Letter

No. 2.Circular No 53., February 25, 1874

No. 2. Circular No 53.

To the Diplomatic and Consular Officers of the United States:

Gentlemen: Hereafter passports issued to a citizen of the United States from this Department are to be regarded as valid for two years from their respectives dates, but not longer.

I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,

HAMILTON FISH.
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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.