Saturday, November 8, 2014

William H. Seward to Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood, March 18, 1863

Department Of State,
Washington, March 18th, 1863.
Samuel J. Kirkwood Esq.,
Iowa City, Iowa.

Sir:—The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate having appointed you to be Minister Resident of the United States to Denmark, I have the honor to announce the same to you, and to request that you will inform this department how soon, in the event of your accepting the appointment, you will be prepared to proceed to Copenhagen.

I am, sir,
Your obedient servant,
WILLIAM H. SEWARD

SOURCE: Henry Warren Lathrop, The Life and Times of Samuel J. Kirkwood, Iowa's War Governor, p. 276

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