Letter
SMITH, Consul to F. W. Seward , Assistant, December 27, 1867
Mr. Smith to Mr. F. W. Seward
No. 43.]
Consulate of the United States, Honolulu, December 27, 1867.
Sir: I have the honor to inclose a certified copy of the deposition of Manuel Enos, master of the American whaling bark Java, in relation to his having been driven out of Shantar bay by a Russian vessel of war.
I have been unable to procure the name of either the Russian vessel or her commander Shantar bay is situate in the Okhotsk sea, latitude 58° north. I am informed by the master of the English bark Gobang,that some Finns, subjects of the Czar, have a whaling station there, keeping two schooners in the bay, and having their trying works on the shore.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
M. L. SMITH, Consul.
Hon. F. W. Seward, Assistant Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Third Session of the Fortiet
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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 Third Session of the Fortiet.