Letter
William H. Seward to Charles Francis Adams, August 25, 1862
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams.
No. 331.]
Department of State, Washington, August 25, 1862.
Sir: Your despatch of the 7th of August, No. 205, has been received. Before its arrival the correspondence of Earl Russell with the Liverpool merchants, which accompanied the despatch, had reached us through the foreign press, and has been published here.
The position taken in it by her Majesty’s government, when it is considered in connexion with antecedent events, is regarded by the President with much satisfaction.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
Charles Francis Adams, &c., &c., &c.
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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.