Letter
William H. Seward to Right Hon. Lord Lyons, February 20, 1865
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.
Department of State, Washington, February 20, 1865.
My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your two communications under the respective dates of yesterday and to-day, relative to Mr. Jonathan Steele, the captain of the captured British steamer Banshee, and to inform you that a copy of them has been submitted to the consideration of the Secretary of the Navy.
The affidavit which accompanied the first of these communications is herewith returned,
I have the honor to be, with high consideration, your lordships 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.