William H. Seward to Charles Francis Adams, December 20, 1862

Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams.

Sir: I herewith enclose, for presentation to the British government, a copy of memorials and other papers addressed to the President of the United States by several ship-owners, resident within the collection district of New Bedford, Massachusetts, relative to the capture and destruction of the American whaling vessels, the Virginia, the Benjamin Tucker, the Elisha Dunbar, the Ocean Rover, the Altamaha, and the Ocmulgee, by the piratical steamer Alabama, in the month of September last.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,