Letter
Right Hon. Earl Russell to Charles Francis Adams, July 19, 1864
Earl Russell to Mr. Adams.
Foreign Office, July 19, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to transmit to you the accompanying copies of a notice which has been issued by command of* the lords commissioners of the admiralty, prohibiting vessels from coming up the Thames above Galleons with powder, live shells, or combustible stores on board, without special permission from the admiralty; and I have the honor to request that you will communicate the same to your government, with a view to this regulation being observed by the vessels of the United States.
I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, &c., &c., &c.
RUSSELL.
Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c., &c., &c.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth
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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.