Letter

Charles Francis Adams to William H. Seward, January 23, 1863

Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward.

No. 307.]

Sir: Without any movement on my part you would scarcely fail to fix your attention upon the reports of two speeches made during the past week—one by Mr. Milnor Gibson, the president of the Board of Trade, to his constituents at Ashton-under-Lyne, and the other by the Duke of Argyle, at the meeting of the National Bible Society of Scotland, held at Edinburgh on Tuesday last. Both of them indicate, what is now perceptible in many other quarters, much greater confidence in the treatment of the American question, and its relations to slavery.

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.

Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.

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 .