Mr. Seward to Mr. Stuart.
U.S. Department of State · 1862
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Description
On 18 September 1862, the day after Antietam, Secretary of State William H. Seward wrote to William Stuart of the British legation. The letter stands as Document 239 in the 1862 Foreign Relations volume.
Antietam had checked Lee's invasion at terrible cost, and Lincoln would soon issue his emancipation plan. News of the battle was still fresh and partial when Seward wrote. A letter from this date sits at a hinge in the record. The military facts that foreign governments had been waiting for were changing, and with them the odds of outside action. Lyons also reported home on each note, so most of these papers exist in two archives.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | U.S. Department of State |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1862 |
| COLLECTION | DECLASSIFIED |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3346 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian |
Source: https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1862/d239