Letter

Charles Francis Adams to Right Honorable the Earl of Clarendon, & c, January 24, 1866

Author

Charles Francis Adams

Recipient

Right Honorable the Earl of Clarendon, & c

Date

January 24, 1866

Type

Letter

Language

English

Mr. Adams to Mr. Clarendon.

Legation of the United States, London, January 24, 1866.

My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the reception of your circular of the 20th instant, requesting me to obtain authority from my government to make known to her Majesty’s government any case in which a vessel or vessels calculated for warlike purposes may be building for the service of the United States in the private ship-building yards of this country.

I shall take great pleasure in complying with your lordship’s desire, by at once transmitting to my government, for its consideration, a copy of your note.

I pray your lordship to accept the assurances of the highest consideration with which I have the honor to be, my lord, your lordship’s most obedient servant,

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.

Right Honorable the Earl of Clarendon, &c., &c., &c.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty 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 Second Session of the Thirty.