public use of, should it be considered desirable, I beg to state [219] that I have no objection whatever to your publishing my several letters and inclosures, (as at foot,) if the correspondence is published as a whole, and in the same official document. I am, &c., JOHN LAIRD. Letters above referred to, from Mr. J. Laird to the assistant under-secretary of state for foreign affairs. November 23, December 1, and December 12, (with inclosures,) 1871; April 1, 1872. [223] *RETURNS OF VISITS OF UNITED STATES SHIPS OF WAR TO BRITISH PORTS DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. Visits of United States Return showing the names of vessels of the United States Navy which visited the ports of Great Britain and Ireland from April, 1861, to ships of war to British ports. April, 1865. Supplied with coal; quantity not known. Do. Do. |