Letter

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell to Charles Francis Adams, May 9, 1864

Earl Russell to Mr. Adams.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 2d instant, enclosing a copy of the report of the American commissioners of the mixed commission court at Sierra Leone upon the slave trade on the west coast of Africa, and I have to request that you will convey to the government of the United States the thanks of her Majesty’s government for this communication.

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

RUSSELL.

Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c., &c., &c.

Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth 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 Second Session Thirty-eighth.