Letter

Charles R. Lowell to Fred’k T. Frelinghuysen, February 2, 1884

No. 139. Mr. Lowell to Mr. Frelinghuysen.

No. 704]

Sir: I have the honor to inform you that I have just received a letter from Earl Northbrook, first lord of the admiralty, a copy of which I inclose herewith, conveying, in behalf of the British Government, the generous offer of the Alert as a present to our Government, for the Greely relief expedition.

I now have the honor to inclose a copy of the note I were in reply to his lordship.

I have, &c.,

J. B. LOWELL.
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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.