Hammond to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I am directed by Earl Russell to transmit to you, to be laid before
His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, a copy of a despatch from Lord Lyons
reporting a conversation he had held with Mr Seward on the subject
of concluding a Treaty between this country and the United States for
the purpose of settling the question of the Island of San Juan,
together with a copy of the instruction addressed to His Lordship by
Earl Russell, in reply.