Tuesday, November 11, 2014

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

Department Of State,
Washington, April 18th, 1863.
Samuel J. Kirkwood, Esq.,
Governor of Iowa, Iowa City.

Sir:—Your letter of the 13th instant has been received, and the reasons you assign for declining to accept the mission to Denmark, which has been tendered to you, until the expiration of your term of service as Governor of Iowa, are entirely satisfactory. You intimate, however, that it is possible these reasons may have less weight with you some few months hence, and that you may then, perhaps, feel at liberty to accept the appointment and to proceed to Copenhagen before the close of your gubernatorial term. Under these circumstances, I see no objection to your holding the appointment under consideration for a few months at least.

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. 277-8

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