Letter
Right Hon. Earl Russell to Charles Francis Adams, June 25, 1862
Earl Russell to Mr. Adams.
Foreign Office, June 25, 1862.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23d instant, calling attention to a steam vessel which you state is now fitting out at Liverpool with the intention of carrying on hostilities against the government of the United States, and I have to acquaint you that I have lost no time in referring the matter to the proper department of her Majesty’s government.
I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most obedient, humble servant,
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 Third Session Thirty-seventh
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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 Third Session Thirty-seventh.