Letter
William L. Dayton to William H. Seward, June 29, 1864
Mr. Dayton to Mr. Seward
No. 497.]
Paris, June 29, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to send you herewith a translation of a letter received by my son from M. Dufour, surgeon-in-chief of the government hospital at Cherbourg.
A telegram received the night before last, from our vice-consul at Cherbourg, states that Gowan, the seaman of the Kearsarge, most dangerously wounded, having a compound fracture of the leg, is dead.
I am, sir, your most obedient servant.
WM. L. DAYTON.
Hon. William H. Seward Secretary of State, &c., &c., &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 Second Session Thirty-eighth.