Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams.
U.S. Department of State · 1862
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Description
On 21 October 1862 Secretary of State William H. Seward wrote to Charles Francis Adams, the American minister in London, in a letter printed as Document 166 of the 1862 Foreign Relations volume. The exchange between the two men fills much of the volume's British section.
Autumn 1862 was the high-water mark of European talk about stepping into the war. Once Antietam and the emancipation plan landed, that talk cooled but did not die. Seward's frequent letters kept Adams pressing the Union case while London made up its mind, one cabinet meeting at a time. 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 | 621 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian |
Source: https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1862/d166