Letter
Charles Francis Adams to William H. Seward, April 22, 1864
Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward.
No. 669.]
Legation of the United States, London, April 22, 1864.
Sir: I have received from Mr. Burlingame, at Pekin, by way of Irkutsk, a telegram dated the 24th of March, to the following effect:
“Inform them at Washington that the Chinese government, on my demand, has issued a proclamation forbidding the use of the waters and harbors of China to the confederate cruisers, as well as to furnish them any supplies.”
I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS
Hon. William H. Seward, &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.