Letter

William H. Seward to Right Hon. Lord Lyons, February 6, 1864

Author

William H. Seward

Recipient

Right Hon. Lord Lyons

Date

February 6, 1864

Type

Letter

Language

English

Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons,.

Department of State, Washington, February 6, 1864.

My Dear Lord Lyons: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 4th instant, communicating the copy of a despatch from her Majesty’s minister at Madrid, and of a note framed under the instructions of her Majesty’s government, pointing out to the government of Spain the measures which, in the opinion of her Majesty’s government, are required for the suppression of the Cuban slave trade.

In reply, I have the honor to acquaint you that, in conformity with the suggestion contained in your note, the minister of the United States at Madrid has been instructed to address to the Spanish minister for foreign affairs a representation in the same sense as that made by her Majesty’s minister in the note above referred to.

I am, my dear Lord Lyons, very truly yours,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

Right Hon. Lord Lyons, &c., &c., &c.

P. S.—I enclose a copy of my instruction to Mr. Koerner.

Topics

19th Century Civil War Diplomacy

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.