Letter
Copy of above to— Secretary to Treasury, same date; Secretary to Admiralty, ditto. The Right Hon. Earl Russell to Charles Francis Adams, March 26, 1864
Lord Russell to Mr. Adams.
Foreign Office, March 26, 1864.
Sir: With reference to my letter of the 18th instant, I have the honor to state to you that it appears, from further inquiries which her Majesty’s government have instituted with regard to the Amphion, that that vessel is being actively fitted out for sea; but her Majesty’s government are advised that, whatever may be the nature of the “fitting out” now going on, there is nothing to show that it is in violation of the foreign enlistment act, and that under these circumstances no case appears to be made out for their interference with regard to this vessel.
I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most obedient, humble servant,
RUSSELL.
Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c., &c., &c.
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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.