Letter
William H. Seward to Right Hon. Lord Lyons, January 11, 1864
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.
Department of State, Washington, January 11, 1864.
My Lord: Referring to my communication of the 13th of November last, relative to the capture of the British steamship Sir William Peel, near Mata-moras, by the United States gunboat Seminole, I have the honor to enclose the Copy of a letter of the 26th ultimo, and of its accompaniments, addressed to this department by the Secretary of the Navy. From these papers it appears that the legality of the capture is now under judicial investigation, and that all the material facts in the case, as presented, are controverted and denied.
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.