Letter

Edmond Geofroy to Prince Kung, February 24, 1873

Author

Edmond Geofroy

Recipient

Prince Kung

Date

February 24, 1873

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 2.]

Messrs. Vlangaly, de Rehfues, Low, Wade, and Geofroy, to Prince Kung.

Peking, February 24, 1873.

Sir: The undersigned, envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary of Russia, Germany, the United States, Great Britain, and France, have respectively received an identical note, by which his imperial highness Prince Kung has made known that His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China had attained majority, and that on the 23d of February (26th day of the 1st moon of the 12th year of Tung Chi) he took into his own hands the administration of the government of the empire.

The undersigned can only express their joy at so important an event for China’s prosperity; and they would fail in their duty were they to omit availing themselves of this opportunity to present in the name of their governments their respects and congratulations to His Majesty the Emperor.

To this end, they have most respectfully to request that; his imperial highness will lay before the throne this expression of their desire and take His Imperial Majesty’s orders with reference to their reception.

The undersigned beg your imperial highness to accept the assurances of their high consideration.

VLANGALY.
DE REHFUES.
LOW.
WADE.
GEOFROY.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P View original source ↗

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 P.