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

Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward.

No. 639.]

Legation of the United States, London, April 1, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to forward herewith copies of parliamentary papers on North America, Nos. 7, 8, and 9, 1864. These relate to the alleged enlistments at Queenstown on board the Kearsarge, the pretended recruitments in Ireland for the United States army, and the case of piracy on board the steamer Chesapeake.

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.

Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.