Letter

Right Hon. Earl Russell to Charles Francis Adams, May 18, 1863

Lord Russell to Mr. Adams.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 16th instant, enclosing copies of two depositions, going further to show the character and purposes of the steamer Phantom, now in course of construction at the port of Liverpool; and I have the honor to inform you that I have lost no time in forwarding copies of these papers to the proper departments 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.

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