Letter
GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy to William H. Seward, February 12, 1864
Mr. Welles to Mr. Seward.
Navy Department, February 12, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9th instant in relation to the foreigners captured on board the Banshee. In accordance with your recommendation, I have directed the discharge of all mentioned in the list enclosed to me excepting Foley and Jonathan Steele. The order for their discharge is withheld for the reason that the former was born in Baltimore, and makes no claim to be a British or foreign subject, and the latter, although claiming to be a British subject, does not make oath to that effect. He was the master of the Banshee, and it was reported to the department that he is an American.
Very respectfully, &c,
GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy.
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.