Letter

Edw’d Thornton to The Secretary to the Admiralty, January 27, 1877

Author

Edw’d Thornton

Recipient

The Secretary to the Admiralty

Date

January 27, 1877

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 132. Sir Edward Thornton to Mr. Fish.

Washington, January 27, 1877. (Received January 27.)

Sir: In compliance with instructions which I have received from the Earl of Derby, I have the honor to inclose copy of a letter addressed to the foreign office by the admiralty and of its inclosure, a letter dated the 14th of December last, from Capt. Sir George Nares, forwarding the documents and stores belonging to the Polaris expedition which were recovered during the voyage of Her Majesty’s ships Alert and Discovery in the Arctic Sea.

I also inclose a list of the above-mentioned articles, which are transmitted separately in three cases, one hamper, a copper cylinder with a record, and an envelope containing an ensign which was hoisted over “Hall’s Rest” by the British expedition in May, 1876.

I have the honor, &c.,

EDW’D THORNTON.

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.