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Edward Thornton to To the Hon. William M. Evarts, February 3, 1879
No. 216. Sir Edward Thornton to Mr. Evarts.
Washington, February 3, 1879. (Received February 4.)
Sir: In compliance with an instruction which I have received from the Marquis of Salisbury, I have the honor to inclose copy of a correspondence between Sir J. Stokes and Monsieur C. de Lesseps, from which it will be seen that the Suez Canal Company have formally undertaken to extend to shipping under all flags the benefit of the arrangements in regard to tonnage measurement recently made with the company on the part of Great Britain.
I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your obedient servant,
EDWARD THORNTON.
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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.