Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams.
Sir: I transmit with this despatch a copy of a letter of the 4th instant from Edward Mott Robinson, H. L. Howard, executrix of B. Howard’s estate, and John A. McGaw, and of the extended protest which accompanied it, relative to their claim on the British government on account of the destruction of the ship Golden Eagle by the armed insurgent steamer Alabama.
As one of the claims of citizens of the United States, growing out of the lawless depredations upon American commerce by insurgent vessels sent out from British ports, I have to request you to bring it under the consideration of her Majesty’s government in such manner as may seem to you most appropriate.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c., &c., &c.