Mr. Dayton to Mr. Seward.
U.S. Department of State · 1862
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Description
On 9 July 1862 William L. Dayton sent Secretary of State William H. Seward a report printed as Document 293 in the 1862 Foreign Relations volume. The report came after a gap in the Paris file.
By the time Dayton wrote, news of McClellan's retreat from Richmond was reaching Europe, and French talk of stepping into the war revived. His report from Paris in that week carried the court's first reactions. For Washington, such letters answered a vital question: would failure in Virginia bring foreign action, or only foreign talk? A steamer's sailing day set the legation's week, and Dayton wrote against that clock.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | U.S. Department of State |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1862 |
| COLLECTION | DECLASSIFIED |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2739 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian |
Source: https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1862/d293