Letter

Right Hon. Lord Lyons to William H. Seward, January 18, 1864

Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the day before yesterday’s date, relative to the United States schooner J. L. Gerrity, which was seized by passengers on board and carried to Belize. I have lost no time in forwarding a copy of it to her Majesty’s government.

I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most obedient, humble servant,

LYONS.

Hon. William H. Seward, &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.