Letter
William H. Seward to John Bigelow, December 31, 1864
Mr. Seward to Mr. Bigelow
No. 10.]
Department of State, Washington, December 31, 1864.
Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of despatch No. 556, from the late William L. Dayton, esq., relative to the arrangiment made by an agent of the insurgents with the house of Silvee & Co., of London, to furnish the insurgents a quantity of insulated telegraphic wire, to he used in exploding torpedoes and vessels filled with powder under United States ships-of-war.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
John Bigelow, Esq.
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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.