William H. Seward to Right Hon. Lord Lyons, November 4, 1863

Mr. F. W. Seward to Lord Lyons.

My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 31st ultimo, relative to the case of the British steamer Victor, captured by the United States cruiser Juniata, in the month of May last, and to inform you that a copy of it will be communicated to the Secretary of War with a view to an investigation being made into the complaint of the master, mate, and engineer of the Victor, of cruel treatment in Fort Taylor, Key West. In the mean time I have the honor to enclose for your information the accompanying copy of a letter of the 22d of September last, from the acting attorney general of the United States, and of the letter from the United States district attorney at Key West, to which it relates.

I have the honor to be, with high consideration, your lordship’s obedient servant,