Letter

Right Hon. Earl Russell to Charles Francis Adams, August 28, 1862

Author

Right Hon. Earl Russell

Recipient

Charles Francis Adams

Date

August 28, 1862

Type

Letter

Language

English

Earl Russell to Mr. Adams.

Foreign Office, August 28, 1862.

Sir: I beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22d instant, informing me that the government of the United States acquiesce in the suggestions which I had the honor to make to you in my letter of the 17th of July last, in reference to the issuing of passports or safe conducts to vessels legally employed on the African coast; and I have, in reply, to request that you will express to Mr. Seward the acknowledgments of her Majesty’s government for the prompt compliance on the part of the United States government with the suggestions of her Majesty’s government in this matter.

I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most obedient humble servant,

RUSSELL.

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

Topics

19th Century Civil War Diplomacy

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.