Letter

William H. Seward to Sir Frederick W. A. Bruce, June 16, 1865

Author

William H. Seward

Recipient

Sir Frederick W. A. Bruce

Date

June 16, 1865

Type

Letter

Language

English

Mr. Seward to Sir F. Bruce

Department of State, Washington, June 16, 1865.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of yesterday, relative to the notice given by Mr. Adams to Earl Russell in November, 1864, and also having reference to a subsequent note of the 8th of March, which Mr. Adams addressed to his lordship, touching the increase of naval armaments on the lakes. In reply, I have the honor to inform you that the instruction to the United States minister at London, upon which his note of the 8th of March referred to was based, was intended as a withdrawal of the previous notice within the time allowed, and that it is so held by this government.

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

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

Hon. Sir Frederick W. A. Bruce, &c., &c., &c.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-ninth C 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 First Session Thirty-ninth C.