Letter

William H. Seward to Right Hon. Lord Lyons, March 9, 1864

Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.

My Lord: I have the honor to recur to your note of the 1st instant, so far as it relates to the rights of the United States in regard to maritime captures and jurisdiction, and in reply to enclose a copy of a letter of the 5th instant from the Secretary of the Navy, to whom a copy of your note was submitted, which, it is hoped, will prove satisfactory to your lordship.

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

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

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

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.