Letter
Right Hon. Earl Russell to Charles Francis Adams, November 14, 1864
Earl Russell to Mr. Adams.
Foreign Office, November 14, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4th instant, in which you submit for the consideration of her Majesty’s government a copy of a letter from Admiral Bailey relative to the course pursued by Mr. Vice-Consul Butterfield in the case of a person named Edward F. Rich. You are pleased to say that there is no desire on the part of your government further to agitate this matter, and I beg leave to assure you, in reply, that her Majesty’s government have no wish to carry the matter further.
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 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.