Letter
GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy to William H. Seward, January 7, 1864
Mr. Welles to Mr. Seward.
Navy Department, January 7, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22d ultimo, enclosing a copy of a letter from Lord Lyons, with copies of the accompaniments, relative to the case of Patrick Hamilton, a prisoner in Fort Warren, who claims to be a British subject.
Patrick Hamilton was captured while violating the blockade, and was detained because he was represented to be a pilot and a dangerous man—one who had been constantly engaged in violating the laws and regulations of this government.
I am, very respectfully, &c,
GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy.
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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.