Letter

MARSHAL de M ac MAHON , Duke of Magenta to the President of the United States of America, May 31, 1873

Author

MARSHAL de M ac MAHON , Duke of Magenta

Recipient

the President of the United States of America

Date

May 31, 1873

Type

Letter

Language

English

The Marshal de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, President of the French Republic, to the President of the United States of America.

Great and Good Friend: The assembly, the depository of the national sovereignty, received, during its session of the 24th instant, the resignation of M. Thiers, the President of the republic, and conferred upon me, in his stead, the same office and dignity. I hasten to bring this double vote to your knowledge. You cannot doubt that I will study to develop the friendly relations between the two countries, and to maintain, with internal and external peace, the great principles of order on which society is based. I think myself happy in having an opportunity to give you these assurances, and I hope for a reciprocation of these sentiments on your part.

Praying God to have you in His safe and holy keeping, I offer to you, great and good friend, the assurance of my high esteem.

Written at Versailles May 31, 1873.

MARSHAL de MacMAHON,
Duke of Magenta.

Countersigned:

Broglie.

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.