Letter

SPRAGUE, United States Consul to Charles F. Adams ,, United States, November 19, 1863

Mr. Sprague to Mr. Adams.

Sir: The British tug-boat Lion Belge, which plies between Tangier and this port, has just arrived, and her commander states that there is a confederate man-of-war steamer at Cape Spartel.

I forward this information to your excellency by telegraph, and also to our representatives at Paris, Lisbon, Cadiz, &c.

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,

HORATIO J. SPRAGUE, United States Consul.

His Excellency Charles F. Adams,, United States Minister, &c., &c., &., London.

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.