Letter
Mr. Seward to Mr. Sanford, July 30, 1861
Mr. Seward to Mr.
Sanford.
No. 20.]
Department of
State,
Washington,
July 30, 1861.
State,
Washington,
July 30, 1861.
Sir: The accompanying transcript of an
instruction to our minister to Great Britain, dated the 21st instant,
and numbered 42, will place you in possession of the views of this
government concerning the principle of the law which authorizes the
President to close the ports that have been seized by the
insurgents.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
Henry S. Sanford, Esq., &c., &c., &c., Brussels.
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FRUS u2014 Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the Second Session o
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