Letter

Charles Francis Adams to William H. Seward, March 11, 1864

Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward.

No. 616.]

Sir: I have the honor to forward herewith copies of parliamentary papers, headed “North America, 1864,” Nos. 3, 4, and 5. These relate to the shipment of guns on the steamer Sumter, alias Gibraltar; to the pirate Alabama, and to the rebel iron-clad vessels built by the Messrs. Laird at Birkenhead.

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 Second 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 Second Session Thirty-eighth.