Letter
Charles Francis Adams to M. H. Foster, July 21, 1866
Mr. Adams to Mr. Foster.
Legation of the United States, London, July 21, 1866.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the reception of your letter of the 20th instant covering a draft on the Bank of England, payable to my order, for the sum of £27,802, 1s. 8d., being the portion due to the United States of America, and paid over by the lords commisssioners of her Majesty’s treasury on account of the Japanese indemnity.
On behalf of my government, I beg permission through you to express my thanks to the lords commissioners for the facilities furnished to it in the transmission of this money.
I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
M. H. Foster, Esq., Her Majesty’s Paymaster General’s Office.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty
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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.