Letter
Rufus King to William H. Seward, May 11, 1866
[Extract.]
Mr. King to Mr. Seward.
No. 54 ]
Legation of the United States, Rome, May 11, 1866.
Sir: In my last despatch, of April 23, I mentioned that H. B. St. Marie, a private in the Papal zouaves, bad called upon me for the purpose of communicating the intelligence that John H. Surratt, one of the persons charged with complicity in the murder of President Lincoln, was a member of the same regiment as himself, and then stationed at Sezze. I have since received two letters from St. Marie relating to this matter, which I enclose for the information of the department. While awaiting their instructions, the information has been kept secret here.
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I have the honor to be, with great respect, your obedient servant,
RUFUS KING.
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.
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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 of the Thirty.