I have the honor to transmit to you for your information the
accompanying copy of a Despatch from Her Majesty's Minister at
Washington to
Earl Russell reporting
Mr. Seward's assurance that there
is not the slightest foundation in the rumour that the
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United States
were making military preparations in California menacing the
neighbouring British Possessions.