Letter

William H. Seward to Anson Burlingame, November 13, 1863

Mr. Seward to Mr. Burlingame

No. 46.]

Sir: It affords me sincere gratification to be the medium for communicating to you of a copy of a note of the 27th ultimo, addressed to me by Count Piper, the chargé d’affaires of his Majesty the King of Denmark, accredited to this government, expressive of the grateful sense entertained by his Majesty’s government of the assistance rendered by you to Colonel Raasloff in his late negotiations with China.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

Anson Burlingame, Esq., &c., &c., &c.

Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First 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 First Session Thirty-eighth .