Letter

Newcastle to Major General Doyle (and Lieutenant Governor Gordon.), February 22, 1864

Author

Newcastle

Recipient

Major General Doyle (and Lieutenant Governor Gordon.)

Date

February 22, 1864

Type

Letter

No. 23.

The Duke of Newcastle to Major General Doyle (and Lieutenant Governor Gordon.)

Downing Street, February 22, 1864.

Sir: With reference to the correspondence which has passed on the case of the Chesapeake, I have the honor to inform you that, on the subject of the violation of British territorial jurisdiction by the officers of the United States steamer Ella and Annie in their pursuit of the persons who had seized the Chesapeake, the United States government have made a full and unqualified apology, which her Majesty’s government have accepted in the same friendly spirit in which it has been offered, and with a feeling of satisfaction that the matter has been settled in a manner honorable to both parties, and calculated to improve the good relations between the two governments.

I have, &c.,

NEWCASTLE.

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.