Letter
William H. Seward to J. Hume Burnley, September 8, 1864
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley.
Department of State, Washington, September 8, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 4th instant in regard to obstacles in the way of her Majesty’s consul visiting the receiving-ship at the Brooklyn navy yard with a view to the collection of evidence as to the enlistment of British subjects, and in reply to inform you that I have invited the particular attention of the Secretary of the Navy to the matter.
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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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.