Letter

WOLCOTT, Assistant Secretary of War to William H. Seward, December 12, 1862

Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.

Mr. Seward presents his compliments to Lord Lyons, and has the honor to enclose herewith a copy of a letter of this date from the War Department in relation to the British steamer Labuan.

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Sir: The Secretary of War has had the honor to receive your note of yesterday, touching the longer detention of the steamer Labuan, and I am instructed to say that the Secretary of the Treasury has been formally advised that this department has now no objection to the immediate clearance and departure of that vessel.

I have the honor to be your obedient servant,

C. P. WOLCOTT, Assistant Secretary of War.

Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State.

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 .