Letter
William H. Seward to Right Hon. Lord Lyons, January 22, 1863
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.
Department of State, Washington, January 22, 1863.
My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 20th instant, acquainting me with the view which Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne takes of the verbal communication made by Commander Malcolm, of her Majesty’s ship Barracouta, to Mr. Whiting, who was at the time United States consul at Nassau, and to inform you, in reply, that a copy of it has been sent to the Secretary of the Navy.
I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to your lordship the assurance of my high consideration.
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 First 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 First Session Thirty-eighth .