Letter

William H. Seward to James S. Pike, July 26, 1864

Mr. Seward to Mr. Pike

No. 168.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of July 6, No. 140.

Information, derived from other sources, confirms your statement that the vessels built by Arman for the insurgents have passed into the hands, if not of a neutral power, of subjects of such a power, and that they will not be likely to be employed against the United States. I congratulate you upon your escape from the responsibility concerning them.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

James S. Pike, 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.