Letter
William H. Seward to Right Hon. Lord Lyons, January 22, 1864
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.
Department of State, Washington, January 22, 1864.
My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 15th instant, transmitting a copy of a despatch and of its enclosures, received by you from the governor general of Canada, relative to the detention of live stock by the United States customs authorities at Niagara suspension bridge.
In reply, I have the honor to enclose herewith the copy of a letter of the 19th instant, addressed to this department by the Secretary of the Treasury, to whom the matter was referred, and 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.