Right Honorable the Earl of Clarendon to Charles Francis Adams, December 9, 1865

The Earl of Clarendon to Mr. Adams.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the two letters which you addressed to me on the 5th instant; one enclosing copies of two despatches from the vice-consul general of the United States at Havana, on the subject of the Cuban slave trade, and the other enclosing a copy of a communication addressed by Mr. Hibbard, the United States arbitrator in the mixed commission court at Sierra Leone to his government, giving his views of the most effectual mode of suppressing the slave trade, and of reclaiming Africa.

I have to request that you will be good enough to convey to Mr. Seward the thanks of her Majesty’s government for these communications.

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