Letter

WILLIAM HUNTER, Acting Secretary of State to Charles Francis Adams, June 10, 1865

Mr. Hunter to Mr. Adams

No. 1447.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 25th ultimo, (No. 969.) The information you convey to this department in regard to the arrangements which were provided by the British authorities for the apprehension of the assassin Booth, in the event of his reaching her Majesty’s dominions, is received with much satisfaction.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM HUNTER, Acting Secretary of State.

Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c., &c., &c.

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.