Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.
Department of State, Washington,
May 14, 1864.
My Lord: Recurring to your note of the 27th ultimo, requesting, on behalf of her Majesty’s government, official information of the fact of the port of Brownsville being in the possession of United States troops, I have the honor to inform your lordship, in reply, that that port was reoccupied by United States troops on the 6th of November last, and is still occupied by them, according to the latest advices.
I have the honor to be, with high consideration, my lord, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
Right Hon. Lord Lyons, &c., &c., &c.