Letter

No. 122.protocol., May 26, 1873

Author

Broglie

Date

May 26, 1873

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 122. protocol.

Paris, May 26, 1873. (Received June 20.)

[Received from toe Marquis de Noailles June 19. 1873.—Translation.]

Marquis: The Assembly, in which is vested the national sovereignty, received, in its session of the 24th instant, the resignation of M. Thiers, and intrusted the office and dignity of the President of the French Republic to Marshal MacMahon, Duke of Magenta. I hasten to notify you of this solemn act, and to request you to bring it to the knowledge of the Government near which you reside. Entertaining a most earnest desire to see friendly relations drawn closer between France and foreign powers, the government is determined, as it has proclaimed, to maintain peace at home and to uphold the principles on which society rests.

I beg you to express, in the name of the French Republic, the assurance of the best wishes of its government for the strengthening of the friendly relations between France and the United States, and of its firm intention to contribute, by all the means in its power, to the consolidation of universal peace.

Receive, &c.

BROGLIE.

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19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

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