Letter
William H. Seward to Anson Burlingame, March 21, 1864
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burlingame
No. 55.]
Department of State, Washington, March 21, 1864.
Sir: Your despatch of the 26th of November last, No. 59, has been received. I have learned with much satisfaction of the friendly dispositions manifested towards the United States by your diplomatic colleagues at Peking. Your letter to Sir Frederick Bruce, in acknowledgment of the course pursued by him in regard to the Osborne flotilla, is approved and commended; and I shall request Mr. Adams to make a further expression at London of the estimation in which Sir Frederick’s conduct is held by this government.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM H. SEWARD,
Anson Burlingame, 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.