Letter
Henry Hammond to Mes, October 30, 1863
Her Majesty’s Foreign Office to Laird Brothers.
Foreign Office, October 30, 1863.
Gentlemen: I am directed by Earl Russell to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 29th instant, containing copy of a telegraphic message which you addressed to his lordship on that day, protesting against the removal into the Mersey of the two iron-clad vessels now under seizure by the crown, and I am to state to you that the matter has been referred to the lords commissioners of her Majesty’s treasury.
I am, gentlemen, your most obedient servant,
E. HAMMOND.
Messrs. Laird, Birkenhead.
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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.