Letter
PARKES, Her Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Japan to A. L. C. Portman, December 29, 1865
No. 2.
[Untitled]
No. 42.]
Yokohama, December 29, 1865.
Sir: In continuation of my letter of the 27th instant, acknowledging your letter of the 30th ultimo, in which you request me to convey to Vice-Admiral King, and through him to Captain Haswell, your thanks for the accommodation supplied to you on board her Majesty’s steamer Pelorus, I have now the honor to forward copy of a letter received this day from Vice-Admiral filing, desiring me to communicate to you the satisfaction which the receipt of your above-mentioned letter has afforded him.
I have the honor to be, sir, your most obedient, humble servant,
HARRY S. PARKES, Her Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Japan.
A. L. C. Portman, Esq., United States Chargé d’Affaires, &c., &c., &c.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty
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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 of the Thirty.