Letter

Right Hon. Earl Russell to Charles Francis Adams, September 21, 1864

Earl Russell to Mr. Adams.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 16th instant, relative to the desertion, at Dover, of three seamen from the United States ship Iroquois, and to inform you that your communication shall be considered by 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 Second 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 Second Session Thirty-eighth.