Letter
Benjamin Moran to Hamilton Fish, December 7, 1870
No. 194.
Mr. Moran to Mr. Fish
No. 120.]
Legation of the United States, London, December 7, 1870. (Received December 22.)
Sir: I have the honor to state that Mr. Motley retired to-day from this mission, and, in accordance with the instructions contained in your dispatch No. 285 to him, placed me in charge of the legation, having previously notified Earl Granville that he had been instructed so to do on taking leave of Her Majesty’s government.
I have accordingly entered upon the discharge of the duties of the post, and I beg to express through you to the President my sincere thanks for this high proof of his confidence, and to assure him and you that I shall endeavor, while holding the responsible position, to acquit myself so as to merit his and your approval.
I have, &c.,
BENJAMIN MORAN.
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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 Pr.