Letter

Charles Francis Adams to Right Hon. Earl Russell, March 17, 1865

Author

Charles Francis Adams

Recipient

Right Hon. Earl Russell

Date

March 17, 1865

Type

Letter

Language

English

Mr. Adams to Earl Russell

Legation of the United States, London, March 17, 1865.

My Lord: Under instructions from the government of the United States, I have the honor to transmit to your lordship a certified copy of a joint resolution of the Congress of the United States, approved by the President on the 18th of January, 1865, in regard to the termination of the treaty concluded between the United States and her Britannic Majesty on the 5th of June, 1854, commonly known as the reciprocity treaty.

I have the honor further to inform you that I am directed to notify her Majesty’s govern ment that, as it is considered no longer for the interest of the United States to continue this treaty in force, it will terminate and be of no further effect, as provided by the terms of the instrument, at the expiration of twelve months from the date of the reception by your lord ship of this notice.

I pray your lordship to accept the assurances of the highest consideration with which I have the honor to be, my lord,

Your lordship’s most obedient servant,

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.

Right Hon. Earl Russell, &c., &c., &c.

Notes

1. (Delivered at the Foreign Office, at 2 p. m., on March 17, 1865, by James Ensor.)

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-ninth C 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 First Session Thirty-ninth C.