Letter
Right Hon. Earl Russell to Charles Francis Adams, October 7, 1864
Earl Russell to Mr. Adams.
Foreign Office, October 7, 1864.
Sir: With reference to my letter of the 21st ultimo I have the honor to inform you, in reply to the representation which you made to me on the 16th of last month respecting the desertion, at Dover, of three seamen belonging to the United States ship Iroquois, that there is no law in force in this country by which these deserters could be given up.
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.