Letter

William H. Seward to William Stuart, August 26, 1863

Mr. F. W. Seward to the Hon. William Stuart.

Sir: With reference to Lord Lyons’s note of the 3d of this month, relative to the complaint of Messrs. Tootal, Broadhurst & Lee, British merchants, residing at New York, and to the subject of the interference of the United States government generally with the trade carried on between New York and the Bahamas, I have the honor to enclose to you the copy of a communication of the 22d instant, addressed to this department by the Secretary of the Treasury.

I have the honor to be, with high consideration, sir, your obedient servant,

FREDERICK W. SEWARD, Acting Secretary.

Hon. William Stuart, &c., &c., &c.

Notes
1. 38th Congress, 1st session, House Ex. Doc. No. 1, page 682.
Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth View original source ↗
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.