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JACKSON, United States Consul to William H. Seward, February 27, 1865
Mr. Jackson to Mr. Seward
[February 27, 1865.]
Office U. S. Military Telegraph, War Department.
The following telegram received at Washington 6.15 p. m., February 27, 1865, from Halifax, N. S., February 27, 1865.
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State:
Information has reached me from sources believed to be reliable, that four (4) iron-clads are on their way from French and English ports to attack New York city, and that five (5) blockade-running steamers to be converted into privateers, armed with two (2) guns each, are to co-operate with them. Privateers under command of Captain Moffatt.
M. M. JACKSON, United States Consul.
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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.