To the Senate: I herewith transmit to the Senate, a copy of a letter received by me from the Honorable Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State of the United States, containing his answers to the inquiries, which, referring to the order of the Senate, of January 13th, I had made of him, whether permission had been given for the passage of British troops across the state of Maine ...

[Maine] : Stevens & Sayward, Printers to the State, [1862]

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Document (Maine. Legislature. Senate) ; 41st Legislature, 1862, no. 6.

Letter of transmittal signed: Israel Washburn, Jr., Executive Department, January 21, 1862. This is followed by a letter from William H. Seward, Department of State, to Israel Washburn, Jr., Governor of Maine, which is dated 17th Jan'y, 1862.
"Your Excellency's letter, of the 13th instant, has been received. It submits to me an Order of the Senate of the State of Maine. This Order recites a statement that a despatch has been received from the Secretary of State of the United States, addressed to the Marshal of the United States and all Federal officers in Portland, directing that the agents of the British Government shall have all proper facilities for landing and conveying to Canada or elsewhere, troops and munitions of war of every kind, without exception. The Order then requests you to communicate to the Senate of Maine, if compatible with the public interests, all information you may have, if any, in relation to the passage of British troops as so recited, and whether any steps have been taken to prevent such use of American soil within the limits of the State of Maine."--Letter from William H. Seward.

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