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In compliance with the Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22nd. ultimo, in relation to the alleged interference of
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In compliance with the Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22nd. ultimo, in relation to the alleged interference of
our Minister to Mexico in favor of the French, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the papers with which it is accompanied. ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Washington, January 5, 1863.
[1] DS, DNA RG 233, House Executive Document No. 23. Seward's report of December 29, 1862, transmitted by Lincoln, including all the papers involved, may be found in Thirty-seventh Congress, Third Session, House Executive Document No. 23. Minister Thomas Corwin and other members of the diplomatic corps in Mexico City had protested on October 2, 1862, an order expelling foreigners without ``evident proofs'' of their actions against the Mexican government.