Letter
William H. Seward to James E. Harvey , Esq., & c ., & c ., & c . , Lisbon, June 8, 1863
Mr. Seward to Mr. Harvey.
No. 117.]
Department of State, Washington, June 8, 1863.
Sir:Your despatch of May 5, No. 225, has been received. The success of the internal improvement system which the Portuguese government has adopted is justly a subject of felicitation. I entertain no doubt that the complete development of it will greatly increase the strength and enhance the prosperity of Portugal. For a nation to be without iron roads in these times is to be in the world, but not of it.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
James E. Harvey, Esq., &c., &c., &c., Lisbon.
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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.