Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-eighth Congress, Part I

Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.

Department of State, Washington, March 28, 1863.

My Lord: I take great pleasure in acknowledging the receipt of the note you did me the honor to address to me yesterday, with a copy of a despatch of the 16th instant to you, from Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, concerning the intercourse between the officers of her Majesty’s government and those of the navy of the United States.

I have the honor to be, your very obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

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