Letter
FESSENDEN, Secretary of the Treasury to William H. Seward, July 8, 1864
Mr. Fessenden to Mr. Seward
Treasury Department, July 8, 1864.
Sir: Your communication of May 28, enclosing translation of a memorandum from Mr. L. De Geofroy, chargé d’affaires of France, relative to “an alleged trade in articles contraband of war with Mexico, through the port of Brownsville, Texas,” was duly received and referred to the officers of this department at Brownsville for report.
I now have the honor to transmit copy of the reports of the acting collector of customs at Brownsville and the assistant special agent for the district of Texas.
Very respectfully,
W. P. FESSENDEN, Secretary of the Treasury.
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth.