Letter

Odo Russell to Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, December 22, 1878

Author

Odo Russell

Recipient

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil

Date

December 22, 1878

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure.]

Lord Odo Russell to Lord Salisbury.

Berlin, December 22, 1878.

My Lord: The diplomatic body, including myself and the other members of Her Majesty’s embassy, attended to-day the funeral services for the late American minister, Mr. Bayard Taylor, at the United States legation.

The ministers of state, von Billow and von Philipsborn, represented the German Government. The Emperor sent his aide-de-camp, General Count Scherdorff, and the Crown Prince, Colonel von Panvitz. There were, besides, several distinguished representatives of the Reichstag and of German literature and science. Almost all the Americans in Berlin were present, and an impressive and eloquent oration was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Thompson, followed by a speech from Berthold Auerbach, who had been one of Mr. Bayard Taylor’s oldest friends in Germany.

His death has caused sincere regret to all who knew him or his works.

I have the honor, &c.,

ODO RUSSELL.

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.