Letter

Hume Burnley to William H, Seward, December 28, 1864

Author

Hume Burnley

Recipient

William H, Seward

Date

December 28, 1864

Type

Letter

Language

English

Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward

Washington, December 28, 1864,

Sir: On receipt of your note of the 6th October, in which you requested me to invite the attention of the colonial authorities at Nassau to the alleged fact that vessels were being fitted out at Nassau, New Providence, with a view to operations against the commerce of the United States, I at once transmitted a copy of that note to the lieutenant governor of the Bahamas.

I have now the honor to transmit to you a copy of a despatch which I have received from the administrator of the government at Nassau, by which it appears that no vessels are believed to have been fitted out at Nassau with a view to any such operations as those alluded to.

I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most obedient, humble servant,

J. HUME BURNLEY.

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 First Session Thirty-ninth C 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-ninth C.