Letter

William H. Seward to Henry S. Sanford , Esq., & c ., & c ., & c . , Brussels, August 8, 1864

Mr. Seward to Mr. Sanford.

No. 140.]

Sir: I submitted to the Secretary of the Navy your despatch No. 200, marked confidential, in which you suggest the feasibility of enlisting foreigners in Belgium for our naval service. In returning the despatch to this department he states that “the proposed measure is both inexpedient and unnecessary, as we are now receiving recruits in abundance.”

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

Henry S. Sanford, Esq., &c., &c., &c., Brussels.

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.