Mr. Seward to Mr. pike.
U.S. Department of State · 1861
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Description
On 14 June 1861, Secretary of State William H. Seward wrote to James Shepherd Pike, the American minister to the Netherlands. It stands as Document 239 in the volume of foreign papers laid before Congress with the President's message. The letter comes from the opening months of the Civil War, a time when each foreign capital watched the war with care.
Seward's letters in this run set out Washington's line for the man on the spot to follow. Read in order with its neighbors, it shows diplomacy as daily work rather than grand speeches. Foreign Relations of the United States, the official record series, is where the full exchange can be traced.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | U.S. Department of State |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1861 |
| COLLECTION | DECLASSIFIED |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 1028 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian |
Source: https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1861/d239