Letter

Allan A Burton to President of the Senate of Plenipotentiaries Of the United States of Colombia , & c ., & c ., & c, February 23, 1866

Mr. Burton to Señor Mendoza

Sir: I have received with sentiments of grateful appreciation the resolution adopted on yesterday by the Colombian senate of plenipotentiaries, commemorative of the birth and services of my great countryman, George Washington; and pray that that august body and the honorable senators individually be assured of the peculiar sensibility with which this friendly demonstration will be received by the people of the United States of America.

I have the honor to be, sir, with the highest consideration, your very obedient servant,

ALLAN A. BURTON.

Hon. President of the Senate of Plenipotentiaries Of the United States of Colombia, &c., & c., & c.

Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty View original source ↗
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty.