Letter
William H. Seward to Right Hon. Lord Lyons, March 11, 1864
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.
Department of State,Washington, March 11, 1864.
My Lord: With reference to the despatch of the 6th ultimo, addressed to your lordship by E. M. Archibald, esq., her Majesty’s consul at New York, in regard to the treatment of prisoners at Fort Lafayette, a copy of which was left at this department, I have the honor to enclose, in reply, a copy of a communication from the War Department, to which department the matter was referred for investigation.
I have the honor to be, with high consideration, my lord, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
Right Hon. Lord Lyons, &c., &c., &c.
Notes
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The despatch above referred to will be found in the order of its date in this correspondence.
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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.