Letter

William H. Seward to J. Hume Burnley, December 8, 1864

Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley

Sir: I have the honor to enclose a copy of a communication of the 5th instant from his honor the mayor of the city of Buffalo, in regard to the movements of the suspected steamer Georgian, or Georgiana, and to other proceedings hostile to the United States which are reported to be on foot in Canada.

I will thank you to call the attention of his excellency Viscount Monck to this information.

I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

J. Hume Burnley, Esq., &c., &c., &c.

Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-ninth C 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 First Session Thirty-ninth C.