Letter

GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy to William H. Seward, November 25, 1862

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Sir: I had the honor to receive your letter of the 3d instant, enclosing one, with accompanying papers, addressed to you by Mr. Stuart, her Britannic Majesty’s charge d’affaires, in reference to the capture of the steamer Sunbeam, and called upon Commander Armstrong for an explanation in the case. Copies of his report, dated the 15th instant, and accompanying statements, are herewith transmitted.

I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,

GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy.

Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State.

Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-eighth 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 First Session Thirty-eighth .