Letter
William L. Dayton to William H. Seward, April 20, 1863
Mr. Dayton to Mr. Seward
No. 300.]
Paris, April 20, 1863.
Sir: In answer to my communication to Mr. Drouyn de l’Huys that the confederate privateer Japan was probably on the French coast or in a French port, &c., I received from him, on Saturday night, a communication from the head of the marine department, of which the accompanying paper is a translation.
It would seem that they have acted promptly, and have learned that the steamer in question, after approaching the coast, was engaged with another in the transhipment of boxes; and both, afterwards, in bad condition, put to sea.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM L. DAYTON.
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, &c.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-eighth
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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-eighth .