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

Mr. Seward to Mr. Morris.

No. 75.]

Department of State, Washington, March 28, 1864.

Sir: Your despatch No. 81, of the 3d instant, has been received. Your proceedings relative to the presentation of the pistols to his highness Kibrisili Pasha, as well as your reply to the note addressed to you by the Porte concerning sea postal service on the Turkish coast, are approved.

The energy and liberality displayed by the present Sultan in his administration of the affairs of the empire are perceived with much satisfaction in this country.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

E. Joy Morris, Esq., &c., &c., &c., Constantinople.