Letter

TUPPER, Provincial Secretary to John Williams Gunnison, December 14, 1863

[Enclosure 4 in No. 5.]

Mr. Tupper to Mr. Gunnison.

Sir: I have it in command from his honor the administrator of the government to inform you, in reply to your communication respecting the Chesapeake, that the question has been referred to the crown officers, and that they are of opinion that they do not see upon what grounds, as at present informed, they can legally interfere.

I have, &c.,

C. TUPPER, Provincial Secretary.
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.