Letter

Francisco Javier Leon to Rumsey Wing, March 31, 1874

Author

Francisco Javier Leon

Recipient

Rumsey Wing

Date

March 31, 1874

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 2 in No. 382.—Translation.]

Señor Leon to Mr. Wing.

Foreign Office, Quito, March 31, 1874.

The undersigned, minister of foreign affairs of Ecuador, has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the esteemed notes which, under date of the 28th ultimo, your excellency the minister of the American Union was pleased to send him.

The first informs the undersigned that your excellency has received instructions from your Government to present to the government of Ecuador the annexed copy of “the International Code of Signals for all nations, published under the authority of the American Secretary of the Navy,” and the second refers to a copy of the act allowing foreign nations to coin money in the mints of the United States.

The undersigned is happy to give to your excellency the most expressive thanks in the name of his government for the remission of the aforesaid documents, which will be preserved with all the esteem that their importance merits.

The undersigned is pleased to avail himself of this opportunity, &c.,

FRANCISCO JAVIER LEON.

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.