Letter
KING, Chairman to Walker Blaine, September 3, 1881
[Inclosure in No. 31.]
Mr. King to Mr. Blaine.
Office of the French Reception Committee of the State of New York, 69 Bible House, September 3, 1881.
Sir: I have the honor herewith to inclose for the delegation of the French Government, the family of Lafayette, and the descendants of the Count de Rochambeau, the Count de Grasse, and of such other general officers of the French army and fleet who served in the Yorktown campaign in 1781, as may visit the United States to attend the centennial celebration, a proffer of the hospitalities and courtesies of the State of New York.
I request that you will cause this invitation to be forwarded to these gentlemen through the proper channel, and have the honor to be,
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN A. KING,
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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.