Letter
William II. Seward to J. Hume Burnley, December 14, 1864
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley
Department of State, Washington, December 14, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to communicate to you, for the information of the governor general of Canada, a copy of a despatch of the 9th instant from D. Thurston, esquire, the consul general of the United States at Montreal, relating to suspicions entertained that two vessels now in course of construction in Montreal, called respectively the El Almandares and the Pinero, and another expected from a different quarter and the name of which is not yet ascertained, are intended to be employed for purposes hostile to the United States.
I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
J. Hume Burnley, Esq., &c.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-ninth C
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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.