John Jay to Hamilton Fish, January 13, 1872
No. 26. Mr. Jay to Mr. Fish
No. 402.]
Sir: I advised you by my dispatch No. 398, of the 1st January, of a remark made to me by the Emperor, expressing his hope that the United States would be represented at the Grand Exposition at Vienna, to be opened in 1873, and of my reply, that I hoped Congress would ‘make an appropriation for the purpose.
A reply, which I should have added, was induced by a statement in the Vienna papers, which appeared to come from an official source, that you had assured his excellency the Baron Lederer that you would recommend the exhibition to the favorable attention of Congress.
I have since received from the Count Andrassy a courteous note, expressing the great pleasure with which the imperial and royal government had learned from their legation at Washington how friendly an interest was cherished by the Government of the United States in the success of their great patriotic work, the Universal Exhibition at Vienna.
A translation of this note, with, my reply, are hereto appended, (Appendices I and IL)
I am inclined to regard the project as one not only of importance to Austria-Hungary, in a political as well as an industrial point of view, but as one of no little interest to the United States in the opportunity it will afford, for the first time, of introducing American manufactures to the people of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, and of opening new markets which may prove of value.
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