Letter

William H. Seward to Charles Francis Adams, February 6, 1864

Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams.

No. 835.]

Sir: I transmit the copy of a despatch of the 5th of December last, from Mr. W. R. G. Mellen, the consul of the United States at Port Louis, Mauritius, relative to the capture of the American ship Sea Bride, by the piratical steamer Alabama. When you have sufficient information you will represent it to the British government.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

Charles Francis Adams, &c., &c., &c.

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