Letter
GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy to William H. Seward, February 15, 1866
Mr. Welles to Mr. Seward.
Navy Department, Washington, February 15, 1866.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant, enclosing a despatch numbered 1137, from Mr. Adams, United States minister at London, accompanied by a copy of a circular from Lord Clarendon, asking to be informed if there are any vessels calculated for war purposes building in England on account of this government.
In returning Mr. Adams’s despatch I have to state that this government has had no vessel building within the British dominions, nor contracted for any to be built, during my administration of the Navy Department, commencing in March, 1861.
Very respectfully, &c.,
GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy.
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State.
Topics
Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty
View original source ↗
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.