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

Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley

Department of State, Washington, March 28, 1865.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 21st instant, requesting me to take into serious consideration the effects produced by a recent order alleged to have been issued from the Treasury Department relative to the conduct of trade between the United States and Canada, and to inform you that it will occupy my attention.

I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

J. Hume Burnley, Esq., &c., &c., &c.