Letter

Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams, December 13, 1861

Mr. Seward to Mr.
Adams.

No. 144.]

Sir: Your despatch of November 22, No. 75, was
duly received.

We shall hear what Lord Lyons may have to say to us on the subject of the
facilities for correspondence of British subjects residing in the
insurrectionary parts of the country with pleasure, and with a sincere
desire to do whatever may be possible consistently with the safety and
welfare of the United States.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

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

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