Letter
William H. Seward to Sir Frederick W. A. Bruce, July 18, 1865
Mr. Seward to Sir F. Bruce
Department of State, Washington, July 18, 1865.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of jour note of the 12th instant, in which, under instructions received from her Majesty’s principal secretary of state for foreign affairs, you present the views of your government in regard to the proceedings of the naval court of inquiry, held at Boston, in the case of the Night-Hawk. In reply, I have the honor to state that the subject will receive proper consideration.
I have the honor to be, with high consideration, sir, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM H. SEWARD,
Hon. Sir Frederick W. A. Bruce, &c., &c., &c.
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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 First Session Thirty-ninth C.