Letter

William H. Seward to Sir Frederick W. A. Bruce, June 30, 1866

Author

William H. Seward

Recipient

Sir Frederick W. A. Bruce

Date

June 30, 1866

Type

Letter

Language

English

Mr. Seward to Sir F. Bruce

Department of State, Washington, June 30, 1866.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge, with much satisfaction, the receipt of your note of yesterday’s date, in which, referring to my note of the 15th ultimo, respecting the proposed appointment of additional consular officers of the United States in Canada, you inform me that you have been instructed by her Majesty’s principal secretary of state for foreign affairs to make known to this department that her Majesty’s government concur with the government of the United States in the proposed increase of its consular officers in Canada, and that instructions will be forwarded to his excellency the governor general to that effect.

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

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

The 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 Second Session of the Thirty 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 of the Thirty.