Letter
William H. Seward to Sénor Don Gabriel Garcia y Tassara, August 9, 1862
Mr. Seward to Mr. Tassara.
Department of State, Washington, August 9, 1862.
The undersigned, Secretary of State of the United States, has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Tassara’s note, of the 23d ultimo, in continuation of previous notes on the subject of the conduct of United States cruisers on the coast of Cuba, and, in reply, to inform him that a copy of it has been communicated to the Secretary of the Navy, whose instructions in the premises to United States naval commanders in the Gulf, Mr. Tassara may rest assured, will be as liberal as the public safety may permit, and always consistent with public law.
The undersigned offers to Mr. Tassara renewed assurances of his high consideration.
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
Sénor Don Gabriel Garcia y Tassara, &c., &c., &c.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Third Session Thirty-seventh
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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 Third Session Thirty-seventh.