Letter
William H. Seward to J. Hume Burnley, December 15, 1864
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley
Department of State, Washington, December15, 1864.
Sir: With reference to Lord Lyons’s communication of the 8th ultimo, relative to some shot fired from a battery in course of construction on an island near Eastport, Maine, having fallen upon the British territory at Oampobello, I have the honor to enclose, in reply, a copy of a communication of the 8th instant from the War Department, from which it appears that upon investigation the occurrence referred to was unauthorized, was inadvertent, and is regretted, and that instructions will be given to avoid a repetition of the offence.
I have the honor to be, with high consideration, sir, your most obedient servant,
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
J. Hume Burnley, 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-ninth C
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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-ninth C.