Letter

Dryer to R. C. Wyllie , His Hawaiian Majesty’s, September 5, 1861

Author

Dryer

Recipient

R. C. Wyllie , His Hawaiian Majesty’s

Date

September 5, 1861

Type

Letter

Language

English

Mr. Dryer to Mr. Seward.

No. 4.]

Legation of the United States at the Hawaiian Islands,
Honolulu, September 5, 1861

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I have not been able yet to obtain from the Hawaiian government such a proclamation as I desired upon the subject of privateering, or the permission to enter the ports of this kingdom of any suspicious vessels.

The King and a portion of his counsellors are sojourning on the island of Hawaii during the summer months. Copies of the President’s proclamation in relation to blockade of southern ports, together with the despatches from the Department of State accompanying them, have been furnished to the minister of foreign relations, since which. I have had several interviews with that minister relative to the policy of this government towards privateering, and the occupancy of their ports by privateering vessels or prizes which might be captured by them.

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Notes

1. [Extract.]

Topics

19th Century Civil War Diplomacy

Sources

FRUS u2014 Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the Second Session o View original source ↗

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the Second Session o.