Letter

Cassius M. Clay to Westmann, August 14, 1868

Author

Cassius M. Clay

Recipient

Westmann

Date

August 14, 1868

Type

Letter

Language

English

Mr. Clay to Mr. Westmann

Legation of the United States, St. Petersburg, August 2–14, 1868.

The undersigned has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of note No. 2530 of his excellency, M. de Westmann, acting minister of foreign affairs, &c., dated July 31, ultimo, 1868, O. S., in reference to the affair in the Sea of Okhotsk, which he will hasten to lay before his government.

Whilst the United States are justly jealous of all their maritime rights, the American minister believes that his government, having had many signal proofs of the friendly sentiments of his imperial Majesty’s navy, will be slow to believe that they or any portion of his imperial Majesty’s subjects would designedly invade them.

The minister of the United States begs to renew to his excellency, the privy counsellor, assurance of his most distinguished consideration.

C. M. CLAY.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Third Session of the Fortiet 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 Third Session of the Fortiet.