Hamilton Fish to Partridge, July 14, 1875

No. 19. Mr. Fish to Mr. Partridge.

Sir: I inclose, herewith, a copy of a communication of the 12th instant, from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to the humane and courteous conduct of Baron Ivanheimer, of the Brazilian navy, in tendering to Capt. F. A. Roe, commanding the United States ship “Lancaster,” the services of the surgeons of his flag-ship, the surgeon of the “Lancaster” having died at sea, and one of the assistant surgeons at Bahia, from yellow fever, and requesting that appropriate acknowledgments may be made to Baron Ivanheimer and to Dr. E. A. F. da Rocha, through this Department.

I will consequently thank you to communicate to the minister for foreign affairs the facts mentioned in the inclosed letter of the Secretary of the Navy, and at the same time to request that the thanks of this Government may be conveyed to Baron Ivanheimer for his humane and generous offer to Captain Roe on the occasion referred to, and to Dr. da Rocha, who accompanied the “Lancaster” to this country, for his self-sacrificing spirit in undertaking a service which promised to be attended with anxiety, severe professional duty, and with great personal danger.

I am, &c.,