William H. Seward to Señor Don Gabriel Garcia y Tassara, April 11, 1866

[6] *Mr. Seward, Secretary of State, to Mr. Tassara, Spanish minister.

The undersigned, Secretary of State of the United States, has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Tassara’s note of yesterday’s date, relative to the vessel called the La Orientale, and alleged to be of a suspicious character, now lying at the port of New York, and advertised to sail for Montivedeo, but really, according to Mr. Tassara’s belief, for service in the cause of the Chilian government.

In reply, the undersigned has the honor to inform Mr. Tassara that his request for the detention of the vessel referred to, until her real destination can be made clear, has been complied with.

The undersigned offers to Mr. Tassara on this occasion renewed assurances of his very high consideration.