Letter

Right Hon. Earl Russell to Charles Francis Adams, May 23, 1863

Lord Russell to Mr. Adams.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this day’s date respecting the Phantom, and stating that you have been informed that the Sumter is being equipped for sea, and I have lost no time in forwarding copies of these papers to the proper departments of her Majesty’s government.

I have the honor, &c.,

RUSSELL.

Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &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 .