Mr. Seward to Mr. Pike
No. 168.]
Department of State,
Washington,
July 26, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of July 6, No. 140.
Information, derived from other sources, confirms your statement that the vessels built by Arman for the insurgents have passed into the hands, if not of a neutral power, of subjects of such a power, and that they will not be likely to be employed against the United States. I congratulate you upon your escape from the responsibility concerning them.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
James S. Pike, Esq., &c., &c., &c.