Letter
GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy to William H. Seward, March 15, 1866
Mr. Welles to Mr. Seward
Navy Department, Washington, March 15, 1866.
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of the finding of the material facts by a naval court of inquiry in regard to the killing of George Holmes, colored, said to be a British subject, at Aspinwall, United States of Colombia, on the 10th day of November, 1865. I also return herewith all the papers transmitted by the Department of State relative to the affair.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant.
GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy.
Hon. W. H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty
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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 of the Thirty.