Letter
WATSON, Assistant Secretary of War to William H. Seward, August 23, 1862
Mr. Watson to Mr. Seward.
War Department, Washington City, D. C., August 23, 1862.
Sir: I have the honor, by direction of the Secretary of War, to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 13th instant, enclosing the translation of a note from Viscount Treilhard, relative to the interchange of communications between the French legation here and the consulate of France at Richmond, and requesting a favorable attention thereto.
In reply the Secretary instructs me respectfully to state that, on reference to the general-in-chief, he reports that he does not think it would be practicable or proper, at the present time, to exchange the mails as proposed.
With great respect, your obedient servant,
P. H. WATSON, Assistant Secretary of War.
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Third Session Thirty-seventh
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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 Thirty-seventh.