Letter

William H. Seward to J. Hume Burnley, January 14, 1865

Author

William H. Seward

Recipient

J. Hume Burnley

Date

January 14, 1865

Type

Letter

Language

English

Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley

Department of State, Washington, January 14, 1865.

Sir: I have the honor to state, for the information of the proper authorities of her Majesty’s government, that a reliable representation has been made to this department to the effect that the men of the late piratical steamer Florida, who went to Europe after the seizure of that vessel, have been ordered to rendezvous at Calais immediately, to join the pirate Shenandoah, lately called the Sea King; that the Shenandoah will be found in the neighborhood of Bermuda; that the men will go to that place, and be put on board by a blockade runner; and that the Shenandoah has only forty-three men on board, of whom not more that ten are sailors.

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

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

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

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

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.