Letter
Hume Buenley to William H. Seward, January 26, 1865
Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward
Washington, January 26, 1865.
Sir: With reference to your note of the 7th October last, stating that the claims of Miller and Fisher (two British subjects illegally imprisoned in the State of Michigan) to compensation for their illegal arrest and detention would be taken into consideration by the United States government, I have the honor to transmit to you a copy of a despatch and, in original, its enclosure, which I have received from his excellency the governor general of Canada, in which Miller’s claim is put forward.
I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most obedient, humble servant,
J. HUME BUENLEY.
Hon. William H. Seward, &c., &c., &c.
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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 First Session Thirty-ninth C.