Letter
Viscount Monck to J. H. Burnley, January 31, 1865
Viscount Monck to Mr. Burnley
Quebec, January 31, 1865.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of January 25, enclosing a note from the Secretary of State of the United States, respecting the designs of the enemies of the United States lurking in Canada of making a formidable incursion on the town of Burlington, Vermont, and Whitehall, New York.
I have the honor to request you to convey to Mr. Seward my assurance that the government of Canada will use every exertion to detect and defeat such plans.
I have, &c.,
MONCK.
J. H. Burnley, Esq., &c., &c., &c.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-ninth 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.