Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams, December 20, 1862
Mr. Seward to Mr.
Adams.
December 20, 1862.
Sir: I herewith enclose, for presentation to
the British government, a copy of memorials and other papers addressed
to the President of the United States by several ship-owners, resident
within the collection district of New Bedford, Massachusetts, relative
to the capture and destruction of the American whaling vessels, the
Virginia, the Benjamin Tucker, the Elisha Dunbar, the Ocean Rover, the
Altamaha, and the Ocmulgee, by the piratical steamer Alabama, in the
month of September last.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c., &c., &c.