Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.
Department of State, Washington,
January 23, 1864.
My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the note of the 13th instant, in which you advise me that you have transmitted to the governor general of Canada the intelligence from the United States consul at Montreal which the preceding day I had the honor to communicate to you, respecting a gathering of enemies of the United States at Windsor, in that province, and to be, with high consideration,
Your lordship’s obedient servant,
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
Right Hon. Lord Lyons, &c., &c., &c.