Letter

George D. Bayard to Edmond van Eetvelde, September 11, 1885

Author

George D. Bayard

Recipient

Edmond van Eetvelde

Date

September 11, 1885

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 3 in No. 5.]

Mr. Bayard to Mr. van Eetvelde.

Department of State, Washington, September 11, 1885.

Sir: I have had the honor to receive your letter of the 1st ultimo, whereby you are pleased to inform me that His Majesty King Leopold, Sovereign of the Independent State of the Congo, has conferred upon you the office of administrator-general of the department of foreign affairs of that State.

In furtherance of the good will and amity which the Government has heretofore testified toward the organization of the independent tribes of the Congo Basin, under a common system of administration, and which it equally bears, now that the Government of the Independent State of the Congo has taken rank among the sovereign communities of the world, it will be my aim and my gratification to maintain and strengthen by all means in my power the most agreeable and lasting good relationship between the United States and the newly constituted State of the Congo.

I embrace, &c.,

T. F. BAYARD.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P View original source ↗

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.