De Geofroy to William H. Seward, March 2, 1864

Mr. Geofroy to Mr. Seward

Sir: A Frenchman, Mr. Cauvet, has addressed the department for foreign affairs at Paris, for the purpose of obtaining the liberation of his son, arbitrarily incorporated, as it would seem, in the federal army. M. Drouyn de l’Huys, in transmitting to me the extract annexed, from a letter, in which Mr. Cauvet, the son, states to his family the circumstances under which he was constrained to do military service, charges me to point out the fact to your excellency, when asking you to have the goodness to give such orders that Mr. Cauvet be stricken from the rolls and set free. According to the paper annexed, this Frenchman was, on the 23d December last, at Morris island, South Carolina, V. H. V.

Accept, sir, the assurance of my high consideration, the chargé d’affaires of France,