Letter
SPRAGUE, United States Consul to Charles F. Adams ,, United States, November 19, 1863
Mr. Sprague to Mr. Adams.
Consulate of the United States, Gibraltar, November 19, 1863—5½. p. m.
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.
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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.