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, August 5, 1864.

My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 30th ultimo, relative to the refusal of a clearance to Messrs. Darrell & Nash on merchandise shipped by them to Nassau, and, in reply, to inform your lordship that I have transmitted a copy thereof to the Secretary of the Treasury, who has been requested to investigate the case, with a view to the adoption of such proceedings as the result may warrant.

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

WILLIAM H. SEWARD,

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