Letter
William H. Seward to J. HUME Burnley, March 23, 1865
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley
Department of State, Washington, March 23, 1865.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 18th instant, which is accompanied by a copy of a letter of the 28th ultimo, and an extract of an anterior statement addressed to you by Captain Scanlon, which you desire to be considered in connexion with his case already submitted to the Treasury Department for investigation. In reply I have the honor to state that a copy of that note and of its accompaniments has been placed before the Secretary of the Treasury for such disposition as you have indicated.
I have the honor to be, with high consideration, sir, your 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.