A printed copy of this correspondence, issued privately, was placed in Adams' hands by persons unnamed and sent to Seward on March 29, 1864.

Seward thereupon had this printed in the _Diplomatic Correspondence_, 1864-5, Pt.

I, No.

633.] [Footnote 1029: State Department, Eng., Vol.

84, No.492.Adams to Seward, Sept.