Letter
William H. Seward to Right Hon. Lord Lyons, February 13, 1864
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.
Department of State, Washington, February 13, 1864.
My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your memorandum of the 8th instant, relative to the release of the master and crew of the captured British steamer Banshee, and, in reply, to enclose herewith to you the copy of a letter of yesterday, addressed to this department by the Secretary of the Navy, from which it will be seen that he has directed the discharge of all of the crew of the Banshee except F. Foley, who makes no claim to be a British or foreign subject, and Jonathan Steele, the master of that vessel, who is reported to the Navy Department to be an American.
I have the honor to be, with high consideration, your lordship’s obedient servant,
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
Right Hon. Lord Lyons, &c., &c., &c.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth
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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.