Letter
Hamilton Fish to Sir Edward Thornton, March 3, 1877
No. 133. Mr. Fish to Sir Edward Thornton.
Department of State, Washington, March 3, 1877.
Sir: Referring to your note of the 27th January last, with which you forwarded to me certain articles and stores belonging to the Polaris expedition which had been recovered by Her Majesty’s ships Alert and Discovery during their explorations in the Arctic Sea, I have the honor to inclose herewith a copy of a letter dated the 2d instant, which has been received from the Secretary of the Navy, expressing the thanks of his department for the collection of these objects and their return to the United States.
I have the honor, &c.,
HAMILTON FISH.
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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.