Letter
William H. Seward to J. Hume Burnley, September 27, 1864
Mr. F. W. Seward to Mr. Burnley.
Department of State, Washington, September 27, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 23d instant, transmitting copies of a notification issued by her Majesty’s government prohibiting any ship-of-war belonging to either of the belligerent powers in North America being dismantled or sold in any of her Maiesty’s ports, and to inform you, in reply, that a copy of the notification has been communicated to the Secretary of the Navy.
I have the honor to be, with high consideration, sir, your obedient servant,
F. W. SEWARD, Acting Secretary.
J. Hume Burnley, Esq., &c., &c, &c.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth
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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 Thirty-eighth.