Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward.
U.S. Department of State · 1862
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From London on 25 September 1862, Charles Francis Adams reported to Secretary of State William H. Seward in Washington. Adams was the American minister to Britain, and his reports home appear throughout the 1862 Foreign Relations volume; this one is Document 151.
An envoy's report mixed what he had done, what officials had said to him, and what the press and public seemed to think. Seward read these London letters to judge the risk that Britain might back the Confederacy or push for a truce. Reports like this one were the government's eyes in the capital that mattered most. Earl Russell, the British foreign secretary, was the minister Adams dealt with most in London.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | U.S. Department of State |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1862 |
| COLLECTION | DECLASSIFIED |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 4729 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian |
Source: https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1862/d151