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Edw’d Thornton to William M. Evarts, February 19, 1878
No. 204. Sir Edward Thornton to Mr. Evarts.
Washington, February 19, 1878. (Received February 20.)
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the information of your government, copy of a dispatch, and of its inclosures, which I have received from the governor-general of Canada relative to the supposed intention of “Sitting Bull” to enter the United States for hostile purposes, and informing me of the precautions taken by the Canadian Government in this matter.
I have, &c.,
EDW’D 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.