Letter

William H. Seward to William L. Dayton, November 18, 1864

Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton

No. 707.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 4th instant, No. 556, and, in reply, to approve your course relative to the vessels which have been built at Bordeaux and Nantes, and your proceedings in your interview with Commodore Craven, of the United States ship Niagara.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

William L. Dayton, Esq., &c., &c., &c.

[No. 709, Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton, of the 21st of November, 1864, relating to military affairs, is the game mutatis mutandis as No. 1159 to Mr. Adams, minister to London, published in this series.

A copy of the following accompanied the same, and is published here because it was omitted in printing the instruction to Mr. Adams referred to.]

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