Letter
William H. Seward to Right Hon. Lord Lyons, February 17, 1864
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.
Department of State, Washington, February 17, 1864.
My Lord: With reference to your note of the 20th ultimo, in which, under the instructions of her Majesty’s government, you ask for information as to the grounds of the seizure at New York, in the autumn of last year, of the schooner Etta, and as to the steps taken by this government to establish its legality against the British owners who claim the vessel, I have the honor to enclose herewith the copy of a communication of the 12th instant, addressed to this department by the Secretary of the Treasury, to whom the matter was referred.
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.