Letter

GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy to William H. Seward, October 21, 1864

Author

GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy

Recipient

William H. Seward

Date

October 21, 1864

Type

Letter

Language

English

Mr. Welles to Mr. Seward

Navy Department, October 21, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to return herewith despatches Nos. 542 and 543 from Mr. Dayton, United States minister at Paris, which were transmitted to me with your letter of the 17th instant, relative to the vessels being constructed at Bordeaux and Nantes for war purposes, which it seems, from Mr. Dayton’s despatches, are not to be permitted to pass into the hands of the insurgents.

The department is gratified at this announcement, and must be permitted to express its appreciation of the able manner in which our minister, Mr. Dayton, maintained the correspondence with the French government concerning the vessels in question, from which such satisfactory results have followed.

Very respectfully, &c.,

GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy.

Hon. William H. Seward, &c., &c., &c.

Topics

19th Century Civil War Diplomacy

Sources

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