Letter

William L. Dayton to William H. Seward, June 29, 1864

Mr. Dayton to Mr. Seward

No. 497.]

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.

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.