Letter

William H. Seward to Right Hon. Lord Lyons, March 29, 1864

Author

William H. Seward

Recipient

Right Hon. Lord Lyons

Date

March 29, 1864

Type

Letter

Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.

Department of State, Washington, March 29, 1864.

My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 24th instant, in which your lordship informs me that, in answer to a communication which you addressed to the governor general of Canada, at the instance of this department, respecting two suspicious schooners in. Canadian waters, his excellency has informed you that he will take immediate steps to ascertain the accuracy of the report in regard to the schooners, and to prevent any violation of the neutrality of her Majesty’s dominions, should it prove to be well founded.

I beg your lordship to accept the thanks of this department for your ready intervention in this matter, and to convey to his excellency the governor general the grateful acknowledgments of this government for his prompt attention to its representation.

I have the honor to be, with high consideration, my lord, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

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

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.