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

Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.

Department of State, Washington, July 30, 1864.

My Lord: Recurring to your note of the 27th ultimo, in regard to the losses entailed upon manufacturers in Canada by the prohibition of the exportation of anthracite coal from the United States, I have the honor to enclose, for your lordship’s information, a copy of an Executive order of this date, modifying the previous one to such an extent as will, if the conditions thereof are fulfilled on the part of the authorities of her Majesty’s province, remedy the evil complained of.

I have the honor to be, with high consideration, my lord, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

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

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Executive Mansion, Washington, July 30, 1864.

The Executive order of the 14th of April, 1862, prohibiting the exportation of anthracite coal, is hereby modified so far as to permit such exportation to Canada except by sea. This modification will remain in force so long only as the Canadian government shall prevent the exportation or use of the article in sea-going vessels.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.