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

Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.

Department of State, Washington, April 18, 1864.

My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 13th instant, in regard to the restrictions imposed on the trade between the United States and British colonies, a copy of which communication has been laid before the Secretary of the Treasury. When I shall have received an expression of his views upon the subject I shall address myself to your lordship in relation to it.

I have the honor to be, with high consideration, my lord, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

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