Geo. Williamson to Señor Licenciado Don A. H. Rivas, February 2, 1875

Mr. Williamson to Señor Rivas.

Sir: Your esteemed note of the 20th of January, containing a copy of the decree of your excellency’s government announcing, as the result of the presidential election in October last, that the distinguished citizen, Senor Don Pedro Joaquin Chamorro, had been duly elected President of Nicaragua for the term beginning the 1st of March next, was received by the last mail.

The polite invitation to be present at the inauguration of the President-elect would be accepted with unfeigned satisfaction if it were not necessary for me to visit the capital of Honduras on important official business at this time. If it be possible to be present at the inauguration, I shall be gratified. Whether present or absent, I beg leave to tender my congratulations upon the occasion, and to express the hope that the administration of the President-elect may be highly advantageous to Nicaragua, and contribute to enroll his name among her greatest benefactors and truest patriotic statesmen.

The occasion is also taken to beg of you to present to President Quadra my sincere congratulations on the success of his administration, and my thanks for the uniform friendliness he has been pleased to exhibit toward me as the representative of my country. He has my best hopes for his happiness and welfare.

Renewing to your excellency the assurance of my high consideration, I have the honor to be your obedient servant,