Letter

COURTNEY, United States Attorney to William H. Seward, February 5, 1867

Mr. Courtney, district attorney, to Mr. Seward, Secretary of State.

[15] Sir:*I have the honor to report that I have this day, in compliance with the directions contained in the letter of Collectors Smythe, a copy of which is herewith transmitted, caused the steamship R. R. Cuyler to be attached and libelled by due process, issued out of the district court of the United States for the southern district of New York.

This proceeding has been taken for an alleged violation of the neutrality laws of the United States.

I have the honor to be, &c.,

SAMUEL G. COURTNEY,
United States Attorney.

Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State.

Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the Pr View original source ↗
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the Pr.