Letter
William L. Dayton to William H. Seward Secretary of State, March 11, 1864
Mr. Dayton to Mr. Seward
No. 433.]
Paris, March 11, 1864.
Sir: Mr. Drouyn de l’Huys informs me that in a recent interview with Arman, the ship-builder at Bordeaux, he, Arman, asssured him that not only the iron-clad vessels he was building at Bordeaux but the other four vessels (two at Nantes and two at Bordeaux) would certainly be disposed of to neutral governments in such manner as to relieve France from any trouble or responsibility on the subject. These vessels, I may add, are in the steady course of construction, the work being constantly advanced upon them.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
WM. L. DAYTON.
Hon. William H. Seward Secretary of State, &c., &c., &c.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second 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 Second Session Thirty-eighth.