Letter

Frederick T. Frelinghuysen to Sackville West, September 22, 1882

No. 165. Mr. Frelinghuysen to Mr. West.

Sir: Acknowledging the receipt of your note of the 17th instant, conveying to this Department an expression of the appreciation by Her Majesty’s Government of the friendly feeling which induced the admiral of the American squadron to assist the British sailors and marines in preserving life and property in Alexandria on the 12th of July last, after the withdrawal of the Egyptian troops under Arabi Pasha, I have the honor to inform you that I have taken pleasure in communicating the contents of your note to my colleague, the Secretary of the Navy.

I have, &c.,

FRED’K T. FRELINGHUYSEN.
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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.