Letter
William L. Dayton to William H. Seward, December 31, 1863
Mr. Dayton, United States minister, to Mr. Seward, Secretary of State.
[Extract.]
Paris, December 31, 1863.
[295] Sir: * * * In my last conversation with Mr. Drouyn de [295] Lhuys, he informed me that *Mr. Arman, the builder of these vessels, was seeking purchasers for them other than the confederates, and that the minister of marine did not think himself authorized, therefore, to prevent their completion, although he would prevent their being armed or delivered by Arman to the confederates.
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I am, &c.,
WM. L. DAYTON.
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State.
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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.