London, February 16, 1863.

My Lord: I have received information of the arrival of the steamer Sumter at Liverpool. Having done myself the honor to suggest to your lordship the view taken by my government of the true nature of her position at Gibraltar after the event of the nominal transformation of her by a fictitious sale, I content myself with respectfully requesting your attention to the bearing on this case of her Majesty’s proclamation limiting the stay of vessels of the respective parties to the present struggle in America within her Majesty’s ports.

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 Honorable Earl Russell, &c., &c., &c.

Topics

19th Century Civil War Diplomacy

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-eighth View original source ↗

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-eighth .