Letter

William H. Seward to The Viscount Treilhard, September 29, 1863

Mr. Seward to Viscount Treilhard.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 17th instant, relative to the tax imposed upon certain French subjects at New Orleans, by General Butler, on account of their having subscribed to a loan to the corporation of that city, while it was in the possession of the insurgents, and to state that the propriety of discontinuing the tax has been submitted to the consideration of the Secretary of War.

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

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

The Viscount Treilhard, &c., &c., &c.

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