Letter
William L. Dayton to William H. Seward, February 5, 1863
Mr. Dayton, United States minister, to Mr. Seward, Secretary of State.
Paris, February 5, 1864.
Sir: * * * M. Drouyn de Lhuys told me yesterday that Arman (the builder of the iron-clad rams for the confederates, at Bordeaux) had just informed him that he had sold them to the Danish government, but before he (M. Drouyn de Lhuys) acted upon that assumption this government would have the best and most satisfactory evidence of the correctness of this statement. At present he does not consider the state-merit of the fact to me as official, but says he will make it so as soon as he shall receive the necessary proof. * * * *
I am, sir, &c.,
WM. L. DAYTON.
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, &c., &c., &c.
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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.