Letter

Louis Feinknopf to P. S.—My dear mother sends her heartfelt thanks and her best thanks and good wishes, January 15, 1885

Author

Louis Feinknopf

Recipient

P. S.—My dear mother sends her heartfelt thanks and her best thanks and good wishes

Date

January 15, 1885

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 15 in No. 53.]

Louis Feinknopf to Mr. Francis.

Krakau, January 15, 1885.

Sir: Your very kind and pleasing letter of the 14th instant came duly to hand. I am at a loss how to express the thanks which I owe you. You have really done more for me than a father could do for his own child, and I can proudly say America and the Americans shall live forever. My mother did not misinform you. I was not liberated until Tuesday, January 13. On Monday evening I was yet under strong guard at the military retreat. I was arrested on Thursday, January 8, and kept till Tuesday, January 13, and was treated as a common soldier. I can vouch for the truth and prove it with the papers of my furlough, and I do sincerely hope that my liberation will soon follow, as I am very anxious to get away from this country.

With thanks and prayers for your long life, I remain, &c.,

LOUIS FEINKNOPF.

P. S.—My dear mother sends her heartfelt thanks and her best thanks and good wishes.

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 P 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 P.