Letter

William H. Seward to Joseph Parker, November 26, 1864

Mr. Seward to Mr. Parker.

Sir: The government of the United States cannot receive the address which was mentioned in your notes of this morning. Your request for an interview with the President to present the address is therefore declined.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

Joseph Parker, Esq., Metropolitan Hotel.

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.