Letter
William H. Seward to Charles Francis Adams, July 13, 1863
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams.
No. 654.]
Department of State, Washington, July 13, 1863.
Sir: Your despatch of the 23d of June (No. 437) has been received. The correspondence of Mr. Conway with James M. Mason was not less chimerical than criminal. The President appreciates the generosity manifested by the executive committee of the Emancipation Society in their disclaimer of a previous knowledge of Mr. Conway’s purpose, and of all sympathy with him in his designs, not less injurious to the cause of human rights than disloyal to the Constitution and government of the United States. So far as Mr. Conway is concerned, the government has not thought his proceeding of sufficient importance to adopt any measure in regard to it.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c., &c., &c.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-eighth
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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 First Session Thirty-eighth .