Mr. Seward to Mr.
Adams.
No. 1669.]
Department of State, Washington,
January 29, 1866.
Sir: I transmit to you a copy of a
communication of the 23d instant, which I have received from the
Secretary of the Treasury, in regard to a report that a Mr. Waterhouse
has just embarked to Liverpool with a view to the disposal of eighty
steam vessels belonging to the late insurgent government, which vessels
are said to be at present in the above-mentioned port. I will thank you
to communicate with Mr. Dudley, at Liverpool, upon the subject, although
little credit is given by the department to the report in question.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c., &c.,
&c.
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Treasury
Department,
January 23, 1866.
Dear Sir: Enclosed I hand you a copy of a
letter just received from William James, collector of internal
revenue at Richmond, Va., and I respectfully suggest that the
substance thereof be communicated either to Mr. Adams or to the
United States consul at Liverpool.
I am, very truly, yours,
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State.
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U. S. Internal Revenue
Collector’s Office, First District of Va., Richmond,
January 20, 1866.
Sir: I have the honor to forward a report,
which appears to me to be true, that a Mr. Waterhouse has just
embarked to Liverpool, England, in order to dispose of eighty (80)
steam vessels belonging to the so-called southern confederacy, which
vessels are said to be lying in that port.
Being impelled by a sense of duty to give this information, that your
action may be taken in the case,
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Hon. Hugh McCulloch, Secretary of the Treasury U. S.
