Letter

Wm. H. Seward to Right Hon. Lord Lyons, February 20, 1863

Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.

My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your memorandum of yesterday, relative to colored emigrants from the United States for service in the British West Indian colonies, and to inform you that a copy of it has been sent to the Secretary of the Interior for his information and consideration. I have the honor to be your very obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

Right Hon. Lord Lyons, &c., &c., &c.

Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First 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 First Session Thirty-eighth .