Letter

Mason to John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, March 2, 1863

Author

Mason

Recipient

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

Date

March 2, 1863

Type

Letter

No. 1.

Mr. Mason to Earl Russell.—(Received Marck 2.)

24 Upper Seymour Street, Portman Square, London, Marck 2, 1863.

My Lord: I have the honor to transmit herewith to your lordship, as her Majesty’s secretary of state for foreign affairs, a copy of a despatch from the secretary of state of the Confederate States of America, bearing date December 10, 1862, which was received by me on the 25th of February ultimo.

I do this, as your lordship will perceive, pursuant to instructions at the close of the despatch, directing me to furnish a copy to your lordship at the earliest moment.

I avail myself of the occasion to acknowledge the receipt of your lordship’s letter of the 19th of February ultimo, in reply to mine of the 16th, respecting the blockade of the ports of Galveston and Charleston; and also of your lordship’s letter of the 27th of February, in reply to mine of the 18th of that month.

The contents of both shall be communicated, as soon as practicable, to the government at Richmond.

I have, &c.,

J. M. MASON.

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.