Letter
William H. Seward to Henry Mercier, June 12, 1862
Mr. F. W. Seward to Mr. Mercier.
Department of State, Washington, June 12, 1862.
Sir: Referring to the letter from a Frenchman at New York to the consul general of France there, relating to wines being considered by the custom-house authorities at that place as contraband of war, which you some days since left at this department, I now have the honor to enclose to you, for your information, the copy of a communication of the 6th instant from the Secretary of the Treasury, to whom the matter was referred, from which it appears that wines, as they do not properly come under the head of ardent spirits, are permitted to be shipped.
I have the honor to be, with high consideration, sir, your obedient servant,
F. W. SEWARD, Acting Secretary.
Mr. Henry Mercier, &c., &c., &c.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Third Session Thirty-seventh
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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 Third Session Thirty-seventh.