Letter

Pakenham to Hamilton Fish, July 27, 1871

No. 229.

Mr. Pakenham to Mr. Fish

Sir: I have been instructed by Earl Granville to inform the Government of the United States that Her Majesty’s government have appointed Mr. Russell Gurney, recorder of London, to be British claims commissioner, and I accordingly lose no time in acquainting you with the fact of the above nomination.

I have the honor, &c.,

F. J. PAKENHAM.
Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the Pr 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 Pr.