Letter

Frederick F. Low to Hamilton Fish, November 6, 1872

Author

Frederick F. Low

Recipient

Hamilton Fish

Date

November 6, 1872

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 48. Mr. Low to Mr. Fish.

Legation of the United States, Peking, November 6, 1872. (Received January 23, 1873.)

No. 205.]

Sir: Referring to my No. 203, of 26th October, I now beg to inclose translation of an edict naming the 23d February, 1873, as the day for the formal transfer of the government of the empire to the young Emperor.

So far as I am able to learn, no intimation has yet been given to either of the foreign legations as to the course the Emperor will pursue when he assumes personal authority.

I have nothing to add to what has been said in previous dispatches concerning this subject.

I have, &c.,

FREDERICK F. LOW.

[Inclosure.]

[From Peking Gazette, November 2, 1872.]

edict.

We have received with reverence the following edict from their majesties the empress dowager and the empress mother:

The imperial astronomical board having reported that, in obedience to our command, it had selected an auspicious day for the ceremonies of the Emperor’s accession to the personal administration of the government, we accordingly decree that the ceremonies in question take place on the 23d day of February, 1873, and command the several boards concerned to diligently make the necessary preparations.

Respect this.

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.