Letter

Charles Francis Adams to Right Honorable Earl Russell, March 21, 1865

Author

Charles Francis Adams

Recipient

Right Honorable Earl Russell

Date

March 21, 1865

Type

Letter

Language

English

Mr. Adams to Earl Russell

Legation of the United States, London, March 21, 1865.

Sir: The undersigned, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States at the court of St. James, has the honor to acknowledge the reception of a note from the right honorable Earl Russell, her Majesty’s principal secretary of state for foreign affairs, dated the 16th instant, communicating to him copies of separate notes addressed to him by the representatives of Austria and Prussia, relative to the establishment of a provisional national flag for the duchies of Schleswig, Holstein, and Lunenburg, and also of his reply, containing the decision of her Majesty’s government, consenting to recognize the same.

The undersigned has the honor to renew, &c, &c, &c.

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.

Right Honorable Earl Russell, &c.,&c.,&c.

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.