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

Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward

Washington, January 25, 1865.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your note of the 21st January, relative to the alleged intentions on the part of enemies of the United States, now said to be lurking in Canada, to make a predatory incursion on certain points on United States territory.

I have transmitted a copy of that note to his excellency the governor general of Canada.

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

J. HUME BURNLEY.

Hon. William H. Seward, &c., &c., &c.