Letter

Hamilton Fish to Sir Edward Thornton, October 19, 1872

Author

Hamilton Fish

Recipient

Sir Edward Thornton

Date

October 19, 1872

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 165. Mr. Fish to Sir Edward Thornton,

Department of State, Washington, October 19, 1872.

Sir: 1 have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 15th instant, making reference to your communication of the 20th of July last, in regard to the indignity to the flag of the United States on the occasion of the seizure of the American fishing-schooner the James Bliss, and inclosing copies of a further dispatch and of its inclosure, which you had received from the Governor-General of Canada on the subject, from which it appears that the officer who committed the offense will be reprimanded.

It affords me pleasure to assure you of the satisfaction with which the disposition of the matter which has thus been made, is viewed by this Government.

I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your obedient servant,

HAMILTON FISH.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

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.