Letter

George Bancroft to the Prince Bismarck, June 11, 1872

Author
George Bancroft
Recipient
the Prince Bismarck
Date
June 11, 1872
Type
Letter
Language
English
[Inclosure No. 3.]

Mr. Bancroft to the Prince Bismarck.

American Legation, Berlin, June 11, 1872.

The undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, takes leave in the name of his Government, through His Serene Highness the Prince of Bismarck, Chancellor of the German Empire, to lay before His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Germany the accompanying definitive reply of the United States to the Case of the Government of Her Britannic Majesty of the 13th of December, 1871.

The undersigned has communicated a copy of this definitive reply to the representative of Her Britannic Majesty at Berlin.

The undersigned has received from the British Embassador at Berlin a copy of the second and definitive statement on behalf of the Government of Her Britannic Majesty, together with notice that the same was yesterday submitted through his Serene Highness the Prince of Bismarck to His Majesty the Emperor of Germany.

Nothing remains for the undersigned but to express his hope that, now that each party has presented its last word, an early decision may soon remove the cloud of difference that has so long existed on this subject between the Government of the United States and the Government of Her Britannic Majesty.

The undersigned, &c.,

GEO. BANCROFT.

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19th CenturyDiplomacyReconstruction
Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the Pr 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 Pr.
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