Letter

Ulysses S. Grant to the Princess Imperial, Regent of Brazil, July 22, 1876

No. 25. The President to the Princess Imperial, Regent of Brazil.

[Telegram.]

Great and Good Friend: I duly received by telegraph the congratulation which your Imperial Highness was pleased to address to me on the occasion of the centenary anniversary of the Independence of the United States. The good wishes which you kindly offer for our continued prosperity are cordially reciprocated.

I pray God to have your Imperial Highness in His safe and holy keeping.

Your good friend,

U. S. GRANT.
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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.