Letter

James E. Harvey to Charles Francis Adams, April 4, 1865

[Telegram.]

Mr. Harvey to Mr. Adams

Hon. Charles Francis Adams, American Minister, London:

Please inform department immediately that firing at Niagara in Tagus was blunder of an officer, for which he has been dismissed. Niagara suffered no injury whatever; government has made full disavowal and atonement, and will salute flag.

HARVEY.
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.