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

Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.

Department of State, Washington, November 13, 1862.

My Lord: With reference to the papers in the case of the Labuan, which were recently left at this department by Mr. Stuart, I have the honor to say to you that the Secretary of the Treasury has already given the instructions which were deemed proper with regard to that vessel.

I have the honor to be, with high consideration, your lordship’s obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

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