Letter

Right Hon. Earl Russell to Charles Francis Adams, March 9, 1865

Author

Right Hon. Earl Russell

Recipient

Charles Francis Adams

Date

March 9, 1865

Type

Letter

Language

English

Earl Russell to Mr. Adams

Foreign Office, March 9, 1865.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 7th instant, in which you represent that your government is informed that the steamer Mary, late Alexandra, even if condemned at Nassau, and sold under judicial process for a violation of neutrality, may be bought in by the same parties first interested in her, and started again in the guise of a merchantman on her original errand to carry on war against the United States; and you state that you are instructed to remonstrate against giving permission to that vessel to depart from Nassau without abundant security that she is not to be used for the hostile purpose indicated.

I have the honor to inform you, in reply, that I have lost no time in transmitting a copy of your representation to the proper department of her Majesty’s government.

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

RUSSELL

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

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-ninth C 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 First Session Thirty-ninth C.