Letter
Monck to J. Hume Burnley, December 28, 1864
Viscount Monck to Mr. Burnley
Government House, Quebec, December 28, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch and enclosure of the 1st instant, respecting the alleged organization at Halifax, Nova Scotia, of a body of men, for predatory attacks on the commercial shipping of the citizens of the United States.
In reply, I beg leave to assure you, for the information of the Secretary of State of the United States, that the government of Canada will use every means in their power to prevent the execution of any such plans within the bounds of this province.
I have, &c., &c.
MONCK.
J. Hume Burnley, Esq., &c., &c., &c.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-ninth C
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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.