Letter
Mohamed Bargash to Jesse H. McMath, June 12, 1864
[Translation.]
Mr. Bargash to Mr. McMath.
Praise be to the one God!
To our beloved and wise friend Jesse H. McMath, esq., United States consul general: We are always making inquiry regarding your welfare and praying God you are well.
I have to inform you that our master the Sultan, protected by God, has acceded in planning free commerce in conformity with treaty stipulations, and it is my duty to inform you thereof; and peace !
On 9th Muharram, year 1281, equal to 12th June, 1864.
The employé of the elevated throne,
MOHAMED BARGASH.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth.