Letter

Lyons to John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, January 12, 1864

Author

Lyons

Recipient

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

Date

January 12, 1864

Type

Letter

No. 15.

Lord Lyons to Earl Russell.—(Received January 24.)

Washington, January 12, 1864.

My Lord: With reference to my despatch of the 4th instant I have the Honor to transmit to your lordship copies of further correspondence relative to the affair of the Chesapeake. The last paper is a copy of a note dated the 9th instant, which I have just received from Mr. Seward.

It appears to contain a full apology for the violation of the British territorial jurisdiction committed by the United States officers, and concludes by saying that, fully determined to make all the amends that are due to Great Britain, this government will await the consideration of her Majesty’s government upon the case as it is now submitted.

I have, &c.,

LYONS.

[Enclosure 1 in No. 15, Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons, dated January 5, 1864, published elsewhere in this series.]

Topics

19th Century Civil War Diplomacy

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.