Letter

William H. Seward to J. Hume Burnley, October 10, 1864

Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 28th ultimo, in relation to. the proposed temporary increase of the observing force of the United States on the American lakes, and in reply to inform you that I have transmitted a copy of the correspondence on the subject to Mr. Adams, the ministerof the United States at London, who has been requested to make explanations to Earl Russell, which it is not doubted will prove satisfactory to her Majesty’s government.

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 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.